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lps from "classic records" as awesome as axis bold

Hey guys I just got 200 gram axis bold as love by classic records. It is so good I almost had to put a diaper on. All their stuff can't have the resolution of the axis bold as love but can you point me out the rock and jazz recordings that are particularly better than regular lp versions or the sacd versions.

what about for instance billie holiday lady in satin? how does the coltrane and miles davis lps compare to the sacd versions?

thanks

mike
audiohifila
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ihcho
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>>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.
madfloyd
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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.
chashmal
605 posts
 
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".
audiohifila OP
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well I guess I will stick with the sacd miles Davis kind of blue then!

What about coltrane "bluetrane" on heavyweight vinyl versus sacd?
cruz123
586 posts
 
I'm having good luck with the Analogue Productions vinyl I have tried so far. I'm listening to Bill Evan's "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" right now and it's sounds wonderful. It's like I'm in the club. Kills my CD of the same music.
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