I can believe the original Prestige version sounds great, but the for the price - which would be close to $500 for a NM original W. 50th label, you'd be afraid to actually play it for fear of damaging it. Be careful with E-Bay sellers too. Grading is sometimes as much art as it is science and not every seller does it well. I'd be wary of anyone who is grading solely on visual inspection.
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP?
I just love this LP! For some time I've been trying to gather all the versions I can find of it to get the best possible fidelity.
The one version I can't seem to get my hands on is Analogue Productions' 45rpm reissue from the Fantasy 45 series. Does anybody here have that and can compare it to for example the 180g DCC pressing? The DCC is the best version I've got by far, and I think now that I've played through them all except the original Prestige and the AP 45.
I'd also love to hear someone compare the original to the modern reissues.
The one version I can't seem to get my hands on is Analogue Productions' 45rpm reissue from the Fantasy 45 series. Does anybody here have that and can compare it to for example the 180g DCC pressing? The DCC is the best version I've got by far, and I think now that I've played through them all except the original Prestige and the AP 45.
I'd also love to hear someone compare the original to the modern reissues.