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Favortie Nostalgic Audio Gear & Recordings
(S888Wheel) wrote in message ...
The classics reissue of Electric Ladyland is quite amazing. It is much better
than I thought possible for this recording. The APO Top 25 Jazz reissue series
has set the bar for excellence for reissues of classic Jazz recordings IMO but
they are pricey. I think the classics reissues of the Blue Notes are
competative with the original pressings. But again you are choosing between
expensive and ridiculously expensive. Buying original Blue Notes is tricky
business too. The Shefield Harry James records are great sounding records but
that is big band stuff. Nothing wrong with that but it's a horse of a different
color. There is some great nostalgic recordings being reissued by Cisco and S&P
records. S&P has done a couple Peggy Lee reissues that are pretty amazing and
they have a Roy Orbison compilation that should be out any day now. Cisco did
some really nice reissues with Ian and Sylvia, Doc Watson, Joan Baez and June
Christy. Actually, I think, as audiophiles, we are now living with the greatest
wealth of choices of quality recordings in the history of hifi.
I couldn't agree more Wheelman...regardless of the "delivery system"
(I still use my Nakamichi ZX-7 at times)we have better sounding (IMV)
CD, Vinyl, MP3, etc. than ever before. I won't repeat it, but I've
read the other posts here am find it interesting that most of us have
such simlar agreements on gear/recordings/artists which can be such a
personal thing. BTW...Being a big Ry Cooder fan, one album of his that
gets little mention is "Borderline." Check it out you guys, especially
the cuts "Speedo" and "Trouble, You Can't Fool Me."
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