well...If you are buying for value originals or second pressings of valuable titles are still the way to go as we do not know in the long run which reissues will increase in value.
As for sonics, old blue note 1500 series stand up pretty well to wear and tear and are cut hot especially in the midrange. This is a sound that new reissues do not have. You may like this or you may not.
Just to own the music is a wonderful thing. Almost any copy will be rewarding. If you have the funds some of the more expensive reissues can be good. In spite of the complaints about classic label stuff, they do put out a lot of records that sound decent and are very expensive in original state.
The MM stuff has already ben discussed here.
In general remember, that much of the really clean original blue note stuff went to japan and has been traded heavily since the 60's. NM copies rarely see the light of day unless they were under someone's bed.
For my money the best value in blue notes are early king pressings. At times I have found them to be very close to originals.
As for sonics, old blue note 1500 series stand up pretty well to wear and tear and are cut hot especially in the midrange. This is a sound that new reissues do not have. You may like this or you may not.
Just to own the music is a wonderful thing. Almost any copy will be rewarding. If you have the funds some of the more expensive reissues can be good. In spite of the complaints about classic label stuff, they do put out a lot of records that sound decent and are very expensive in original state.
The MM stuff has already ben discussed here.
In general remember, that much of the really clean original blue note stuff went to japan and has been traded heavily since the 60's. NM copies rarely see the light of day unless they were under someone's bed.
For my money the best value in blue notes are early king pressings. At times I have found them to be very close to originals.