AP, Music Matter and Classic Records are like the Big 3 of jazz pressings. Buy any with confidence if you like the record. I try to find 33 over 45 just so I don't have to flip the LP as often. Some of the AP 45 have 1-2 tracks per side. Just my personal preference.
The Blue Note Thread
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MikeH
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Agreed. I always go for 33 if I can because I personally can't tell much difference in the quality with my set up and don't like flipping them as much. But I did end up buying a lot of MM at 45 because I found them for cheaper on ebay than the 33s.
Ok, thanks for the response Marshall! I’m going to get it!
Anyone Have some recommendations on some great jazz Analogue Productions pressings? I’m going to pick up the AP 45RPM 2LP pressing of Charles Mingus’ “Black Saint and The Sinner Lady” soon!
I really like the Analogue Productions pressings I have so far, so would love to get some great jazz AP pressings recommendations! Especially Blue Note titles
For AP releases I recommend Art Blakey - Moanin, Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue, and Joe Henderson - Page One. But really any of the AP jazz releases are excellent. The only gripe I have is some of mine have slight warps which was disappointing since they are 200g vinyl.
It's still available from Acoustic Sounds for I think $55. Don't know if it would still be cheaper when you count shipping.
Colonel4Bin
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Same here, SO so good.
NathanRicaud
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I just pulled the trigger on that “Moanin” because why not
Thank you so much for telling me about this Johnpisme!
Also grabbed.......
MoFi Supervinyl Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um
Carole King’s Tapestry (MoFi)
Helen Merrill’s Helen Merrill (Analogue Productions)
Sam Cooke’s Night Beat (Anologue Productions)
Joe Henderson’s Page One (Analogue Productions)
Fingers crossed shipping isn’t too much! But even if it is, then at least it’s for super high quality sounding products
Hey Nathan. I'm a fellow vinyl lover based in Australia. Don't post much but thought I'd share some knowledge seeing as you're going down the high quality jazz reissue rabbit hole. MMJ, AP, and Mofi are pretty well known, but to be honest there are other pressing companies to keep an eye/ear out for.
These include: ORG, Impex, Speakers Corner, BNs own Tone Poet and 80th anniversary reissues, etc.
Of course there are the Japanese King reissues as well, abundant on eBay, usually in great used condition.
Happy exploring!
MikeH
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on the tender spot of every calloused moment
The sixth LP from Oakland jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire is heavy on the blues and odes to his heroes. We have it on brown vinyl.
www.vinylmeplease.com
VMP pressing the new Ambrose Akinmusire album. Ltd to 500
mingerton
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Tempting. I’d rather swap it but will 500 copies sell out? Not sure if casual jazz fans will buy this one.
Also: blue note store claims vinyl won’t ship until 8/28.
Also: blue note store claims vinyl won’t ship until 8/28.
on the tender spot of every calloused moment
The sixth LP from Oakland jazz trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire is heavy on the blues and odes to his heroes. We have it on brown vinyl.
VMP pressing the new Ambrose Akinmusire album. Ltd to 500
MikeH
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I do not think it will make it to swaps. It would have to last until September to get to swaps since it won't ship out until end of August per the Blue Note regular vinyl release.
seeirwin
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A few bucks cheaper here (if you don't care about the brown vinyl): Ambrose Akinmusire - on the tender spot of every calloused moment
MikeH
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With shipping it's still a tiny bit more (comes out to $31 shipped for me through BN). Since I'm ordering it anyway, ends up being $29 shipped for a /500 variant. BN doesn't do a ton of limited color variant stuff typically so I'm fine trying to get this through VMP.
LG&M
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Has anyone seen an update for when MMJ might put the May titles (Speak No Evil / Midnight Blue) up for sale? I seem to recall a post somewhere suggesting that the release schedule had been pushed back but the site still shows May.
They are trying to figure out when to release, and how to do it so they don't have the same issue with the server. I would not expect anything in May.
MikeH
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Not sure but it's not like any of us will be able to actually buy them anyway...haha sorry...too soon?
MikeH
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I really want Speak No Evil but I also don't want to drop $100 with shipping for 1 record...still pisses me off that it's a $200 limit for free shipping.
LG&M
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I guess the silver lining is that its easier to hit the $200 mark when the albums are $75? Both are on my "must have" list and I can throw in True Blue to just get over $200 and qualify for the free shipping. Yeah, sure, its twisted logic, but I've had a gift card earmarked for these since the re-releases were announced so in my mind its paid for already.
MikeH
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Yea--it's quite hard to find a good pressing of Speak No Evil which is on my must-buy list and I don't have Midnight Blue...but hard for me to justify the cost. I also have been staying away because I think once I buy one SRX, I might want to buy them all hah. I have a lot of MM pressings and just don't find myself playing them all that much for some reason. Maybe its the 45 RPM but I'm not sure.
Russ I
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With Somethin' Else, my rationale was that it would be tough to find a nice, high-quality copy for under $100. Of course that didn't account for the bullshit of trying to get the order placed!
keylime_5
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The going rate for quality Blue Note pressings is gonna be pretty high regardless. Unless you get a Tone Poet, but they are C and D list BN titles (which are still awesome records don’t get me wrong). The A list titles are gonna be really expensive even used and decades old.