Sundazed Records

I bought a Sundazed reissue of the Vanilla Fudge that was nicely pressed, but sounded like it was cut from a bad cassette dupe. I would basically avoid them in the absence of a specific recommendation about a title.

I have quite a few of their releases. All have been at least good. They are not meant to be true "audiophile" pressings but are very good standard pressings. In other words a DCC, Simply Vinyl, Classic, Pure Pleasure, etc, will usually be better, but a lot of their stuff isn't available anywhere else, and some come close to true audiophile quality. I have never gotten a bad sounding copy of anything from them so far, and they are generally better than any original pressings that I have. Always exceptions of course.

Under the YMMV category, I recently got a Sundazed copy of Spirit's Clear LP. Sounds great except on Side 2 cuts 4 & 6 where there is extreme distortion in a couple of spots on each cut. I returned the first copy, but the second was almost as bad. Tried one more time, but the distortion is on the third copy as well. This is the only problem I have had with Sundazed SQ/QC, but it's really disappointing as I really like this album.

Sundazed is pressing at least some of their stuff at QRP now, such as their mono Dylan titles. Reports are that their QRP pressed vinyl is better than their earlier pressings done elsewhere.

I have not had great experience with 4 Mens With Beards. Sure they have reissues of titles that are hard to find good originals of. But not up the quality of Sundazed (esp QRP Sundazed) or recent Sony Legacy reissues (like that mono Hendrix!).

I agree that Clear is great album. I have a 2 LP set w/ the debut on the first record, and Clear on the next. Strange that they skipped the 2nd album, although I have never heard it. FWIW, Twelve Dreams on Sundazed was pressed at QRP. I have not heard it, but I would think it's better.