My first experience with this label is right now, bought the SL2 ''DJ's Take Control" reissue, and it sounded a bit flimsy. I own the original XL release as well but it wasn't playable for public anymore. So I thought, let's have a look, and on the bottom of the page my eye caught the words:

"Mastered from CD"

And that is the fact.. Nice tunes available, that's a plus, fair pricing as well, proper stuff for beginners, but for the trained ear the sound doesn't quite have "it"...

[the frequential rumble-and-tumble which occurs in the bass spectrum where the drum kicks and the bassline enter a chromatic zone, or go into symbiosis, resulting in a deeper, more intense low-sound experience and therefore enhancing the listened]

Ian Dewhirst Started His DJ Career in 1971 At The Age Of 16, With a Warm-Up Slot At Leeds Central For Northern Soul, And Also Played At Wigan Casino And Blackpool Mecca, He All So Dj'ed In Leeds In 1979, Following His Success On The Northern Jazz/Funk/Disco circuit, Ian Was Invited To Become Resident DJ at the U.K's First U.S. Danceateria Style Dance Club - The Leeds Warehouse, (Small Fact, So Thats Before The Hacienda In Manchester) He Was Taught To Mix By U.S DJ Greg James And With HIs New Found Skills Ian Started Mixing In 1979-83,

Whilst At The Warehouse Ian Introduced Soft Cell's Marc Almond to Gloria Jones "Tainted Love" Which Later Went On To Become A 34 Million-Selling Worldwide Hit for Soft Cell And The Longest Running Record Ever On The Billboard's U.S. Top 50 Singles Chart (Tainted Love Was Said To Be Written In A Student Flat By Marc Almond In Leeds Wile At Leeds Poly Back In The early 80's)

In 1990 Ian Created The Mastercuts Series Which Became The Biggest-Selling Non-T.V. Advertised Compilation Series In The U.K. With Such Genres As Classic Funk, Classic Jazz-Funk, Classic P-Funk, Classic Mellow, Classic Mix, Classic House, Classic Electro, Classic Salsoul, Classic Rare-Groove

In 1998 Ian Helped founder S12, Simply Vinyl Where They Re-Released Over 400 Albums On 180 Gram Vinyl And Over 80 12" Dance Classics Vinyl Series, They Might Have Been Pressed From The Mastercuts Album Cd's From The 90's !

In 2003 Ian Became Co-Owner Of Suss'd Records And Embarked On a Huge Re-Release Campaign For The Legendary New York Dance Label Salsoul Records With Over 90 Releases In The Last Three Years Of Operation

{Bits Taken From Six Million Steps}

Does anyone have any further evidence that these were all sourced from CD?

all the SVLP releases posted here are in error - wrong label - please use Simply Vinyl NOT Simply Vinyl (12)!

Some of the best classic house/soul tunes are available on the s12 label, however they are usually mastered from CD therfor the record looses it's original warm wide sound.
A good atempt, but sometimes Simply Vinyl just isnt the best!
If you're serious about you're music, hunt down the originals.

Overall - 5/10