John Polifronio wrote: >Most of the Everest recordings had remarkable sound when they were issued >originally as LPs. I haven't heard the CD reissues, but they'll certainly >be quieter than the LPs; though I'd have to compare them to the LPs to say >if the CD sound is as good, on its own terms, as the originals. I sense you are aware of this, but just to make it official, as I said in another post, the original issues of the Everests were excellent, but Everest pressings deteriorated a lot in subsequent issues. Roger Hecht