Not every pressing of theirs is bad though.
Dol vinyl reissue quality.
The jacket and the sleeve are high quality and the vinyl looked really nice when i inspected it under normal lighting.
Even though it is a grey reissue undisclosed source it sounds better to me on the vinyl system than say the original saturn rip sampled on the sun ra community site.
I get why they do it they re a lot cheaper than most actual high quality analogue cut reissues although there are some good quality value albums out there via verve stateside amongst others they help get people into some.
Reissues is a recurrent topic among vinyl junkies.
It s a nice and heavy 180g record and the label and spindle hole were also top notch.
Dol is a public domain label and they take cd s as their mastering source.
They press public domain recordings available in europe.
That said many factors help determine whether you ve purchased a good or bad pressing of a record.
Best avoided or worth a punt.
They are are being offered by a well known high street music shop at the moment they appear to be russian.
But sometimes when the proper one is going for 50 the 11 dol version is.
Dol s pressings are always clean and the sleeves are decent quality as well.
I am thinking the price is a bit too good to be true.
My thoughts on sound quality of the dol compared with a fully engineered quality master the dol is pleasant but ultimately a little muddy a little like listening to the radio.
I wouldn t go out of my way to recommend a dol reissue unless you re collecting on a seriously tight budget in which case there are certainly worse options in the case of most classic albums but they re certainly better than their patchy reputation would suggest.
A quality reissue can offer a great alternative to owning a scratchy original or spending big money on something scarce.
I just tried listening to my first wax time records reissue of albert king s 1962 debut album the big blues.
Does anyone have an experience of listening to the dol jazz blues vinyl reissues.
In this case it was likely an fm broadcast.
My local hmv currently has a blue note vinyl display 95 of which are dol albums not actual blue note reissues.
