1stpress Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Has anyone compared the Analogue Productions 45rpm pressing to the Speakers Corner version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepak Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I do not have the Speakers Corner version, I have the AP 45 rpm and a first pressing RVG cut. The AP reissue is clearer with better instrument separation. It is worth it if you don't own it on vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stpress Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I do not have the Speakers Corner version, I have the AP 45 rpm and a first pressing RVG cut. The AP reissue is clearer with better instrument separation. It is worth it if you don't own it on vinyl. I don't own it on vinyl, I've actually never heard it all the way through. After having it recommended to me I listened to a bit of it on YouTube and it seems amazing. What little research I've done into Mingus suggests that this may be his best album.I rarely shell out $50 for the 45rpm, it has to be a real masterpiece. That being said, I don't want to waste the money on a CD or inferior vinyl if this record is of one those masterpieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 I have the APO SACD and the Impulse digipak CD. The SACD is a clear upgrade from the Impulse digipak and sounds great. This is a fantastic album, definitely one of Mingus' best. I haven't heard the APO vinyl, but I would imagine that it is similar to the SACD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 As David said, the APO SACDs of both Black Saint and Mingus 5x are excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 As David said, the APO SACDs of both Black Saint and Mingus 5x are excellent. Agreed, to my ears they are much better than the digipak versions from the 1990s which were mastered by Erick Labson. The APO hybrid SACDs were mastered by Kevin Gray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stpress Posted September 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 As David said, the APO SACDs of both Black Saint and Mingus 5x are excellent. Who mastered the Speakers corner Black Saint and Mingus 5X? Has anyone heard them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 how's the sound on the Impulse twofer which is currently out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Borderline too loud for sensitive ears, I imagine. I have the Sonny Rollins twofer On Impulse!/There Will Never Be Another You. A good budget option. Not bad like the Coltrane Impulse! Originals of Crescent with all these horrible earsplitting peaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I have the Speakers Corner Mingus. Don't have and have never heard the AP 45. The Speakers Corners issue sounds fine, so I have no need to go for the 45. I also don't want to have to turn a record over every ten minutes. The last is probably just pure laziness on my part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 (edited) A few years ago I did a quick comparison between the APO hybrid SACD's CD layer and the 1990s digipak CD reissue that was mastered by Erick Labson, and to my ears the former swept the floor with the latter: it sounded much more musical, with a better tonality, not at all harsh, which was one of my problems with the Labson remaster. If the APO vinyl version (which I've never heard) sounds about the same, I can recommend it wholeheartedly, though I can imagine that having to turn the records every 10 minutes or so is a nuisance. Edited September 19, 2013 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Perfect sound or not, BS&TSL spread across 4 sides is a terrible idea, and I couldn't possibly recommend that less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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