Nat King Cole - The Greatest Hits, DCC Virgin Vinyl 2 LP (Steve Hoffman) mfsl

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Nat King Cole
The Greatest Hits
DCC Virgin Vinyl, 180 grams, 2 LP set
Mastered by Steve Hoffman, from the original master tapes!

Very Rare Numbered Copy 1669 !!

Steve Hoffman mastered vinyl is the definitive way to hear this timeless music. Minimal EQ’ing in the mastering stage to let the master tape sound come through with his famous “breath of life”. Everyone knows Nat King Cole’s legendary voice, on these records he sounds stunning almost like you can reach out and touch him! Just the perfect midrange balance. This reissue is made on an entire tube cutting/mastering system, not the later solid state system that AcousTech started using. As such in my opinion it is the finest sounding “Greatest Hits” collection.

Vinyl Condition: Both record 1 and 2 EXC to NM, conservatively graded. Play graded on my Stax Omega 2 headphones and Zyx cartridge. The electrostatic headphones and low output cart are very revealing. The vinyl plays back very nicely, with maybe 3 or 4 tics, a nice playing copy. The song “You Call It Madness” was sourced from a 78 rpm so it does play with some mild surface noise. Hoffman does not use any noise reduction tools.

Jacket: VG+, conservatively graded. A nice thick glossy gatefold cover, the only flaw is there is a small cut mark in the lower left of the cover/spine, not very visible.

Other: Has the original outer plastic sleeve with the DCC gold embossed sticker. Both records are in the original rice paper poly sleeves.

About me: All of my vinyl is played back on a high end turntable with a very new moving coil cartridge. These pressings have been played a few times at most. I’ve sold plenty of high end vinyl on Ebay and other forums.

I set myself apart from other vinyl sellers in that I play grade my vinyl, as we all know there is more to a record than just how it looks.

Grading scale: NM, EXC, VG+, VG, G, P

I will be adding more play graded DCC vinyl every Sunday evening, so check back.

Shipping: packed in a vinyl LP cardboard mailer with the record taken out of the jacket.
USA shipping is by media mail with delivery confirmation. Additional albums add $1.
International shipping is by Registered Air Mail only, cost is $31. There will be no exceptions as this is a sign for service. Insurance is included. Additional albums add $2.50
No shipping to Italy, Russia or China.