Mikey Fremer discusses in some detail, his 100 top all-analogue LP re-issues, in this 2 hour(!) video, complete with his usual amusing stories - commencing with the playing of Side One of his 50-year old 'Tommy' Who LP, just to prove that LPs do not easily wear out!

Before you all rush off to count how many that you have in your own collection, I must say that I have mixed feelings about re-issues, they're costly & sometimes of debatable sound quality if you don't do your homework.

However, I defer of course to Mr Fremer's acknowledged expertise.

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The complete list from Mr Fremer's AnalogPlanet page:

1) Ellington Masterpieces (Analogue Productions)
2) Duke Ellington: The Feeling of Jazz (Deluxe ORG Music) )
3) Duke Ellington: Indigos (IMPEX) )
4) The Sound of Jazz (Analogue Productions) )
5) Art Blakey: Night in Tunisia (Music Matters SRX vinyl) )
6) John Coltrane: Blue Train (Music Matters SRX vinyl) )
7) Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch (Music Matters) )
8) Larry Young: Unity (Music Matters) )
9) Coltrane’s Sound (ORG Music) )
10) Sonny Rollins “The Bridge” (ORG Music) )
11) Ornette Coleman “The Shape of Jazz.. (ORG 2 45) )
12) Wynton Kelly: Smokin’ At the Half-Note (Analogue P.
13) O. Peterson Trio: We Get Requests (Analog Prod.) )
14) D. Brubeck Quartet: Time Out (Analogue Prod.) )
15) Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus (OJC)
16) Gerry Mulligan and Ben Webster (ORG) )
17) Kind of Blue (Mobile Fidelity) )
18) Miles Davis “Sketches of Spain” (Mobile Fidelity) )
19) Miles Davis “Nefertiti” (Mobile Fidelity) )
20) Miles Davis In A Silent Way (Mobile Fidelity) )
21) LeGrand Jazz (w. M. Davis) (IMPEX) )
22) Gil Evans & Ten (Analogue Productions) )
23) The Individualism of Gil Evans (Speakers Corner) )
24) Charles Lloyd: Forest Flower (Speakers Corner)
25) Desmond/Mulligan: Two of a Mind (ORG)
26) A. Blakey’s Jazz Messeng W. Monk (Analog Spark)
27) Paul Desmond: Desmond Blue (Analog Spark) )
28) The Monty Alexander Trio: Montreux Alex. (MPS)
29) John Lewis&Sacha Distel: Afternoon in Paris (Sam) )
30) Chet Baker and his quintet with B. Jaspar (Sam) )
31) The New Standard: Saft, Swallow,Previte (R.Noise) )
32) Jerome Sabbagh: The Turn (Bee Jazz Records) )
33) Yuko Mabuchi Trio Vols. 1&2 (Yarlung) )
34) Armstrong/Fitzgerald: Porgy&Bess (Sp. Corner) )
35) B. Holiday: Songs For Distingué Lovrs (Analog Pro) )
36) Ella Fitz. Sings the C.Porter Songbk (Analog Spark) )
37) Ella Fitzgerald. Ella Swings Lightly (ORG) )
38) Cassandra Wilson: Belly of the Sun (Pure Pleasure) )
39) Cassandra Wilson: Blue Light ‘til Dawn (P. Pleas.) )
40) Ray Charles and Betty Carter (Analog Productions) )
41) Johnny Hartmann: Once in Every Life (Analogue P.)
42) Dean Martin: Dream With Dean (Analogue Prod.)
43) Tony Bennett: At Carnegie Hall (Analogue Prod.)
44) Nat King Cole: Love is the Thing (Analogue Prod.)
45) Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (Analogue Prod.)
46) Peggy Lee: Is That All There Is? (Pure Pleasure)
47) Joe Jackson: Night and Day (Intervention)
48) Judee Sill: Judee Sill (Intervention)
49) Gene Clark: White Light (Intervention)
50) Stealers Wheel: Ferguslie Park (Intervention)
51) The Flying Burrito Bros: Gilded Palace (intervention)
52) Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow (mono): Mo-Fi)
53) Grateful Dead: American Beauty (Mobile Fidelity)
54) Aretha Franklin: Aretha’s Gold (Mobile Fidelity)
55) The B. Boys: Pet Sounds (mono) (Analogue Pro.)
56) The B. Boys: Surfer Girl (stereo) (Analogue Pro.)
57) Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (Mobile Fidelity)
58) Elvis Costello: Get Happy (Mobile Fidelity)
59) E. Costello: King of America (Mobile Fidelity)
60) The Crickets: The Chirpin Crickets (Analogue Prod.)
61) Buddy Holly: Buddy Holly (Analogue Productions)
62) E. Presley: Stereo ’57 Essential Elvis (Analog Prod.)
63) Jimi H.: Live at the Miami Pop Festival (Exp. Hend.)
64) Jimi Hendrix: The Cry of Love (Experience Hendrix)
65) Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (WB)
66) Van Morrison: Moondance (WB)
67) Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (Mobile Fidelity)
68) Neil Young w. Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows (WB)
69) Neil Young: After the Goldrush (WB)
70) Neil Young: Harvest (WB)
71) Carole King: Tapestry (Mo-Fi or ORG Music45)
72) The Band: The Band (Mo-Fi)
73) Love: Forever Changes (Rhino)
74) Joni Mitchell: Blue (WB)
75) Joni Mitchell: Court and Spark (WB)
76) Eric Clapton: I Still Do (Surfdog)
77) The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (Zappa F.)
78) The Moths of Invent: Burnt Weenie Sand. (Zappa)
79) Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman (Analogue Prod.)
80) Gillian Welch: Soul Journey (Acony)
81) Gillian Welch: The Harrow & The Harvest (Acony)
82) Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (Analogue Productions)
83) Peter Paul & Mary: Peter, Paul & Mary (ORG)
84) Shelby Lynne: Just A Little Lovin’ (Analog Product.)
85) Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memph (Analogue Prod.)
86) Phoebe Snow: Phoebe Snow (Analogue Prod.)
87) Samantha Crain: Under Br. &Thorn&Tree (Ramseur)
88) Son House: Father of Folk Blues (Analogue Prod.)
89) Muddy Waters: Folk Singer (Analog Prod.)
90) Ry Cooder/V.M. Bhatt: Meeting By River (Analog P.)
91) Unpopular Music (Various Artists) (Gearbox)
92) OST: TRON (Audio Fidelity)
93) OST: West Side Story (Analog Spark)
94) OST: A Fiddler on the Roof (Analog Spark)
95) D2D: C.Teal Trib. to Ella Fitzgerald (Chas. Dragon)
96) D2D: Syd Lawr. Orch: Big B. Spect.! (Chas. Dragon)
97) BOX: The Kinks The Mono Collection )(Sanct)
98) BOX: Buff. Springfield: What’s That Sound (Atlantic)
99) BOX: Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (Exp. Hendrix)
100) BOX: The Nat King Cole Story (Analog Productions)

