Any alternatives for The Okeh Ellington

[bluesbro]

Im bummed by the sound of those old transfers in the "Okeh" Ellington by Sony. Plenty of noise reduction and that just kills it for me. Are there any alternatives to get this material in better sound?

Thanks

[AllenLowe]

actually, there's no hiss reduction on those, they were not using it than - just bad eq in the mastering - get a graphic eq and boost it from about 3.5 k upwards - you will be amazed - these were made from good sources - don't give up -

[bluesbro]

Thanks, I'll listen again and give that a try.

[John L]

The early Ellington on Victor has the best sound (IMO).

[AllenLowe]

also play with the lower mid-riange - maybe 500-700 hz - I haven't listened to these in a while, but if I have time I'll play with them next week -

[gmonahan]

I'm bumping this one to see if, short of trying Allen's rather original suggestion of screwing around with my system (I'm so incompetent, I'd probably screw it up forever) this material has ever appeared elsewhere with really good remastering? I have the Victors, and the old Brunswicks on GRP (where the remastering sounds better than it does here, but maybe not?!). I know JSP did a set. Is it any good?

[SwingItTrev]

Just bumping this thread.

Best options for the Okeh Ellington recordings? I have the disappointing JSP Vol. 2: The Cotton Club To Sweden, and I've heard the existing "Okeh Ellington" is pretty ordinary.