Acoustic Sounds 45's Jazz series

Gary,

I believe those O.J.C. are from Fantasy records. They are located in Berkley, California. They put out a large catalog of Vinyl. I'll see if I can find there phone #. I
just found it 510-549-2500.

"OJC" refers to the "Original Jazz Classics" series of reissues that Fantasy records did in the mid to late 1980's. The reissues included several hundred of the best jazz recordings of the 1950's and 1960's, mainly from the Contemporary and Riverside labels. The "OJC" LP's were remastered, decently pressed, and very reasonably priced. I own about 100 of the "OJC" LP's from this series, and there is some great music in the collection. I am, however, not convinced that the 45-rpm series from Acoustic Sounds merits a $50/LP price tag. Before you plunk down $50 for a single LP (45-rpm or not), you might want to do a little research about whether the music on the recording is worth $50 to you.

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.