Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters?

Here's ONE reason...

Gregg Allman  "Laid Back"  (APO)

I can guarantee you'll not hear this lp in better form than on this (re-issue)!

This is why I continue to torture myself!

I remember a long lost phrase, "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."

An amazing number of original pressings can be found for cheap
not high profile artists or labels record shops are tipped off to 
(hate the internet for that)

I had left about 15 boxes of my LPs in my parents basement when I moved out. After 10 years of a lot of moving around the country, I finally settled down. I went to my parents to pickup my LPs only to find my kid brother had sold them at one of my parent's garage sales for 10 cents an LP!?

I had been collecting LPs since the late 60's (lots of jazz, big band and rock) and they were mostly first issues. Man, I was pissed!

It's been a slow (and expensive) process re-establishing my collection. Nowadays, with my current digital rig (Esoteric DV-50S or pc feeding into a Teac UD-501), I'll only buy the LP if:

a). the digital recording is complete shiite, or
b). it's only available on LP.

But, like 'hi-res' files, I've become wary of the marketing of re-mastered LPs. Not all remastered LPs are sonically superior to the original.

Although, admittedly, finding decent copies of LPs pressed in the 50's is becoming really difficult.