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OJC LP Reissues???

Two of the leading audiophile distributors/manufacturers of lps have quite a few Original Jazz Classic reissues. Has anyone purchased any of these lps and if so were there any quality/sound problems? Are there any particular titles that should be avoided?

Based on previous threads, I would like to avoid buying any lps that were pressed by Scorpio Records. One of the distributors advised me that his OJC lps were not pressed by Scorpio; however, the other distributor said he did not know who pressed his OJC reissues and could not guarantee that Scoprio did not do the pressings.

Any input would be helpful and greatly apprecited. Thanks.
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The OJC issues are mostly "flat transfers" from second generation tapes. As a result, the sound has not been mucked around with very much and they typically they sound pretty good. Until recently they've also been pretty inexpensive. In my experience, OJCs have been a reasonable cost way to get a lot of great music on vinyl in pretty decent sound.

You'll largely be fine with any of them as long as you don't expect them to begin to sound anywhere close the sonics being delivered on the various 45rpm reissue series mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray for Music Matters and Analogue Productions. :-)
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