Dol Vinyl Reissue Quality

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.

Dol vinyl reissue quality. They are are being offered by a well known high street music shop at the moment they appear to be russian. 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. It s a nice and heavy 180g record and the label and spindle hole were also top notch. 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.

Dol is a gray market label. They press public domain recordings available in europe. Best avoided or worth a punt. My local hmv currently has a blue note vinyl display 95 of which are dol albums not actual blue note reissues.

That said many factors help determine whether you ve purchased a good or bad pressing of a record. Not every pressing of theirs is bad though. I just tried listening to my first wax time records reissue of albert king s 1962 debut album the big blues. Dol is a public domain label and they take cd s as their mastering source.

In this case it was likely an fm broadcast. The jacket and the sleeve are high quality and the vinyl looked really nice when i inspected it under normal lighting. But sometimes when the proper one is going for 50 the 11 dol version is. Does anyone have an experience of listening to the dol jazz blues vinyl reissues.

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. I would avoid them along with other public domain labels i e wax time jazz time jazz wax not now doxxy etc if you want good sound and art quality out of them. I am thinking the price is a bit too good to be true. A quality reissue can offer a great alternative to owning a scratchy original or spending big money on something scarce.