Analogue Productions 200g Quality Records pressing. I'm not at all impressed with the quality of the pressing. Lots of physical flaws (loud pops and clicks) mar a very nice quality recording...this is the same thing that drove me out of my mind with Classic Records.
I'm going to keep a close eye on buyer feedback. Chad is planning to reissue a lot of classic Verve jazz titles on 45 RPM 180g vinyl. If they were being pressed by Pallas records then I would buy them without reservation. But they will be on Quality Record Pressings, and if they turn out like this one then I'm really not interested.
--Jerome
Wow, I'm really surprised because my copy did not have a single click or pop on it. The vinyl was dead quiet.
However I do have one suggestion. Play it through 3 or 4 times before you give up on it, even if you do so while playing a CD so you don't have to listgen to it. I remember when MoFi firsst started putting out records back in the day they always said that they didn't polish the stampers before pressing the LPs out of fear that the polishing while it would help get rid of ticks might also wipe out some low level details. They said that the ticks that would get polished out would also get removed by the stylus during the course of the first few playings. I do remember that to be true, so before you write of what is a realy good album from a performance and musical standpoint you might want to try "breaking it in" first.
In the past I found that some times it helped and other times it didn't, but the way I figure it, since you already have the LP it is at least worth a try. I hope it helps.
Tom
