Small world! I see you live in Astoria--I used to live there. HVV is a really great shop. I'll definitely be back. Sorry I got to some of the good stuff before you
I was there around lunchtime I think. But there was WAY more I wanted to buy so I'm sure you still got some good stuff too.
Great! Now it's even easier for me to spend more money on those Tone Poet and BN80 pressings!
Does that mean the spreadsheet is no longer necessary?Great! Now it's even easier for me to spend more money on those Tone Poet and BN80 pressings!
Not at all. I'll forget that the Amazon store is there but will never forget the spreadsheet!Does that mean the spreadsheet is no longer necessary?
If you click on the album to go to its store link and look at the release date/notes, it will usually say it in the description, or any release date before 2019 is likely a 75th anniversary pressing.
It's a good one!!!
For the money they are great. Obviously not going to be the same quality as original pressings, but certainly worth picking up.
I agree with @Selaws . Worth the money at the right price. I don't think I would spend more than $20 on one though (also the early 80s are different than later 80s when they moved to DMM). From what I have read, the early Pathé Marconi/EMI french pressings likely used analogue sources when Pathé first got the tapes from Blue Note. They moved over to DMM a few years after that. I was excited last weekend because I was in two separate record stored that had tons of french pressings but they were all DMM so I just put them back. Lots of good titles too...
I think it depends on which you buy. Looking at some other reviews, they seem hit or miss. In my experience the early 80s french reissues are good for the price (under $20). I believe they started using DMM in 1986 on those French reissues so I shy away from those.
I tend to pick them up when they are cheap (under £10). I actually find the DMM ones to be (on the whole) decent for that price as well, I would actually say better than the BN75 series (less popping issues as well). They are a bit hit and miss though, I think I have about 3 DMM and maybe 2 pre DMM. I know for a fact that I have the french DMM of Sonny Rollins - A Night At The Village Vanguard (which is ok, but nothing special) and Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul. The Donaldson is really good, I would be happy with that had I paid double for it (although I dont have any other pressing to compare it to).
100% agreed. DMM are not worth buying IMO, just like the 75th anniversary pressings. I made the mistake of buying a few early on when I started collecting BN titles and they are just so meh sounding hah. I don't see the non DMM ones very often either but luckily this one was!
