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Re: Eighty Eights' Jazz SACDS

I have the albums from 88's noted below.

While they are all well recorded, I would say the soundstaging and presence, esp of the trios is good, but not excellent. The Clark Terry album is excellent in this reguard however. But when you factor in the price, I would concentrate on other labels first unless there is a specific artist that you really want or the price comes down.

I have a number of regular cds that sound as good as some of these, esp recordings from Mapleshade, Capri, Telarc, Chesky, Mosaic and a few small specialist labels. The Fantasy SACDs (jazz) in general are not that much improvement over quality 20 bit remasters, thought there are a few exceptions.

AL

Friedman, Don Timeless VIP Trio SACD Eighty-Eight's VRCL 18817 SACD 10/14/2003

Henderson, Eddie So What Eighty-Eight's VRGL 8806 3/13/2002

Jones, Hank Trio The Great Jazz Trio: Autumn Leaves SACD Eighty-Eight's SACD VRCL 8808 5/12/2002
Jones, Hank Trio The Great Jazz Trio: Someday My Prince Will Come SACD Eighty-Eight's SACD VRCL 18815 5/12/2002

The Lonnie Plaxico Group: Live at Jazz Standard SACD Eighty-Eight's VRGL 8812 SACD 1/29/2003

Terry, Clark Friendship SACD Eighty-Eight's SACD VRGL 8805 3/10/2002


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