Jazz for aficionados

Jaco

Roy Haynes

Hi o10,

I’m not familiar with DOL, in fact never heard of it before. I did note from the link you provided they are from Russia and apparently they are all bootlegs. I would avoid them based simply on that. Plus some of the user comments below the listing were not very positive.

Due to my age and having been buying jazz LPs for so long, the majority of my collection are original releases. And most of those were bought new. In later years when I began infilling albums I missed I’ve been very careful about condition for used purchases -- clean, flat, scratchless.

In the past 10 years I have bought a few reissues, mostly of things I didn’t own, sometimes after giving up on finding clean used copies.

My position may be somewhat controversial but I do not buy new reissues to get remastered or reengineered versions. Whenever I’ve been able to compare an original against a reissue most times I prefer the original. That of course assumes the original plays quietly.  I judge my records by 1) the performance, 2) condition of the LP, and 3) the quality of the recording itself.  After #1 there is little separation between 2 and 3.

I’ve always been somewhat anal about record handling. ;^) My first stereo included a Dual changer, but I always used the short spindle and never stacked the records. Also from the beginning it was "fingers off" the groove area and records were stored vertical and dry in their sleeves and jackets. When less expensive cleaning machines than the Monks hit the market I bought a Nitty Gritty, replaced a few years later by a VPI. My reward for all that is playing 50 year old LPs that are still quiet.

Sorry, that’s a long response to a short question.

Pryso, I want to thank you for that long response, and detailed answer. You have given me an example to follow, almost anyway.

In the recent past, I haven't sought records in a big way, I just settled for the CD; but after enjoying the beauty of my upgraded rig, I won't settle for anything else but vinyl.

Since I'm often in pain, shopping at record stores is impossible, that means I have to order everything. Although that might cost more, I have no other option if I'm going to get the best records.

I would appreciate your comments on what to order by mail?

There are so many boss "old" records I haven't heard, that I don't think I can live long enough to hear them all, and they always sound better than new records because I can relate; for example, here's Joe Morello doing "Take Five" from his album Standard time.



    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-744pFNJkUg


This guy got a different way with drums.