OJC vinyl back at Acoustic Sounds

[wolff]

I count about 190 titles 'in-stock' or 'pre-order'. If I'm not mistaken in my count, that's the good news.

Bad news...as many of you know, these are from digital masters. In most cases, very nicely done, but still.....

$10 a pop, and may be a buck or two cheaper if you order direct from Fanatsyjazz.com(I have not checked recently).

I'll probably order 10 or so, cross checking to see if better mastered copies are available. The obvious are the 45RPM, all analog titles from this catalog, but at $50 a pop, I pause.

[Stefan Wood]

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl. Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well.

[Z-Man]

Digital master or not, I just picked up Walt Dickerson's "To My Queen" on OJC vinyl, and it sounds killer. Maybe the CD sounds this good, but I doubt it. For 10 bucks a pop on these you can't go wrong.

[Chuck Nessa]

Great! A chance to hear my OJC cds with surface noise!

[wolff]

Quite a few of my OJC's sound great, also. At the moment it's Oliver Nelson: Straight Ahead.

Here's is a LINK to Acoustic Sounds' stock.

Edited July 5, 2005 by wolff

[Chuck Nessa]

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl.  Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well. 

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This might be a misreading of the signals.

[wolff]

Another thought......Acoustic Sounds is remastering 100 Fantasy jazz/blues titles in analog for their 45 RPM series. I believe they are on the 3rd series of 25.

They did both 33 1/3 and some 45 RPM with the Creedence(Fantasy owned) titles.

I would love to see Hoffman and Gray(cutting engineer) turn around and do the jazz titles in 33 1/3 analog, for about $20 a title.

Edited July 5, 2005 by wolff

[spinlps]

Don't forget the German OJC's that have come to market in the last 4 - 5 years. I ran into a large selection while in Atlanta last week. Same store had a nice selection of sealed older OJC's at MSRP and lower. Heck, I picked up a sealed 3LP JATP Pablo for $10!

wolff - I've yet to pick up the 45RPM's either as the price is a bit daunting. $50 for one LP of music vs. 5 OJC's at $10 a pop. I'm sure the sound is great, but not the best bang for buck on the music front.

[Stefan Wood]

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl.  Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well. 

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This might be a misreading of the signals.

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Could be, but I'm an optimist this week.......

[jazzhound]

sold all mine for 4 bucks a pop. don't miss them.

[wolff]

bought many of mine for 4 bucks a pop. glad I got 'em.

Edited July 7, 2005 by wolff

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

pop.

Yes, Dorham's 'Blue Spring' is littered with them. Swore off the OCJs after that.

[wolff]

Looks like 35 more titles have been added, bringing the total to about 225.

Edited July 10, 2005 by wolff

[wolff]

At the very least, it is a nice sign that Concord is supporting vinyl.  Dropped prices on OJC cds, as well. 

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I doubt this is the case, but what if they are keeping titles in print so EU PD labels will look elsewhere for income?

[porcy62]

Another thought......Acoustic Sounds is remastering 100 Fantasy jazz/blues titles in analog for their 45 RPM series.  I believe they are on the 3rd series of 25. 

They did both 33 1/3 and some 45 RPM with the Creedence(Fantasy owned) titles. 

I would love to see Hoffman and Gray(cutting engineer) turn around and do the jazz titles in 33 1/3 analog, for about $20 a title.

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Me too. I bought all of their 33 1/3 records before they started these 'no compromise' audiophile series at 45 RPM, and 50 $PM.

BTW they just reissue the Davis Prestige Set at 250 $

http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_det...?Title_ID=16183

[spinlps]

Bad news...as many of you know, these are from digital masters.  In most cases, very nicely done, but still.....

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Actually, a Fantasy rep. who is a frequent contributor to another forum / mailing list I frequent has repeatedly stated that the vast majority of OJC LP's, despite the jacket text, are actually made with analog masters w/o, as stated in another thread, the use of processing or equalization which "taints" some of the current digital reissue programs. Unfortuneately, given the breadth of the Fantasy / OJC catalog, he has not been able / willing to take Y/N inquiries for specific titles.

The $10 Acoustic Sounds OJC additions came up this week and he reiterated his previous statements regarding analog mastering for OJC LP's. YMMV, but he seems a trusted source and even arranged a tour of the Fantasy vaults for a forum gathering two years ago.

[wolff]

Is that right? Interesting, thanks. He's probably a much more reliable source than me.

[spinlps]

Is that right?  Interesting, thanks.  He's probably a much more reliable source than me.   

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hehehe... you and me both! I figured they were digital too until he said otherwise. Heck, I even have an OJC identification guide gathering dust from that forum somewhere.

[spinlps]

FYI...

Dusty Groove has been getting batches of new OJC LP's and selling them for $6.99!