Blue Note 45rpm reissue

I don't have extensive experience with Jazz, so I wasn't familiar with the original pressings. I have to comment thought that even on my meager analog rig (for about one more week, then I'm in high end heaven)I am very impressed with the sound quality of 40 year old recordings. I have the first four and every time I listen to one I just can't believe these were recorded so long ago.

I'm very happy. I didn't know any of the musicians/artists before subscribing, but I love jazz and good quality, so my I'm looking forward to each release.

I have got a warped Horace Parlan, anyone else get a warped LP?

RE: warps. See my post from 3/8/08. Nothing I'm concerned with.

no one ever seems to say this so i will say it again...

many older records were done through a fairchild limiter and more importantly were hotter in the upper mids and cut louder. I find this to be very true with 1500 series blue notes vs the remasters. I am not saying one is better than the other but the scully westrex lathe and the upper mid boost was a real "hot" sound that people liked, and the audiophile crowd doesn't do that.

chess is the same. "muddy waters folk singer" sounds good no mater what issue you have, but the original has an agressive midrange that is very much a sound of old blues. I think it fits. And, i have wondered for a long time that if some mastered blue notes they way they used to be mastered, if it would be really popular or a huge failure.

Unfortunately my recently received copy of Analogue Productions version of the Jackie McLean album has what looks like a piece of paper imbedded halfway through the first track of side 3 and the rest of the album is not exactly noise free! Does no one do QC at RTI? Unbelievably bad. No answer back from Acoustic Sounds(the packaging was excellent by the way) but they are normally very responsive. I'm in Australia so this is going to be one very expensive record as I guess I will have to pay return postage. Bummer!