ILLINOIS JACQUET Birthday Party Vol. 2

A second or two of distortion near the end of side two! Surely you can live with it! Is this an original pressing or reissue? 

I wouldn't waste the money on another copy!

So your stylus sails through this pressing defect? No problem then about damaging the stylus or blowing up your amp!

Hi Jason,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my thread :)

The distortion only happens about 1/2 or 3/4 of the way thru the last song on side two. The rest of the entire album is completely quiet and plays mint.

The distortion is very loud when it happens. It literally makes me jump up from my listening chair. Again, thankfully it only lasts 1 or 2 seconds. I'm fearful however of that loud transient distorted burst damaging my speakers and wasn't sure if it could also damage my stylus if it is indeed some kind of pressing defect.  The distortion comes thru both speakers. 

It is a Groove Note reissue on 180gr vinyl that I bought from Acoustic Sounds. The album is recorded very well, with great music and musicians, and plays quiet all the way through both sides with only that one exception.

Best wishes,

Don

Maybe look for an original pressing? Don't play that track!

Don’t know that recording and no luck on the Tube.  So, can you describe what exactly is happening musically at the precise moment that you hear the distortion?  What instrument(s) are playing?  Is the piano (?) playing a particularly percussive note or chord at that precise moment? 

Hi Frogman!

I’m at work right now, so I can’t play it at the moment, but if I recall l correctly it is the sax playing at that moment.  I don’t think that it’s my cartridge mistracking.  I realize it can happen more often near the end of an album but I don’t think that is it.  
I’ll try and link a YouTube of the song when I’m not in meetings.  
 

Best wishes,

Don