Reissue vs. Original ????????
12191977
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Yes Im a newby to SS and only 3 years record collecting/DJin. I got some cool OG stuff but Im all about some reissue stuff cause (a)I missed the golden age of finding the sick raer's (b) I aint paying millions for records and (c) I aint gonna find it in a thrift store. Whats the verdict on spinning reissues live. Its all about the music right ??? peace mr.f
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It's those guys you want to be impressing, so cop OGs STRICTLY...
you should be mad and not have a good time if you see a dj using serato
you should ask lengthy, detailed questions about the smell of the OG records when you buy them
Whatever rocks the party.
It's nice to breakout the Brother's Johnson picture disc........but otherwise mofos dont give a shit if it's white label or private label.
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Sweet...
only cop og's if you want to impress three dudes in the club, rock the house if you want to impress the remaining 397 people.
can we get an SSN too?
As do I... But what about (early) second pressings? Unless it's a mono-stereo conversion, the sound quality is usually identical to the original. What are your thoughts on that?
I get a bit anal with shit like this and tend do seek out the original. But it is all about the music, so sometimes I'll get a second/later pressing to hold me over until I find an OG. I'm also speaking primarily in regards to jazz. I love OGs but there are some titles that you simply won't see. In that case, I would most def' go with a second pressing over a recent re-issue.
many larger group jazz records sound better in stereo (i.e. Sketches of Spain).
im not sure if they were putting both out at the same time though?
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the dreaded moving of a fucking zillion rackords.
IMO I would rather dj with the reissues because I don't want to risk my og's getting messed up or stolen. The og's I keep in my room to play for my friends while I hide the cover to make sure they can't find out who it is.
Typically, the stereo versions followed the mono versions because it was a later technology. Something like Sketches of Spain may be particularly better in stereo because of all the spacious arrangements Miles was doing, although the OG mono copy sounds pretty damn impressive as well. But with most of the conversions however, the mono copies are actually more sought after because of their quality compared to the electronically-converted stereo pressings.
But you know, it's not always the case so you can never rule anything out completely.
Well, in keeping with the idea that it's "all about the music," I see nothing wrong with enjoying a second/later pressings of equal (or greater) sound quality to the original. A second/later pressing may not satisfy all of one's complex collecting needs, but at least you aren't cheating yourself out of hearing the music in a superior, high quality form, as you risk doing when you settle for a (low quality) reissue/bootleg.
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You knew what I meant!
Couldn't have said it better....
yes Im numbered and so are all of yous.......and dont forget that this weird little record fetish thing is really just a way for the matrix to keep you passified.
I'm surprised at the responses in this thread, some time ago people asked this and you got the "its all about the music man" people, while most people were like "pull up your diggin' pampers son, why you want Penny Goodwin reissues when you don't even have any James Brown records, you fucking toy." I say do what you want to do, its your money, but the collectros of the world are watching and judging.
In saying that. U gots to be crazy playing out OG shit. I don't know how many times I've heard dudes telling me stories of getting their shit ripped off when playing out or lost on a flight. They look like they lost their first bornz. Do you ever even care until shit happens to you?
Comic cats buy second printing/reprints if the OG is hard too find. I cop trade paperbacks if i dont want to
get all the back issues. It all depends on the object. I gotta bring my Stezo lp out to play the album tracks. The album hasnt been repressed so I'll chance it in the public(just to throw a curve to the crowd).
The reason to collect is to cop the original. But aquiring the clones isnt blasphemy.
and here I thought is was referring to the number of times this question has been asked.