Original Vinyl vs Re-issue

Has anyone ever compared an original recording on vinyl with the standard re-issue. If so, could they hear any difference? If not, does that mean your system resolution isn't good enough? ​

 

depends on the reissue, I've got some fantastic reissues that show the original how it should be done, and some awful ones.
The best are by people like Classic, Speakers Corner and Earnote.

 

Ditto...

 

ditto

 

Wow, I must keep an eye out for the ditto label, seems popular.

 

its a re-issue label

 

A lot of reggae reissue vinyl over the last 20 years from labels such as Trojan is mostly bollocks in the sound quality department imo- E.G. I bought the original Prince Fari Dub to Africa on white label from a reggae shop in Croydon around '79 (when I was 15) and it sounded so immediate and powerful. Buy it now on Pressure Sounds and weep! :newbie:

 

Four men with beards is another good one to look out for.

 

Their Marquee Moon isn't much to shout about

 

Generally, early original pressings are the best bet for 'rock and pop', unless it's a full blown remaster. Those stampers are only good for 30,000 or so pressings, so each subsequent one takes a little more wear off the mother. Also, the 'mid-price' type issues of 70s and 80s stuff is generally on low quality recycled vinyl. It all went down the pan in the late 80s anyway...

Case in point, I have two copies of Kate Bush 'Hounds of Love', both look immaculate, both sound like utter cack (loads of surface noise, poor resolution). I also have a 1980 (according to the Woolies price tag) pressing of Never Forever which sounds utterly fantastic.

It's also worth being a bit careful with 180g re-pressings - a lot of pressing plants aren't used to handling the bigger biscuit and if they are allowed to cool to quickly, you can get problems with cracking. My 180g pressing of Slint Spiderland has a 0.5cm fracture right through the middle of 'don aman'.

Fortunately most of what I buy is pressed in runs of 1000 or less (obscure taste sometimes has advantages !) but for major label stuff, it is a bit of a minefield.

 

In what respect? - I was quite tempted, but it'd have to be a major improvement of the original CD (non-remaster) for me to bother.

Although that wouldn't be hard tbh.

 

Mine is on recycled vinyl

 

Classic don't just do reissues - they also do new release eg Neil Young, Donald Fagen. IME the quality is superb, tho' it should be given the price
You only get what you pay for after all

 

I can second that, but i dont own the cd so it had to do.
I do however own an original 45rpm 12" single of television which is superb.

Other than that one though the other 4 or 5 four men with beards i own are decent.

 

Wise words from a fellow scouser.
...... No not 'Ditto'

 

It's easier with classical music

The recording quality on an Original Decca SXL pressing compared to a later Dutch re-issue (a Narrow Band label) sounds so much better, in everyway, it makes you wonder if true resolution comes down to the pressing quality of the vinyl, more than the resolution of your HiFi.

If this is the case, you can save lots of dosh by simply buying 1st pressings instead of 2 grand on a Koestsu