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In Reply to: RE: I'll let you know... posted by Lew on July 29, 2015 at 11:31:08
Lew, check the number in the dead wax of the re-issues. If it starts with the letter "S" it's a Scorpio.
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The dead wax shows "OJC" followed by a 5-6 digit number. If it were a Scorpio, would the "S" also be followed by a number? Or just the letter "S"? This LP is nominally on "Riverside". The other two are "Blue Note".
The "S" would be followed by a dash and a number. On the Freddie Redd album I mentioned, Side 1 is S-56242 and Side 2 is S-56243. There are other numbers and symbols, but the "S" stuff is on all the ones I have.Problem is once these things are sold, it would be very easy to re-sell them as "originals" to someone who doesn't know from Scorpio.
Edits: 07/31/15
I did some Googling on Scorpio Records. The worst I could find, in terms of a comment on the sound quality, was "spotty". The name seems associated with the Record Exchange in Princeton, NJ. So far as I know, that business is reputable. There was a poorly substantiated story also that organized crime in NJ and NYC had tried to buy in to the record business via MCA and maybe they used Scorpio as the name of their business interests and maybe this was also somehow tied in with the Record Exchange. But it's more rumor than fact, probably enough evidence for Roger Goodell to indict them, however.
The same Scorpio that was the cutout king and perhaps linked to OC in NJ in the 70's? Joe's bought from them back then and had odd things to say about them.
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Yeah, probably. All I really know about Scorpio is from the dozen or so that I bought from Dusty Groove America some years ago. Quite obscure or semi-obscure jazz records (example: Freddie Redd's "Shades of Redd" on Blue Note). The ones i have look great, are well-centered, flat, and quiet. How do they sound? In cases where I have originals or re-issues from one of the better known companies, not so great. They seem to be okay as placeholders where the originals command high prices. I personally would not knowingly buy any more of them.EDIT: For what it's worth, I paid $9.95 for each of mine.
Edits: 07/30/15
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