Vinyl reissue labels to avoid?

When some of the Simply Vinyl reissues sound "terrific", buy the CD
and compare :-)
In my last 20 years I hardly found a Reissue which was better overall than its
Original. Or let's say it the other way, when you have a good sounding Reissue
you can bet your car, wife, house, dog... that the original (and its later copies)
will be easily on par.
What all those reissue guys can do, is to hold it (at best) or to ruin it (also
possible).
In the early days there was a big difference compared to today, the guys at the
tapes, in theStudios did know their job very well (in general), some were
outstanding and the vinyl process was generally done better. This knowledge is
down today.
Reissues are ok when you want to listen to music which is very expensive - or
ultra rare - in its original Pressing (RCA Living Stereos, Deccas..in mint
condition) and Classic Records made a pretty good job in the 90's. Speakers
Corner have the advantage of quiet vinyl but that's all, the mastering is really a
few classes below the originals.
Chad Kassem is the only one who really has a Standard which is top class, he
really tries to do something useful (and make money with it, but in a good way).
But Cat Stevens, Pink Floyd, Freewheelin' Bob Dylan for 35$ and more??? When I
can buy a mint 360 Columbia pressing for 5$? By the way, I compared, 5$ can
be worth more than 35$ ... :-)

I agree with Syntax 100%.
Original,original and original

alot of the reissue movement boils down to marketing and simply reselling what many audiophiles already own...i have original pressings of Steely Dan, Eagles, Santana, Floyd, Supertramp, Queen, etc...and for the most part have been pleased with the results...the extra 20-30 bucks per reissue for at best a marginal increase in quality is not good value in my book....

I own a few Jazz Wax recordings and find them very good. Their Coltrane Lush Life has great separation between instruments and vinyl was quite. No problem here with their catalog

I also agree with Syntax. Compared to the originals most reissue labels are a waste of time and money. Unless these originals are in the 'trophies for the rich' category.....

I make an exception for the blue note reissues by Music Matters (both the 33.3 rpm and 2x45 rpm editions). They are fundamentally different from RVG's original masterings (which were mostly cut very 'hot', delivering explosive dynamics), but they are very convincing nonetheless. The earlier Classic Records BN reissues sounded soft and bland by comparison. The Mercury Living Presence and RCA Living Stereo reissues by Classic were pretty good though, some even spectacular. The Ansermet Ballet Gala set and the Solti Venice are actually better than the originals (or at least my originals, which admittedly are not the earliest 1S lacquers). It's hard to explain the quality difference, as Classic supposedly had access to the original master tapes and Bernie Grundman behind the console in both cases. It's a complete mystery to me.

Another exception would be the Japanese Polygram reissues of the three Nick Drake LP's, originally on Island (and all three high priced trophies for collectors). They were part of a short lived series on 200 gram vinyl about 10 years ago. I don't know about the other titles in this series, but the Nick Drakes are really outstanding, better even than the UK pressed Fruit Tree edition from the late '70's that I have for comparison. They're out of print and probably collectable in their own right, but definitely worth hunting down.