Jasmine (Made in Czecholsovakia)

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Are these cds duds ....or worth purchasing?

[brownie]

They're the real thing!

I am very happy with those (Jimmy Deuchar, Ian Hammer, Tubby Hayes, etc...) I have.

I am planning to get more...

[king ubu]

I picked up the Ian Hamer 2CD set from Lon (he had a duplicate) and I'm very happy with that one! The Tubby Hayes are on the loooooong wishlist. No need to worry, if all are such nice packages as that Hamer!

[Philip]

Needle drops I'm afraid, but the original tapes are not believed to survive.

[king ubu]

What are you talking about? Jasmine in general?

[Big Beat Steve]

Hey folks, that's globalization! What do you expect in today's world?

It seems like there is a bunch of U.K. reissue labels out there who have long since abandoned donning and flying the Union Jack in what they're doing in their day-to-day business (like others in other countries too, I guess).

Is Jasmine affiliated with or part of Interstate Music Ltd?

The Interstate reissue labels such as Krazy Kat, Country Routes (and Harlequin) have featured the mention "Made in the Czech Republic" for quite some time now. Printing quality of the booklets and sound quality of the CD's is as good as it can possibly be when you reissue stuff from old 78s or acetates that sometimes survive in deplorable condition only and where definitely no master tapes exist anymore. So quality seems to be OK and the Czech connection is for cost cutting only.