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Collecting Blue Note Jazz

I have decide to start building up a collection of Blue Note Jazz LPs, of which I have very few. What is the best way to go on what can be a sizeable investment. I am willing to spend for great music/sound quality, but cost is a factor, especially when originals are so expensive. I see many options, of which standouts include:
1. New Music Matters 45 RPM reissues.
2. Original Pressings ($$$)
3. Affordable but relatively early reissues (e.g. Blue Label, Liberty Pressings..maybe from the 70's or even early 1980s)
4. Just buy SACDs, since the LPs will not sound that great anyway.
The website www.dccblowout.com touts hot stampers. As I understand it, this site recommends shunning recent reissues and buying perhaps five or more original LPs or reissues (e.g. Blue Label) and keep the best sounding of the lot, while selling the rest. I've noticed that none of the Blue Note LPs I have so far offer sound quality on par with my LPs by the Contemporary Records label. Any recommendations? I have a pretty decent system for both LP and digital. Any advice would be much appreciated - Mark
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myles_b_astor
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Try this site.

http://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/guest-post-how-they-heard-it-blue-note-records-and-the-transition-from-mono-to-stereo/
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phasecorrect
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Side note...I'm a big fan of the Pablo label for jazz lps
...Basie jam #1*****
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phasecorrect
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Anybody own a current reissue of Moanin?...best value pressing?
lewm
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Phasecorrect, I agree, Pablo LPs are qualitatively excellent, only surpassed among jazz labels by ECM, on average. However, Pablo came late to the game of recording some of the great Blue Note artists. Most of them were past their prime, when they cut their Pablo LPs. Nevertheless, the Pablo LPs are desirable for sonics alone and for the fact that Pablo put musicians together on one LP who rarely if ever before worked with each other, e.g., the Basie Jam LP.

Glad to say I own an original Blue Note pressing of "Moanin'".
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