Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary Vinyl Initiative

I have a total of 10 of these, all US pressings and don't have any of the issues that may have occurred with others. I usually clean them before spinning and have placed them in new polyethylene & rice paper inner sleeves for longevity. Mastering by Bernie Grundman, one of the legendary top engineers of our day, makes for a great, clear sounding record! Okay, these are digitally sourced and are not on the same platform as the audiophile analog Tone Poets and Blue Note Classic Series (which I also collect), but it doesn't mean they're bad. Digital is not the evil nemesis of analog contrary to popular opinion by those audiophiles analog only collectors. Many of the excellent sounding remasters of today are digitally sourced like all of the Beatles and David Bowie catalog with no problems. A lot of older albums were digitally recorded and mastered. Two that immediately come to mind are Donald Fagen's masterpiece Nightfly and Joe Jackson's wonderful Body and Soul. The 75 Anniversary Series are wonderful records intended to reach a wider audience by making them budget friendly. Not everyone has the means to buy Music Matters, Craft One Steps or even MoFis. In fact I will continue to buy as many of these Blue Note 75s as I can find. They will all one day be out of print and only available through the flippers demanding hefty price tags. Some already are.

I found the list of releases here: https://static01.nyt.com/packages/pdf/arts/BlueNote-list.pdf and another article here https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/arts/music/jazz-records-reissued-thanks-to-readers-of-the-times.html where 5 other titles were added to the Series. These are:
1. Big John Patton - Let’em Roll
2. Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental
3. Sam Rivers - Fuchsia Swing Song
4. Blue Mitchell - The Thing To Do
5. Sheila Jordan - Portrait Of Sheila
The list (first link above) mentions "Joe Lovano - Rush Hour" but it seems it was never released as vinyl format and it is not part of the Series. But both volumes (1 and 2) of the Village Vanguard were, so the list is missing Volume 2.
I do not know how to proceed with the 10", they were available through "Authorized Blue Note Dealers" and the 180 gram (European pressing) releases, maybe they should be under a different Label/Series as they carry different stickers in the cover. I mean, they are all related to the 75th anniversary campaign but maybe they should be considered in different Label/Series.
Any thoughts?

I have several of them, all european pressings. The LPs mastered by Bernie Grundmann are great!! Avoid the albums which were mastered by Alan Yoshida. They sound thin and lifeless IMO.

I am having decent results from the 75th. I do feel the Tone Poet and other pressings are bigger presentations, yet these are quite good and make available some amazing music without needing to hunt down and pay for a pristine original pressing. I do shudder when I see accusations that BN/UMe used CDs or some other digital source for mastering on the 75th. That would put them on par with WAXTIME and other public domain publishers in Europe - and would be a travesty for the "owner" of the recordings to resort to such chicanery.

I live in the EU, so maybe I have the better pressings, I don't know. All I can say is, yes the 80´s anniversary are better, but the ones I have from the 75th are not as bad as people say, I think they are very good. No problems with pops and clicks, nothing warped. The 80´s have more dynamic, are warmer sounding and have a better stage, but the difference is not that big. I recommend these as filler for a very good price, way better than any scorpio, just right for the every day listening. Yes, I know, the originals sound better, the Liberty too, the japanese Toshiba too and the Japan King pressing are the best from the east, as good as the Tone poets....to me.

This reissue series seems cool at first until you consider that it seems like everything was pressed by united. They are only going to be as good as united presses, so brace youself for surface noise and random loud pops if you're ready to gamble on these