Acoustic Sounds 45's Jazz series


Which one's have you listened too. What #'s would you recommend?
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Showing 2 responses by suretyguy

I have three: 1) Bill Evans' Waltz for Debby
2) Ellington's Duke's Big 4 and
3) Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners

They all sound just fine (although I expected pristine surfaces for $50), but I frankly am not all that certain that the hefty price of admission is worthwhile, since other versions, including the OJCs @ about $10 each, are close enough to make me think I'd have been just as well off to go that route and have money left over to buy 12 additional OJCs. Plus with the 45 rpm speed it seems as though it's time to flip it over almost as soon as my butt hits the chair!
I've already made my decision on this: The difference is definitely not worth the big price tag to me. It's interesting that Pure Audiophile, which has thus far issued two remastered albums, Karrin Allyson's Ballads and Ray Brown's Soular Energy (with another on the way) does so at 33 rpm and to me these sound at least as good if not better than the 45s under discussion and the price is about the same. Furthermore they don't chintz and stick 2 LPs in one slot as Acoustic Sounds does. The latter may be attempting to maintain the integrity of the original packaging with this practice, but I think it stinks, especially for $50.