Great sounding new vinyl

I don't believe Hot Stampers are snake oil and I don't blame those who prefer to buy records that way. I do believe finding your own hot copies is easier and more fun than advertised. No record is guaranteed to sound good even if it has all the right markings but there are some tell-tale marks that will put you in the right ballpark most of the time. I won't detail all of this here nor do I claim to have all the answers. For those interested, a few of the things to look for in the dead wax have already been posted on audio asylum under the heading "Hot Stampers Secrets Revealed" No guarantees but time and time again when I pull out my favorite sounding copies I find one of these indicators. What I once thought was a random search has now taken on more of a pattern. It at least gives you some indication of which ones to bother with. Best of all, your local record store doesn't know the difference(or care) so won't charge any more for the good ones. Tom Port knows more about this than probably almost anyone and he'll find them for you if you want. It's not snake oil, more like a service.

I agree Sonofjim. I have found some great sounding albums accidently.

Also important to notice is the original Label the LP was recorded. For example the majority of Jazz recordings on Candid, Contemporary, Strata East are very good and so the reissues.

Sonofjim
I put in Hot Stampers Secrets Revealed and found nothing at Audio Asylum. Please add link to l;ocation.
Thanks

Hevac1,
I'm a little embarrassed to say that I have never learned how to create these links. I just looked up the post on audio asylum though and it's still there. You may have more luck if you click on vinyl to get to the vinyl asylum first, then in the "text to find" box enter "Hot Stampers Secrets Revealed". Rwwear, look up this information and then re-examine these good copies you've found accidently. I'm guessing most of them bear one or more of these initials/marks. If so, you should be able to use some of this information to help you start having these happy "accidents" more often.