What was your most disappointing album purchase?

"Kind of Blue" Miles Davis. 

First cut on Columbia re-issue LP sounds distorted when the saxophone comes on, plus some lesser issues further on. 

This is apparently a known issue, and for some reason no one ever was able (or willing) to fix it. 
By comparison the Sony re-issued CD from decades back, somehow is masking that error, making it less noticeable.
One excuse I learned is, that it's the inadvertent spitting in the sax's mouth-piece, that was causing the 'distortion'...  Really? 🤔 
Michélle 🇿🇦 

You guys listened to the wrong format and wrong issue.

Strangely enough, German LPs pressing from about 1982 is bad. German CD from 1990, or so, is bad. U.S.A. CD (Virgin) from mid-1990s sounds almost the same except it is much more clear which reveals even more how poor of a sound quality/recording it is. The best amongst them is relatively recent half-speed master LPs. Which does not mean it is anything good. It is only less than entirely pitiful. I prefer that German pressing from 1982 but it is not because of the sound quality as there is none.

I have not heard the 1994 cassette, but, to paraphrase one of the lines in Roman law, what was not good from the beginning will not get better with time passing. Except maybe Ummagumma. Which does sound marvelous on an Italian cassette.

Oh, geez, glubson with his theories of reality again.

Confucius say if song really good on one format must be a really good recording.

geoffkait,

"Oh, geez, glubson with his theories of reality again."

Don't you hate it when someone knows more than you do? I actually own all of those Exile On Main Street copies I mentioned above. How about yourself? I own Ummagumma cassette, too. And multiple SONY Walkmen. Don't be jealous. Some guys are just better.

Did I strike a nerve! Oops! You’re cute when you get mad. 😩