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I have read so many positive things about the sound quality of Steve Hoffmann's remasterings of Time LPs on SACD, albums by Sonny Clark, Stanley and Tommy Turrentine, Kenny Dorham, but where can I get them? German mail order shops seem to have only the Fresh Sound / Blue Moon reissues of the same material.

Thanks a lot!

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They are very hard to find in Europe. I would order them in the US, where they cost $14-16. However many shops currently list them as being out of stock.

CD Universe has the Turrentine disc, Amazon.com the Sonny Clark. The Dorham SACD has not yet been released as far as I know.

Here is a list of all the Audio Fidelity SACD titles (mostly pop): http://www.sa-cd.net/alltitles/52

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I got some of mine from here:

Cal Tjader at CD pacific

or via Zshops/privat sale at amazon.com.

Recommended from my end: Sonny Clark (sound is superb) and beside the above Tjader the Buddy Rich (but with only 35mins a very short pleasure)

I also bought the In Hifi from Bob James but its a very very smooth jazz and nothing I would highly recommend..

Cheers, Tjobbe

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The Sonny Clark sounds very good indeed. Steve Hoffman always gets the best out of the master tapes.

Despite the great line-up, I passed on the Turrentine disc because I found the music to be too uniform and mainstream. Good playing, but nothing memorable really. The stereo mix is said to be rather extreme, with instruments panned hard to both channels and nothing in the middle. I've only heard a mono CD of that session.

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Thanks y'all, I'll order them from the US.

tjobbe, I have that Tjader - it was unreleased at the time of recording, and Hoffmann's release was its first appearance. There are better Tjader sessions and bands, musically ...

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Claude is right about the stereo mix on TOMMY TURRENTINE, it's WAY extreme...but I also had a prior Japanese CD issue of this, and it must be somehow preserved that way on the original tapes, definitely not something Hoffman did just for this reissue.

The sound upgrade otherwise is phenomenal, and musically I like this one a lot more than Claude (although must admit it had to grow on me).

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Thanks y'all, I'll order them from the US.

tjobbe, I have that Tjader - it was unreleased at the time of recording, and Hoffmann's release was its first appearance. There are better Tjader sessions and bands, musically ...

Hi Mike, agree with your comment on the Tjader in regards of the musical quality compared to other recordings, although still a reasonable good effort...

! the sound mix of this great anyway !

Cheers, Tjobbe

EDIT: I simply bought it because I have few records from his late 70'/early 80's period

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Claude is right about the stereo mix on TOMMY TURRENTINE, it's WAY extreme...but I also had a prior Japanese CD issue of this, and it must be somehow preserved that way on the original tapes, definitely not something Hoffman did just for this reissue.

The sound upgrade otherwise is phenomenal, and musically I like this one a lot more than Claude (although must admit it had to grow on me).

I wish my old Teleton receiver would still function: it had a blend knob enabling continuous sliding from mono to stereo ... a feature that is included in any mixing board, but almost never in hifi equipment - for jazz fans listening to early stereo recordings it works fine. Have any of you tried to use the mono switch, if there is one?

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I grew up with a Dynaco set up my dad had that had variable settings for the stereo spread; a very handy thing to have in the mid sixties and up!

I find that my Decware Radial speakers throw such a great soundstage with a depth that is satisfying even on these hard panned early stereo things. . . . Or at least less annoying.

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