@@BestRecordShops Just compare and contrast with originals. Even the artwork on titles that Chad Kassem is putting out isn't as good as OG's. Major label cd releases and reissues from boutique labels like Big Break, Cherry Red, and Funkytowngrooves have artwork that's much darker and less defined. Cd-r's have plagued the industry as well as they'll press them and not disclose. After Wounded Bird and One Way stopped doing reissues, the market suffered to a degree. Now the majors don't want to license to third party sellers and they only want to put it on streaming services with few options especially for those into music that's not that popular like soul music and jazz. I'm primarily into cds and whenever there were unique tracks issued, I always had enough income to buy. Now I'm getting multiple pressings of various collections on disc. It's like that HDH disc you mentioned. There were several iterations of it and a couple times it was listed as complete sessions. One things for sure; it's not coming back. Mainstream reissues on cd died about 15 years ago and for soul and jazz music it was about 8 years ago. Luckily I have all of the OJC's I need but the last few I sweated because Concord after purchasing Fantasy only wants to issue cd-r. But then they'll use Craft (their own side hustle) and press three titles a year. There's literally around 1,200 titles that were once in print on the Contemporary, Pablo, Riverside, and Prestige labels. The complete Wes Montgomery on Verve is another one with at least one track left off but it was included on a compilation. Mistakes and oversights happen but when it's on titles that just got reissued it's hard to fathom. As nice as the Motown boxes are that were put out by Hipo-select, there are at least 2 wrong versions on there. Bill Inglot did a good job remastering as he compared with known 45's and didn't go back what was written on the box holding the tape. Stuff gets mislabeled and companies were always kicking different mixes around. The golden days are long over! Even when it was solid, you never knew what mixes (mono v stereo) Motown was using on a given compilation. So many people compare Diamond Life by Sade UK vs US and they miss mentioning the spoken part on "Smooth operator" on the UK version. There's double tracked vocals as well. I originally came across this difference on a various artists cd I found. This is why I never get rid of compilations and search for rarely compiled tunes even if I already have them. Keith Barrow's "You know you want to be loved" was on various comps and when they reissued the album they used the single version and an alternate shorter version as bonus. The album version is nowhere to be found. The majors were involved in pulling the master tapes but nobody checked it against the Lp. Not comparing facts is a major issue that has gotten our society in huge trouble.
Soooo many greats...Wish they would bring back these record shops...a genxers dream!!
@@stevencorsoe9575 I fully agree!
Some reissues are dark with shadows. Compare w/ OG and you'll see.
Which ones, Dorian?
@@BestRecordShops Just compare and contrast with originals. Even the artwork on titles that Chad Kassem is putting out isn't as good as OG's. Major label cd releases and reissues from boutique labels like Big Break, Cherry Red, and Funkytowngrooves have artwork that's much darker and less defined. Cd-r's have plagued the industry as well as they'll press them and not disclose. After Wounded Bird and One Way stopped doing reissues, the market suffered to a degree. Now the majors don't want to license to third party sellers and they only want to put it on streaming services with few options especially for those into music that's not that popular like soul music and jazz.
I'm primarily into cds and whenever there were unique tracks issued, I always had enough income to buy. Now I'm getting multiple pressings of various collections on disc. It's like that HDH disc you mentioned. There were several iterations of it and a couple times it was listed as complete sessions. One things for sure; it's not coming back. Mainstream reissues on cd died about 15 years ago and for soul and jazz music it was about 8 years ago. Luckily I have all of the OJC's I need but the last few I sweated because Concord after purchasing Fantasy only wants to issue cd-r. But then they'll use Craft (their own side hustle) and press three titles a year. There's literally around 1,200 titles that were once in print on the Contemporary, Pablo, Riverside, and Prestige labels. The complete Wes Montgomery on Verve is another one with at least one track left off but it was included on a compilation. Mistakes and oversights happen but when it's on titles that just got reissued it's hard to fathom. As nice as the Motown boxes are that were put out by Hipo-select, there are at least 2 wrong versions on there. Bill Inglot did a good job remastering as he compared with known 45's and didn't go back what was written on the box holding the tape. Stuff gets mislabeled and companies were always kicking different mixes around. The golden days are long over! Even when it was solid, you never knew what mixes (mono v stereo) Motown was using on a given compilation.
So many people compare Diamond Life by Sade UK vs US and they miss mentioning the spoken part on "Smooth operator" on the UK version. There's double tracked vocals as well. I originally came across this difference on a various artists cd I found. This is why I never get rid of compilations and search for rarely compiled tunes even if I already have them. Keith Barrow's "You know you want to be loved" was on various comps and when they reissued the album they used the single version and an alternate shorter version as bonus. The album version is nowhere to be found. The majors were involved in pulling the master tapes but nobody checked it against the Lp. Not comparing facts is a major issue that has gotten our society in huge trouble.
Best Record Shops in ATL: Mojo Vinyl, Ella Guru, a little further away B & T Music. All three are super friendly, knowledgable, with great prices.
@@Jokerman915 I would love to visit them!
" Criminal " Records in Atlanta, GA,USA. Why "Criminals" ? I don't understand !!
@@spiritwalker1988 It’s just a play name. The place is awesome and the people are very nice.
@@BestRecordShops Oh, sim, ok, take care.