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Re: interesting...

Posted by newdreams (A) on April 16, 2007 at 21:34:01

In Reply to: interesting... posted by analog guy on April 16, 2007 at 19:11:02:

Hi Analog Guy: here's what I posted elsewhere a while back, based on my two-LP sample. I tried to just enjoy the music, but it was just impossible with the Lou Donaldson LP. I plan to write to Blue Note when I get time. I was curious as to who did the new vinyl-I assume it's a company named Scorpio?

Cheers, Paul

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Has anyone else noted poor quality with new Blue Note vinyl re-releases?. I just received a sealed vinyl copy of Lou Donaldson's "Blues Walk".

1. It is slightly warped so I can watch the headshell dance up and down with every revolution, although I don't hear any wow. It's also pressed very slightly off-centre.

2. The original mix/master is flawed. On cut 3, side 1, "The Masquerade is Over", the bass and drums drop off as if the fader was pulled nearly all the way back at about one minute in. You can see the absence of bass looking at the grooves. After about three minutes, the bass and drums abruptly come back in. This also occurs on cuts on side two. This is a mixing/mastering flaw rather than in pressing. It could be the only masters they had to work from, but I find it hard to believe Blue Note would knowingly release vinyl from such a flawed mix.

3. The bass and drums drop off again, almost to the point of inaudibility, on side two cut 1, "Play Ray", for about 30 seconds. It's like a studio visitor was playing with the faders, not knowing what they did. There is another short drop out in "Autumn Nocturne". The reverb return also changes as if someone was riding it and playing with it. There's a bit of pre-echo, but I can't be sure whether that is from old master tape print-through (most likely) or from the LP.

On cut 3 side 2, again the bass/drums is pumped up and down as if someone is experimenting. It's very irritating. It is consistent at exactly the same spot on each playback, and you can see the different groove pattern where the bass disappears, so it's not my equipment. Does anyone else know this recording and can comment?

My other recent Blue Note vinyl purchase, Wayne Shorter's "The All-Seeing Eye", is warped and also pressed slightly off-center.

Both sealed LPs seemed to need cleaning immediately, and I suspect the cheap paper sleeves are shedding fibres onto the LP surface.

An older unsealed McCoy Tyner 1970s(?) blue label Blue Note LP I bought recently is flat, plays perfectly, and sounds great.

I won't be buying any more new Blue Note Vinyl.

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