Blue Note Tone Poet Series

+1 for Threadgill!!

BN80 and Tone Poet (along with MM and Classic Records 200g series and Speaker's Corner but they don't issue Blue Notes) are all analog. Wax Time, and other Euro brands that issue cheaper Blue Notes and older jazz records are unofficial and sourced from CDs after the copyrights ran out. Keep this in mind. There's basically no reason to buy those other than aesthetics.

Best bang for the buck are also all the OJC (Original Jazz Classics) issued in the 80's, they are all analog and are easy to find for $5 - $25 range depending on condition and rarity. Typically cheap.

I have a pretty decent collection of BN originals, all three reissues: MM, BN80, and TP are excellent comparatively.

Nitewulf,
A case can be made for WaxTime, sound quality is similar the basic Blue Note re-issues.  Records are well made, 180 gram vinyl, clean, quiet surfaces, with centered spindle holes!  Packaging includes poly-lined dust covers and nice artwork.  In addition to the original liner notes, there is always updated information and in most cases one or two additional cuts per side.  Most importantly, the company is issuing music that is long out of print and hard to find used if excellent condition is important.  I recently purchased an entire set of Oscar Peterson Trio recordings each focused on a major songsmith.  Gershwin, Kern, Arlen, Berlin, Porter etcetera.  I have been trying for a while to get clean copies of these and they are hard to find.  Interestingly enough, the WaxTime ones all sound better than the few originals I have.
Bill

@billstevenson - they are fine as long as you know they are sourced from the CDs (hence the extra tracks). I mean they are cheap and you get the large format artwork. Plus they are new pressings so they are clean and noise free compared to used vintage albums. I am just saying people shouldn't confuse those with all analog productions which are harder to make and they are also remastered and all sound extremely good.

Nitewulf,
We seem to be in agreement on this issue.  One of the things that has been discussed and explained, but that I just can't grasp is why or how it is that a digital master or CD can be used to make a vinyl record and almost invariably the vinyl version will sound better assuming the surfaces are clean and the spindle hole is centered.  That just defies logic.  In any event the WaxTime records that I have bought all sound very good.