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RCA Victor records' quality

I just bought three old records, I guess all the way from the mid and late 1950s. They each sound very harsh and "shrieky". I wonder if it's the way they were meant to sound? The records themselves are in great shape.

 

Should I rely on tone controls or is it how music was produced and published back then? Namely Elvis' first few albums?

grislybutter
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mijostyn
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@lewm 

That might be newer DGG, but the older stuff is fine to incredible although not quite up there with EMI. I do not have any experience with Roulette. I'm not that old:-)

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My experience buying used records was awful. I have not purchased a used record for over 20 years and won't even look at them any more. Either I was extremely unlucky or my definition of a satisfactory record is different than others. 

lewm
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Mijostyn, if you’re buying LPs in the here and now, and if you like Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Joe Williams, and etc, you don’t have to be old to buy LPs on the Roulette label. Thankfully, most of those great jazz artists also recorded on other labels, like RCA.

grislybutter OP
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@bigtwin probably a big part of it. A 55 year old record may have been played a 1000+ times

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