"Original Jazz Classics"

the 'performances' are the reward, not the sonics, when it comes to collecting old or reissued recordings. even audiophile pressings(which the ojc's are not), are all over the place in terms on sound. many of the analogue releases use the most updated digital masters....the ones from the late 80's and early 90's aren't the greatest.....referencing the last or latest cd release sometimes offers clues to the quality of the most recent lp. not always...but often.

Yep Vinylrowe hit it right on the head. Pick up as many of those OJC pressings as you can. They are a steal for both the performances offered and in many cases the sound quality. The originals are not as quiet and would cost much much more than the OJCs.

FYI Mosaic Records' True Blue Music is selling a handful of OJC's for $5.98 . These are limited, but there are some pretty swell titles some of which are "Bud Freeman - All Stars ", "Tommy Flanagan - Something Borrowed, Something Blue " "Hampton Hawes - The Séance" and "Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All Stars - In The Solo Spotlight ".

Really can't go wrong for that price.

http://www.truebluemusic.com

I do know that the Concord Music Group laid off (or otherwise dispensed of the services of) Stuart Kremsky as tape archivist and re-issue producer at Fantasy. Stuart is a big time record collector and self-described "jazz nut" (as well as reviewer for Cadence and other jazz magazines.) Exactly the kind of guy fellow music lovers would like to have working in the trenches of a huge and rich back catalog. But serving the music community is not part of the corporate agenda, apparently.

I purchased a copy of Tedeschi Trucks Band on Fantasy label.  It seems to sound okay, but I can't get past the care they took in pressing the record as far as the quality of the record rather than the sound.  The starting track and one of the four sites feels more like rough sandpaper that goes in approximately quarter of an inch in one spot, I would say half of this record has this going from zero to a quarter of an inch.  I've had a couple records that have had a rough edge and I mean the edge not going into the starting track which was not a problem I just touched it up with little emery cloth to take the sharp edge off, but in this case there's nothing I can do.  I'm not willing to put my cartridge down on the starting track for fear of damage the diamond.I bought this at a small record shop and I'm curious if they're going to return it, I've had problems with records from larger stores Music Direct being one that exchange the record without a problem.
Any suggestions?