Which new Reissues are free of pops, ticks etc?

All of the Speaker Corner reissues I've bought in the last two years have been flawless.

I must admit though, I don't remember any problems with the Classic Reissues either and I have a lot of them.

I wonder if the cartridge and/or set up is playing a role in this?

I'm not at all forgiving of noise, I have as many as twelve visitors each Tuesday night session and a bad evening is three or four pops total from ALL my music choices over six or seven hour listening session.

The ones last week that were a disaster (noise wise) were a collection of Dean Martin LP's off Ebay. I paid about $9.00 for 5 LP's and of course they were beat to death. When they played with a lot noise, it was expected. The goal with these was content, wondering if any were worth pursuing in mint condition.

Thomas, was that you that was the high bidder on the " Jazz Party" open reel tape a few days ago at Ebay?

Thomas. I just called Classic Records and they did have some vinyl runs where surface noise was an issue.

My LP's, with no noise, were the Blue Note reissues. Classic said those runs were OK and had to do with the fact they are Mono's.

Others, including some of the Stereo Jazz titles and the new Diana Krall had problems that are being addressed.

Considering these findings, you should ask Acoustic Sounds to replace your noisy copies.

The good news, there is a new quality control guy looking over things at the pressing plant these days, including the plating and reformulation of vinyl to comply with EPA. Seems both have played a role in the noise but they are getting their land legs back.

Thomas,

I looked at the closed Ebay auction again. It was Detlof that beat me out of that tape :^). You guys have an advantage right now with the dollar so low against the Euro currencies.

I can't say I blame you, buying great Jazz titles at a good value.