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Apr 4, 2019 9:09:12 GMT 12 Owen Y said:

However, I defer of course to Mr Fremer's acknowledged expertise.

even He gets it wrong sometimes...

His lavish praise of the cisco aja was dialed back after he heard the original abc aa/ab pressings.

as for re-issues, remasters and whatnot...

most of the time i find them inferior in sound to originals but sometimes the packagin and bonus material almost makes up for it.

thanks for the text list, a 2 hr video is a bit much to take in

Originals can be hard to find and then how worn they are can be a lottery, so I'm quite happy buying re-issues.

BTW, looks like I have 12 on that list (with 16 others but not the "audiophile" versions).

Thanks a lot for the list Owen, very useful. My limited experience with reissues was a lot of times disappointing, having said that they do have their place for rare/collectible who in other case would be unattainable. In somes cases however they don't make sense: a good example is "Legrand Jazz" from the list which I've bought recently an original of: you can get an original for very little money and in good condition, I really don't see the reason to pay so much for a reissue when you can get hold of the real thing.

Quick check
I have 17,18,51,52,53,57,65,66,67,68,69,70,73,81 and 88.
I'm happy enough with those reissues. I'm another who can't be bothered with the lottery chasing originals, especially online.

Ive got 37 on that list, not always the same version though. Reissues vs Originals, price and availability also comes into the question with the reissues sometimes being both easier to find and cheaper and if new then of guaranteed condition. In terms of reissues im a huge fan of the music matters 33 1/3 series of blue note reissues and not fussed on the double 45 thing at all as I feel it ruins the original playback of the album having the album broken up into 4 parts.

i have 27.

price and availabilty do come into it for rarities but many current re-issues are of albums that were sold in the many millions.
it's not that hard to find a good original miles davis or brubeck.

let alone good sounding original joni mitchells (shock, nz blue sounds better than the hoffman !), van morrison, joe jackson et al.

Im beginning to think you have a thing about Hoffman, did he steal your playlunch at kindy or something ?

And yes originals of some of those are not hard to find or expensive. In general terms when I have the choice, I prefer a UK or US pressing to the NZ one though.

haha only that his remasters etc have a very distinctive signature that are as close to original masters as mofis

He also didn't include the Beatles & Dylan Mono reissues which were raved about (I have them and they sound good) - admittedly some of those monos are difficult to find.

only in-print titles

I am impressed & surprised that the aficionados here have so many of these audiophile re-issue titles.

Maybe I'm just cheap

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mine are mostly regular issues of those titles

With regard to Owens earlier comment: I find it suprising that some of the regulars here dont own more of those titles. Speaking for myself, the ones I dont have are the ones I dont want.

PS. Just to clarify, I'm referring to the re-issue labelled titles as listed in Mikey Fremer's video.

eg. MUDDY WATERS 'Folk Singer' - I don't have the Analogue Productions re-ssue listed by Mikey (but I do have the Chesky (re)issue).

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