I agree with him on the poor vinyl quality of many American albums, especially in the 70s when it got very noisy due to being recycled etc, but the cut and cover quality tends to be truly superb, e.g. original Impulse, Blue Note, RCA Living Stereo pressings etc. No UK album has ever had a cover as nicely made as a 60s Impulse. It is interesting comparing UK original jazz vinyl against its American counterpart, the vinyl is lovely and quiet, but the sound is often dead in the water compared to the US original cut. I assume due to being a tape generation or two later given it is an American musical form and that is where most of it was recorded. Blue Note, Impulse etc also had the advantage that Rudy Van Gelder did the cut as well as the recording so the original intent is undiluted right through the process. First pressing from country of artist origin remains the best rule of thumb.