A/B'ing 2 copies of VERY SAXY (PRESTIGE 7167)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

this has to be the ballisest lp ever made. this album is freaking nuts. aboustely balls to the wall. Very Saxy. all these years belive it or not i had the OJC-lp, not bad. just scored on the ebay a vangelder stamped copy. not an original. a 60s blue label copy. got the mail today, opened it all up, (oh it was an auction for just lp, no cover: plain white disco jacket) anyways so the ad said like VG++or something like that and i thought pffft whatevs ive seen enough blue label prestiges to know what VG++ really means, so i open it up and although a surf. mark line here and there i mean it is aboustely perfect. its so clean. glossy, it is prob the nicest or one of the nicer blue label prestiges ive ever seen. its amazing.

so before i threw it in the no longer part of my collection but cant trade-in for anything but still too good to throw away lp pile, i thought id A/B it with the new one.....aboustely night and day. the organ. on the vangelder stamped, you feel every 'punch' of the b3 on the opening of the title track. on the ojc, it sounds more buried. the 60s press is louder too. its so punchy. i know i know i know weve been all talking about vangelder lps being compressed 8x and not sounding anything even close to the actual mastertape sound, but im telling you, nevertless this lp is aboustely -killing- right now, aboustely killing. even the acoustic bass is balenced, + im groving to that. i mean you have shirely scott on b3, eddie lockjaw, bean, arnett cobba AND buddy tate, and i still can groove to George Duvivier's bassline.it sounds like eddie lockjaw is sitting with me on my couch blowing his horn as loud as he could directly in my ear

Edited September 30, 2011 by chewy

[clifford_thornton]

I'll keep an eye out for a decent 7167 jacket... seems like I've run into nice covers with whipped vinyl a fair amount.

[kh1958]

I also have a blue label version of Very Saxy, and it sounds awesome.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

dude man thanks dude but i have an ojc jacket for it, its fine. yes theres a barcode on it i think, lolz. but yea man i mean hey if u just so happen 2 find one, lol, but no i like the jacket a whole lot. its a good hackensack 'inside' shot with the blinds. and buddy tate looks mad, lol