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Was in the mood for the album tonight, and thought I'd pick up the Hear Music reissue. Couldn't find a parking space near the record store, though, so I went home and pulled out my vintage-1975 copy. Surprisingly in much better physical shape than I thought it would be, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Sound quality was quite good - a little bit of compression here and there, but to be expected for the era, and not objectionable.Here's my question - has anyone who is familiar with the original heard the new one? Curious, more than anything - not likely I'll spring for it now - just interested to hear your experiences.
FWIW, regarding reissues (especially expensive ones), before deciding to buy an album, I've begun asking myself how many times, realistically, I expect to listen to it. I have upwards of 20,000 records, discs, files, etc., and I've finally started to realize that it's quite rare that I play something repeatedly as I did 40 years ago. So, if it's a passing urge or whim to hear an old friend (as tonight's was), I'm thinking twice or three times before pulling the trigger on $25 to $40 for a one- or two-time spin (of course, it was the parking situation, not common sense, that saved me the $$ this eve).
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If I had anywhere near 20,000 musical anythings I wouldn't buy any either. Chances are I would already have at least one copy of whatever is being repressed.
I have about 700+ albums so represses for me can be quite illuminating. I try to buy judiciously and have been quite lucky so far.
Who did the repress? If it's a big music company I would steer clear of it. My impression of their repressings is that they are jumping on yet another bandwagon and are not putting the same effort into it for the most part that the smaller companies tend to do.
I rarely buy a reissue unless it's pretty much the only option. By that I mean either originals are rare and very expensive or originals are always trashed. For example, I bought a Nick Drake Five Leaves Left reissue as original copies are very rare and expensive. I got a Japanese reissue from Universal which sounded quite good to me. Another example is the recent Genesis reissues. I've never been able to find quiet copies (and I've bought a bunch) so I tried the reissues and they were dead quiet.
Bottom line, if I have a quiet, good sounding original, I won't buy a reissue.
If my original is in bad shape or I've read overwhelming praise here or elsewhere I will buy a reissue.
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