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Which reissue series would this have been?  I do not own all that many OJC CDs but those I have include the original liner notes, as do the OJC (and similar, somewhat earlier) LP facsimile reissues reproducing the original cover artwork and layout. OTOH, that crop of Don Schlitten-produced Prestige/New Jazz reissues from the 60s/early 70s featured updated, insightful liner notes from (what I have seen at a quick glance at my LPs) the likes of Mark Gardner, Martin Williams, Chris Albertson, Doug Ramsey, Dan Morgenstern a.o. Not a bad selection of writers IMO.  But I think you are right about not knowing (initially!) what you got when looking at the exterior of the Prestige twofers. For example, a photo of Miles Davis from (more or less) the "Electric Miles" period on the cover when 1956 classic quintet sessions are inside can only be attributed to the tastes and expectations of the average jazz buyers of the early 70s. But the insides of those twofers tell it all - so no doubt about what the buyer gets. And after all, this out-of-tune cover artwork problem was one that occurred with most reissue labels of the 70s (and often later as well). Good idea!  

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Well, I'm going to disagree some about the "Fantasy" liner notes. My recollection is that I didn't know what I was buying when looking at the exterior of the twofers. Each OJC included new comments from Ira Gitler putting the album in historical perspective.  The OJC CD exteriors included the recording dates as well.

I bought lots of twofers back in the day, and still have many of them.  The notes on both Prestige and Blue Note tended to be quite good.  Anyone else remember the analogy to French literary theory re 'second removism'?