Columbia or Epic


Am looking at replacing a well worn album on Epic and recently found the same performance on Columbia. Epic is usually considered a somewhat budget line by comparison, so I have been told, would the Columbia version be better is most cases? Any help in this would be appreciated

Michael
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Depends on when the Columbia LP was pressed. On line there are galleries of labels (2 eye, 6 eye, etc) and you can identify them that way. The pressings from the 50's and 60's are best, 80's (possibly) are worst, but that should also be taken on a case by case basis.

You can't go wrong seeking out the old ones if they are in decent shape.
Szell and Dvorak 5th symphony
but there are others such as Kertesz on Vox or Decca, in both cases the same company but what about the quality of the product? There are records and there are records. Just trying to figure out the best of those available given multiple pressings and labels