Homefromtheforest Posted July 29, 2014 Report Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) I do not have this title and was wondering if I could get some advice on a good sounding version of this? I'm thinking about trying that recent Japanese 200gm vinyl version or the SHM japan cd...any thoughts? Stereo vs mono? Dropouts? Edited July 29, 2014 by Homefromtheforest Quote
erwbol Posted July 29, 2014 Report Posted July 29, 2014 I have the SHM. It is in stereo, and you can still hear the effects of Van Gelder compensating during the recording for Sonny moving around the room. It is good, but not your best bet for a best sounding version when including vinyl. The SHM does not have the excessively hot highs on Philly Joe's drums from the RVG. There is a lot of high just from the way Van Gelder recorded the drums, but this is one disc where you can clearly hear that for the RVG he made the drums white hot. Another white hot RVG is Smoke Stack. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Posted July 29, 2014 Can anyone give a comment/review on the Japanese mono 200gm LP? I don't have any LPs from this series so this might be a good candidate to try these out. On the other hand I've heard that the stereo imaging is nice on this session? Perhaps I should hunt down a Liberty stereo issue? Quote
etherbored Posted July 29, 2014 Report Posted July 29, 2014 a liberty would oviously be the budget choice for the purist, however, i imagine a toshiba pressing (quiet, well imaged, et al) would trump the liberty in a blindfold test... Quote
Jay Posted August 2, 2014 Report Posted August 2, 2014 Music Matters. Japanese is from digital. Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted August 2, 2014 Author Report Posted August 2, 2014 On 8/2/2014 at 5:47 PM, Jay said: Music Matters. Japanese is from digital. That would be my choice too but I'm too lazy for 45RPM...plus my systemdek IIx has to have the belt manually changed to switch speeds...adding to the workload haha. It would be nice if it sees appearance on the MM 33 rpm reissue series eventually...those have all been fantastic so far. Quote
spinlps Posted August 12, 2014 Report Posted August 12, 2014 I was fortunate enough to find a mono original in excellent shape recently. Comparison with my stereo United Artists pressing probably isnt fair but the mono is killer. Have to believe MM will release a 33rpm mono in the future. Quote
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