Jazz at the Pawnshop

I have the original issue. No bass heaviness there.

 I find the sound quality to be really good. It puts you into the recording venue.  However, to my ears, it sounds like a bunch of okay musicians trying to emulate some great American jazz players like Paul Desmond and Lionel Hampton. They don't pull it off. Fun record though. 

OP

I've always thought of Jazz at the Pawnshop as a very good recording... Maybe not the best, but this recording does some things very well...
in the same vain as this recording... I prefer:
For Duke..... Duke Ellington All-Stars.

I agree with what most have said here. It's a pretty neat recording. Over the years, I've bought at least four copies....original CD release, SACD box set, 88.2kHz HDtracks download, and 352.8kHz Naxos 2xHD download. I don't recall any of them being bass heavy...if anything, perhaps a tiny bit lean.

I have an original pressing from 1976 and find it to be excellent in every way. The "extra bass" you are hearing is not extra, it is just right. It is that most other recordings lack it! +FD

Nice recording indeed, but lacks bass for my taste. Tried it on several systems and always lacked the bass. Many other so-called audiophile records are better balanced.