Re Miles Davis vinyl

you can buy Denon DL102 from audiocubes.com, i bought it - it's excellent!!!! the most great jazz is from the 50's, it's better to find a mono copy, not rechanelled stereo. even if stereo recording was done originally, I almost always found mono version better sounding. BTW, If I'm not mistaken Denon DL102 is only about $150, it's very good for the price!! and it doesn't need moving coil phono stage or any step-up's - it's high output - just to be connected to MM input.

Chazzbo

Albert is an Audiogon G-d but he is dead wrong about OJC re-issues. Fantasy just wasted bad remelt vinyl that sounds bad and start to develope surface noise after just a play or two. THEY SUCK!! All lip’s pressed after mid sixties started to sound bad because instead of virgin vinyl that would often re-use wax (re-melt) mix batch stuff that was terrible compared to the early sixties and before.

That's a shame you've had such negative experiences with OJC. I probably have a hundred of these and my experience is more like Hdm's

I'd like to hear an original, but the OJC is pretty impressive.

Most of mine were bought in the 1980's, some when Fantasy did their blow out sale in the 1990's and was selling 3 for $10.00!

Even at $9.95, the good ones are a terrific way to get good jazz music. I've found the Columbia reissues to be much more spotty and digital sounding than anything from Fantasy.

Perhaps the best thing is for Psc to take a gamble and try a few. We have a local book store that frequently buys record collections and I've picked up OJC's for as little as $4.00. If nothing else it's worth auditioning the music at that price.

the original columbia pressings of their given era are superior in every way. Sony is working on definitive, newly mastered releases.

I too bought OJC when they had their blow out sale and I find the pressings to be outstanding. I Bought mine through the mail from a dentist whom purchased the entire OJC vinyl catalog and sold them out of the warehouse. I don't have the problem Chazzbo has stated and we have discussed it in length on more than one occasion.

I just wanted to say thanks so much for all your help. I've been rooting through the record stores in Toronto all afternoon and I haven't found any yet, but I still have several stores to visit. I found three different copies of Kind of Blue, one pressed in Canada, one in Japan and one in New York--all Colunbia. I think the US is the origianl. So far that's all I have found.

I did find a good recording on the Blue Note lable --Something Else Cannonball Adderley. This at least has Davis in it.

Anyway, thanks to everyone here, I have a knowledge base to search with...Thanks

Psc