Blue Note

Blue Note

Posted by elix (A) on May 29, 2012 at 03:15:22

In Reply to: RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... posted by learsfool on May 28, 2012 at 21:32:36:

There are plenty of Blue Notes with distortion on the recording. Wayne Shorter's Juju, Jackie McLean's Destination Out and other mid 60s records, etc. All of those have a little sizzly distortion on the sax at points. There are plenty of Blue Notes that don't, too. I don't know what the difference is. Maybe some artists actually liked the distortion, thought it sounded hot or something?

Either way, yeah. I'm not totally convinced the OP's problem isn't actually on the tape. One way I check, if I have a question like this about an album I'm unfamiliar with, is to find a way to listen to it online. Yes, that means downloading torrents, and if the question of legality bothers you, it might not be for you. But when it comes to this usage at least, my conscience is clear. Or you can go on ebay or amazon and find cheap copies of the CDs of a few of these albums.

It also helps to keep a used record that you KNOW someone else damaged with a worn out stylus or poor setup, so you can throw it on in a situation like this and remind yourself of the difference in sound between distortion that's just recorded that way and groove damage. In my experience, it's extremely easy to find a copy of Led Zeppelin 4 with this kind of damage. By the time you get to the end of Stairway on a lot of copies, you'll just want to rip the record off the platter and do terrible things to it.

Anyway, good luck to the OP. These things can be extremely frustrating to figure out.

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Topic - Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - carvinman 13:26:36 05/28/12 (23)

tonearm and cartridge XXXXX - cpielock@eaglebrook.org 20:20:22 05/29/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - jazzthusiast 16:28:59 05/29/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - Lew 08:17:26 05/29/12 (0)

Playing rock albums doesn't stress much with TT playback, - Dan_ed 04:03:17 05/29/12 (0)

70 records is not that many - jbcortes 23:01:25 05/28/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - learsfool 21:32:36 05/28/12 (12)

However, there are also alot of really crappy jazz records out there. - richardl 11:24:56 06/01/12 (0)

RE: Or, dare I write it, the OPs ears.... - amioutaline? 07:15:36 05/29/12 (0)

Blue Note - elix 03:15:22 05/29/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - WOStantonCS100 22:17:21 05/28/12 (8)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - learsfool 19:13:17 05/29/12 (0)

I didn't detect any passive-aggression in his post. - soundnut 06:18:56 05/29/12 (4)

RE: I didn't detect any passive-aggression in his post. - WOStantonCS100 11:30:07 05/29/12 (0)

RE: I didn't detect any passive-aggression in his post. - WOStantonCS100 11:22:22 05/29/12 (2)

RE: I didn't detect any passive-aggression in his post. - soundnut 17:15:02 05/29/12 (1)

RE: I didn't detect any passive-aggression in his post. - WOStantonCS100 21:41:31 05/29/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - jbcortes 23:53:45 05/28/12 (1)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - WOStantonCS100 00:51:05 05/29/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - WOStantonCS100 18:39:32 05/28/12 (0)

most jazz I have plays better than rock or classical... - gkargreen 18:03:22 05/28/12 (0)

You turntable/cartridge is not up to the job.... - vinyl1 15:27:02 05/28/12 (0)

RE: Problems with jazz vinyl, new and used... - Biff 14:49:16 05/28/12 (0)

First thing I would do is have a fellow vinyl freak.. - nocoastjazz@gmail.com 13:37:04 05/28/12 (0)

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