Comments on: Strange Hank Mobley Peckin’ Time Activity?

By: WebWax

WebWax — Fri, 13 May 2022 21:59:51 +0000

Just revisiting this chat and chiming in on the DBLP Series Mono reissues sound quality. Kevin Gray did confirm on one of the links above (Steve Hoffman maybe?) that these reissues were not from digital copies. I now have about 18-20 of mostly 1500 and 4000 Series titles that I cannot find, or more importantly, afford decent quality original copies of for these titles! I love them! Let me preface this reply with the fact that I only wanted mono versions of these titles (I personally didn’t think Rudy has his stereo recordings locked in until 1961-62. Just my personal opinion, so please don’t unleash your RVG fury on me). I have sold off my UA mono, Music Matters (stereo) and Classic Records Mono reissues in favor of these DBLP titles. I know nothing about audio engineering, but this series sounds fantastic to my ears from the wide soundstage, detail of the instrumentation, and the overall mix. It’s just my preference when it comes to Blue Note reissues. The Classic Records Mono and UA Mono titles sound great as well and I still have a few titles of those series in my collection. However, at the end of the day for me it’s about the music and I want the best sounding releases that are reasonably priced; especially with today’s market and the extremely high prices for quasi-decent condition copies are fetching these days. Unfortunately, many of these DBLP Titles are climbing in price as well this past year. Sorry for the long response, but I wanted to wait until I have a good amount of titles and other reissues to compare them against. This is very subjective territory and there may be many opinions that contest mine and that’s fine and I respect your opinion. We just want to share our thoughts over this incredible music that we all love!

Be well,
Tom

By: Michel

Michel — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:27:27 +0000

Yes, of course i did not mean Djukic is Nautiluso, Nautiluso is clearly a fraud (by the way, what happened, any follow up on this story), Bob Djukic is a fascinating seller… But the hysteria from the some customers give way to many possibilities…

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:56:06 +0000

Djukic is no Nautiloso. He may stretch things but at the end of the day it’s up to the buyer, and his grading from what I can tell is pretty reasonable. You know what you’re going to get in most instances. The obvious exception is the sealed records, but with a lot of those deleted obscure major label rock LPs he sells, they weren’t pressed more than once.

Nautiloso just didn’t have the records and lied.

By: Michel

Michel — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:50:38 +0000

Quote “this looks like poor attention to detail” : no, they paid attention to the detail, because they took close photographs of the badly scratched details.

I think they know perfectly what they are doing and thinking : ” we are honests : so, let’s show all the details and let’s see what happens – maybe some unknowledgeable dude with more money than brain (as there are many on the Ebay jungle) will bid on it it with his eyes closed” .

Remember Bob Djukic… or Nautiluso…

By: you wont believe this

you wont believe this — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:57:38 +0000

theres this store up where u mention which if u ever pick up “record collector magazine”, there spewed all over that….hey sell get this now:

USED copies of Park Ave. (aka Scorpio) Blue Note lps [aka ‘DATs on discs’]…….

…….$37.99/ea.

its not even funny, its more like….sad

By: Alun Severn

Alun Severn — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:03:58 +0000

Rich said: “I’ve had online exchanges with Vinyl House UK and never would have had any reason to question their expertise not legitimacy, but this raises a giant-sized red flag. Even if VHUK didn’t do that to the LP themselves, how could they not smell a rat with this record?? To not be able to spot that as not an original is very suspect.”

–> That’s exactly what this made me think. Even if I was in the market for those seller’s records I would think twice: at best, this looks like poor attention to detail on a significant scale, at worst it looks….well, worse than that.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 04:06:53 +0000

The newer “DBLP” Japanese replica reissues are sourced from the original master tapes and cut by Kevin Gray here in the US: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blue-note-premium-vinyl-reissue-series-by-emi-japan.264946/page-4#post-7291644

I have the Sonny Clark Trio reissue, and though it sounds great and the jacket is gorgeous, the label is off. The blue is darker than the original labels and the deep groove looks pretty cheesy.

I’ve had online exchanges with Vinyl House UK and never would have had any reason to question their expertise not legitimacy, but this raises a giant-sized red flag. Even if VHUK didn’t do that to the LP themselves, how could they not smell a rat with this record?? To not be able to spot that as not an original is very suspect.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 02:25:30 +0000

Buds jazz used to be a pretty good shop up until about 15 or so years ago! First time I went to Buds in the early 90s I came home with a bag bursting at the seams with Lps..the next time a bit less, and then less again, and then nothing 🙁

But eBay and the internet have rendered most record stores pointless anyways for at least the last 10 years or more…

By: JOK

JOK — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 01:52:11 +0000

I bought my Scott 299b up in Everett. There is a gun maker up there that refurbishes old Scott’s and Dynaco ST 70’s. I bought the Scott because is sounded a bit softer, but I almost bought the Dynaco. The Scott’s appearance was the difference for me.
Every time I go up to Seattle to look for jazz records, there is zip up there. I can assume it is due to you two……..:)

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:24:26 +0000

Appreciate the feedback on the Premium Reissue series as I had liked mine but can’t quite call myself an expert audiophile. To Joe’s thought that these miss the point, for me personally, I purchased ones that I quite enjoyed but wouldn’t be able to afford off of places like Ebay (and likely won’t find in the wild at an affordable price), namely the Jutta Hipp Hickory House set. While the music is obviously the biggest reason for purchasing, I also enjoy the whole package including the cover. That being said, I prefer the quality and attention to detail that went into these vs the Japanese or the UA issues. I figure if I’m buying a reissue anyway, might as well give it a shot. I was happy with them!

Jason I live in South Everett area as well! We will have to connect, I’ll shoot you an email.