lps from "classic records" as awesome as axis bold

Xiekitchen,

is the peter gabriel 1 much better on the classic reissue because the original issue sounds pretty great.

I don't like the sound of peter gabriel 4 that much and was thinking of getting that from classic records

As for the miles davis kind of blue, have you heard it on sacd? is the vinyl much better than the sacd because I already have it on sacd?

audiofeil,

Perhaps the original issue are also great or even much better (not sure if I believe that in the case of the axis bold as love that is possible but it probably is subjective) but the reality is that many original issues are super expensive (not that the classic records are cheap) and more importantly the original issues are often not in mint condition.

I have the original "Axis" pressing (REPRISE RS 6281).

You'd enjoy hearing this if you think the reissue is good.

To your point that original issues are often not in mint condition, I think you'd be surprised how many of us have maintained pristine copies/collections over the years.

>>I cannot believe how much better the new vinyl is than the old.<<
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By and large the preponderance of original pressings will smoke the reissues.

I've experienced both. Some of the new re-release I have are exceptionally good, like Muddy Water's 'Folk Singer' and Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue,' but some were not quite good, like 'The best of Lenard Cohen.'

I have an original issue of 'Kind of Blue' in very good condition, but it just does not match to the new release. I guess the new release is just better than the original one. Same guess to 'Folk Singer.'
But I am not sure about Lenard Cohen if the new re-release is just plain worse than the original or the original was just as bad.

My experience with reissues has been very mixed, especially with Classic pressings.

For example, my Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain have so much surface noise, you'd think they were 40 years old and had been lying around outside of the jacket for all that time.

I am now finding that a lot of my old vinyl, while not perfectly quiet, sounds superior to most reissues. YMMV.

Jazz reissues on Blue Note and Prestige have been excellent. I have compared originals such as Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch" between my near mint original pressing and the reissue and the reissue stands up shockingly well.

I still think the original has a deeper soundstage, a 'blacker' background (if you will), and more detailed highs. But the reissue is damn good.

Other reissues that have impressed me are the Sun Ra saturns and Coltrane's impulse recordings such as "A Love Supreme" and "Sun Ship".