There is a ton of info on the OJC's at vinyl asylum in AA. Do a search there. There is some speculation that the OJC's above the number 300 or so in the catalogue are digitally remastered. I own a number of them (all below 300 in the catalogue) that are, in my opinion, very good and certainly well worth the asking price. The one thing I would suggest, based on my experience, is to avoid the West German OJC's. I have an Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section that was pressed in Germany that sounds a bit thin to me compared to the other OJC's (including other Art Pepper's) that I have. You will see references to bar codes as being negative at Vinyl Asylum but I have a couple of OJC's with bar codes on them (indicating that they are newer OJC's as opposed to NOS) that sound very good.
There's a lot of fabulous music that sounds great on the OJC's. I just spun Cannonball Adderly with Bill Evans "Know What I Mean" (OJC 105) this morning. Great performance, great sound quality. I'll probably try and pick up some more OJC's in the new year.
There's a lot of fabulous music that sounds great on the OJC's. I just spun Cannonball Adderly with Bill Evans "Know What I Mean" (OJC 105) this morning. Great performance, great sound quality. I'll probably try and pick up some more OJC's in the new year.