It depends.I have heard head to head Classic re-issue of Charlie Rouse "Yeah!" verusus original and re-issue was better.But then again were talking Bernie Grundman doing what he can with original tapes,masters and stampers.it is a good point that you had better hard virgin vinyl in 50's or early 60's and since then even with proper "vault" environment control there should be less info on tapes then when fresh.And then we went to thinner LP's often with re-melt vinyl which made LP's abysmal by 70's.But now 180 (some don't like 200gm and prefer 180 gm as being "right").
But if you see good re-issue companies using vintage playback gear with well preserved tapes it depends on the mastering engineer material to work with.Sometimes it's really an issue if you read about film music which uses optical trip for sound on very unstable film.All in all I like the older LP's like my thick Blue Notes which even when hacked sound a grade better than other Lp's (though some companies like Roost made bad LP's at the time when ,Blue Note,Prestige had fine sound and some like Phillips and Epic were exceptional) I would rather a clean copy of the old LP.But $50 for a well made re-issue versus $500 or $2K for some titles hey if 'ya got it spend it.Just nice that some companies like Classic or Acoustic Sounds and others are doing good job.P.S. some companies like Venus took OK Interplay LP's and made them sound better on superior vinyl and their own digital 24 bit tapes pressed into wax are some of the best I have ever heard contrary to the "it's all gotta be analogue if it's pressed into wax" crowd thinks.if you like Jazz pick up some of Archie Shepp's "Blue" series digital to wax LP's (or any Venus LP be it a s re-issue or original recoding like Mike Garzone with Trio De Paz" and others.The Cd's have the extra dynamic range of course but the LP's are so good with that Lp only "tactile" sound that you want both!Older isn't always better.Just thank goodness we are stuck with crap that existed from late 60's to mid 90's.
Chazz
But if you see good re-issue companies using vintage playback gear with well preserved tapes it depends on the mastering engineer material to work with.Sometimes it's really an issue if you read about film music which uses optical trip for sound on very unstable film.All in all I like the older LP's like my thick Blue Notes which even when hacked sound a grade better than other Lp's (though some companies like Roost made bad LP's at the time when ,Blue Note,Prestige had fine sound and some like Phillips and Epic were exceptional) I would rather a clean copy of the old LP.But $50 for a well made re-issue versus $500 or $2K for some titles hey if 'ya got it spend it.Just nice that some companies like Classic or Acoustic Sounds and others are doing good job.P.S. some companies like Venus took OK Interplay LP's and made them sound better on superior vinyl and their own digital 24 bit tapes pressed into wax are some of the best I have ever heard contrary to the "it's all gotta be analogue if it's pressed into wax" crowd thinks.if you like Jazz pick up some of Archie Shepp's "Blue" series digital to wax LP's (or any Venus LP be it a s re-issue or original recoding like Mike Garzone with Trio De Paz" and others.The Cd's have the extra dynamic range of course but the LP's are so good with that Lp only "tactile" sound that you want both!Older isn't always better.Just thank goodness we are stuck with crap that existed from late 60's to mid 90's.
Chazz