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OJC LP Reissues???

Two of the leading audiophile distributors/manufacturers of lps have quite a few Original Jazz Classic reissues. Has anyone purchased any of these lps and if so were there any quality/sound problems? Are there any particular titles that should be avoided?

Based on previous threads, I would like to avoid buying any lps that were pressed by Scorpio Records. One of the distributors advised me that his OJC lps were not pressed by Scorpio; however, the other distributor said he did not know who pressed his OJC reissues and could not guarantee that Scoprio did not do the pressings.

Any input would be helpful and greatly apprecited. Thanks.
wepratt
learsfool
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I recently bought an OJC on the Riverside label, Bill Evans Waltz for Debby that sounds fantastic. I bought one just the other day from the Prestige label, Miles Davis Walkin', haven't had a chance to hear it yet.
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viridian
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I have a different point of view. First, to answer your question, these are not pressed by Scorpio. The older Fantasy pressings are much better sounding than most of the OJCs which sound a bit hazy to me, as if the lens has been twisted slightly out of focus. I really liked the Fantasy's, they are well focused with plenty on bloom in the midrange. They can be found used for very little money. They also made a series of twofers that are out of this world and a marvelous way to inexpensively collect the work of some great masters. I have a lot of them but my favorite OJC, for sound, is Art Pepper's "Smack Up", my least favorite is Chet Baker's "Plays Lerner and Lowe".
johnbrown
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Viridian-How do know that the current OJCs aren't pressed by Scorpio? If not Scorpio, who? Evidence?

And do you mean that 'the older OJCs sound better than the current pressings of the same titles'? i.e, they've always been 'OJCs'-reissues of jazz titles that Fantasy owned the rights to-but Fantasy originally did the pressing.
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