Hot Stamper Pressings of Blue Note Albums Available Now
UPDATE 2026
In 2007 we had a low opinion of both the Blue Note label and the work of Rudy Van Gelder, but that changed over the decades as we auditioned more and more of his amazing recordings, many of them reissues of one kind or another.
(Some text has been altered, mostly the overuse of capitalization.) Our latest review for One Flight Up can be found here.
Our 2007 Commentary
This Blue Note LP is without a doubt one of the best sounding jazz records we’ve ever heard. We were auditioning a bunch of jazz records today (4/25/07), and when the needle hit the grooves on this one we were absolutely blown away.
I can’t think of one jazz record we’ve ever played here at Better Records with this kind of whomp. Everything here is so rich and full — nothing like a typical Blue Note album.