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Rudy Van Gelder Remasters

Anyone have the opportunity to hear any of these from the Concord Music Group? The liner notes indicate they were remastered by RVG himself at his studio using the analogue master tapes at 24 bit digital resolution. I picked up Gene Ammons "Boss Tenor" used the other day just to check out one from the series. Very impressive. I've been picking up as many of the Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM "Greatest Jazz" series as I can afford but this would seem a much less expensive alternative that gets pretty close. I think next I'll buy one of the RVG Remasters that I already own as a AS 45 and do a little comparison--anyone done this?
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The RGV remasters on Blue Note generally sound lean and sterile compared with any other CD versions and especially when compared with the LPs. After trying about a dozen of the RGV's, I gave up on them.

Some of the best sounding Blue Note CDs are the Japanese HR2088 EMI reissues. Otherwise, the standard American 1980s reissues are actually the ones to get.
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