Hello there.
I just got two of the RVG CD's last week. 1. The Horace Silver Quintet, "Song For My Father" and 2. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "Moanin'".
I have many Blue Note titles on Vinyl but not these two. I don't like to own the same thing twice; I've done the CD/Vinyl comparison with only a couple of titles. I have a new-ish CD player, the Eastern Electric MiniMax. I actually would never have considered owning any Jazz, let alone the wonderful Blue Note stuff, on CD without having THIS CD player. It has brought recordings much closer in sound quality to my turntable rig: Rega P25, Dynavector 10x5 and Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 phono pre.
My observations with these two new RVG cd's is that the Horace Silver sounds very much like a good quality vinyl pressing... to me that = good! The Art Blakey disc sounds more CD-like in that it is a little more present with a little more high-frequency energy that can cause fatigue. I find myself listening to the Horace Silver more, not due to the music but due to the pleasant nature of the recording.
Of course not all my Blue Note albums sound identical, and that may be the case here... but so far I am batting .500 with the series. I will probably seek out more though. I am a huge fan of the extra tracks and the ease of getting CD into my car or on my iPod for example. But... but... if I go shopping and I find a nice Blue Note album I'd grab the vinyl first... but could be happy if I found the RVG CD instead... it’s all for the MUSIC!
PS. Kenny Burrell's, "Midnight Blue" is my favorite jazz album possibly of all time!
I just got two of the RVG CD's last week. 1. The Horace Silver Quintet, "Song For My Father" and 2. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, "Moanin'".
I have many Blue Note titles on Vinyl but not these two. I don't like to own the same thing twice; I've done the CD/Vinyl comparison with only a couple of titles. I have a new-ish CD player, the Eastern Electric MiniMax. I actually would never have considered owning any Jazz, let alone the wonderful Blue Note stuff, on CD without having THIS CD player. It has brought recordings much closer in sound quality to my turntable rig: Rega P25, Dynavector 10x5 and Graham Slee Gram Amp 2 phono pre.
My observations with these two new RVG cd's is that the Horace Silver sounds very much like a good quality vinyl pressing... to me that = good! The Art Blakey disc sounds more CD-like in that it is a little more present with a little more high-frequency energy that can cause fatigue. I find myself listening to the Horace Silver more, not due to the music but due to the pleasant nature of the recording.
Of course not all my Blue Note albums sound identical, and that may be the case here... but so far I am batting .500 with the series. I will probably seek out more though. I am a huge fan of the extra tracks and the ease of getting CD into my car or on my iPod for example. But... but... if I go shopping and I find a nice Blue Note album I'd grab the vinyl first... but could be happy if I found the RVG CD instead... it’s all for the MUSIC!
PS. Kenny Burrell's, "Midnight Blue" is my favorite jazz album possibly of all time!