Definitive Audiophile pressings

[zdkaiser]

what about the twofers that @Jbraswell loves??

Forgot about those!

 

[MikeH]

Forgot about those!

are you even a bill evans fan? oof.

 

[ngower]

Being a Bill Evans fan is kinda like being a King Gizzard fan: there's a new record out every 36 hours

 

[MikeH]

Being a Bill Evans fan is kinda like being a King Gizzard fan: there's a new record out every 36 hours

let's not get carried away...

 

[ngower]

let's not get carried away...

Just wait until you hear Evans' thrash metal album. Life changing.

 

[MikeH]

Just wait until you hear Evans' thrash metal album. Life changing.

Friday at the Village Vanguard

 

[zdkaiser]

are you even a bill evans fan? oof.

Being a Bill Evans fan is kinda like being a King Gizzard fan: there's a new record out every 36 hours

Well....i do own more copies of Polyganwanaland than Sunday at the Village Vanguard.

 

[ngower]

The only thing AI is good for.

 

[MyWifeHatesTrain]

let's not get carried away...

He’s not wrong just you know King Gizz puts out about four times as many a year that we haven’t heard.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

It's the Waxtime

Those Waxtime pressings sound way better than they have any right to sound.

 

[ngower]

Those Waxtime pressings sound way better than they have any right to sound.

I was taking the piss, lol

 

[zdkaiser]

Those Waxtime pressings sound way better than they have any right to sound.

And the few that I've owned over the years are pressed really well

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I was taking the piss, lol

I’m aware. Waxtime releases are an understandably derided, they are grey market, digital transfers but for $12 bucks the few I’ve owned over the years have sounds pretty good. Obviously not audiophile but still better than lots of modern releases.

 

[Jbraswell]

what about the twofers that @Jbraswell loves??

They are mono folds but in the correct track sequence.

 

[keylime_5]

Okay, so who is gonna do the complete shoot out for Sunday at the Village Vanguard?

Please compare all of these:

• OG 1961 stereo
• 80s OJC stereo
• 2012 Waxtime pressing
• 2017 MoFi One-step
• 2018 Electric Recording Co
• Analog Productions standard 45 rpm pressing
• 2023 OJC stereo
• 2024 Analogue Productions One-Step

Don't forget the early 2000s OJC

 

[Portland Sheriff]

Don't forget the early 2000s OJC

What do you guys have against the 1984 OJC? Chromium Dioxide was the One Step of the 1980s.

 

[Selaws]

I’m aware. Waxtime releases are an understandably derided, they are grey market, digital transfers but for $12 bucks the few I’ve owned over the years have sounds pretty good. Obviously not audiophile but still better than lots of modern releases.

The best "super cheap" option in my opinion are the Deagostini "Jazz At 33 1/3" series. The UK market became flooded with them a few years ago when Zavvi had a really affordable bundle deal. Anyway, the sourcing is a bit of a mystery but the general consensus is that it isn't a grey market label and they have the licensing rights. In fact, I have seen a few sources state that some of their releases are AAA, which I cant confirm but what I can say is that every copy on the label that I have heard is incredibly good.

 

[zdkaiser]

What do you guys have against the 1984 OJC? Chromium Dioxide was the One Step of the 1980s.

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Add it to the list for comparison.

 

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

What do you guys have against the 1984 OJC? Chromium Dioxide was the One Step of the 1980s.

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So that's what the CrO2 button on my cassette deck is for.

 

[RHANDMJ]

The best "super cheap" option in my opinion are the Deagostini "Jazz At 33 1/3" series. The UK market became flooded with them a few years ago when Zavvi had a really affordable bundle deal. Anyway, the sourcing is a bit of a mystery but the general consensus is that it isn't a grey market label and they have the licensing rights. In fact, I have seen a few sources state that some of their releases are AAA, which I cant confirm but what I can say is that every copy on the label that I have heard is incredibly good.

LOL. ZERO of these are AAA. Like - ZERO. And based in Italy, with weak rights laws, there are none licensed.

General consensus - online boards? Discogs? Hoffman? Sure thing.