2 of The Most Difficult to Find Blue Note Reissues by King Record Japan
Tina Brooks True Blue GXK 8202
Jackie McLean Demon's Dance GXK 8211
Blue Note Collector's Item Series
Tina Brooks True Blue GXK 8202
Jackie McLean Demon's Dance GXK 8211
Blue Note Collector's Item Series
I think this is an interesting discovery of Blue Note Reissue Series by King Record.You know, recently I got some Blue Note Reissue pressings by King Reord, GXK Series with OBI. And…amazingly, all of these copies have nothing but PERFECT SLEEVES, the condition is just NM with no stain.I already talked about the sleeve condition…
Welcome back again to JBJ Jazz Lab.Yes, this time, The battle is fierce and interesting!Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan reissue in the mid 70’s and Victor Music Japan reissue in the mid 80’s.This is my 1st time obtaining these copies at the same time.As you know, Victor music reissues are common, either SMJ…
Nowadays, Blue Note reissue series like K18P by King Record are popular and many jazz collectors know about them, right?Classic Black OBI is also great.BUT…Not many jazz collectors outside of Japan know that King Record also reissued many Pacific Jazz titles in the mid 80’s using the same K18P serial. These Pacific Jazz titles were…
I have talked about King Record Blue Note Unissued Master Series many times. But this time, I just wanted to recap the whole history.They released those unknown, great sessions and titles in 3 parts from 1978 to 1981.In part 1, they released ONLY 7 TITLES, namelyArt Blakey At Renaissance Club GXF 3021Jackie McLean Hipnosis GXF…
I talked about the greatness of Japanese reissue series a lot but this time, the US Pressings!I sometimes get these Blue Note UA Blue White Label pressings and always blown away by the pressing quality and the sound quality especially MONO.Visually scuff is there but not that bad…I should say minimal.And the sound…wow, GREAT!These Blue…
I didn’t know these Prestige Reissues in Japan!The series called, MJ series by Victor Music Japan.With this sample of Mal Waldron Mal 4 has OBI too and it is written,Victor World GroupThey used this kind of name in the 60’s when they were producing Top Rank label reissues. So, I assume and suspect these MJ…
Very nice finds 👍