2 Great Jazz Albums on Savoy Not Known
Original Savoy Recording Series
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Curtis Fuller Jazztet Featuring Benny Golson
Original Savoy Recording Series
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
Curtis Fuller Jazztet Featuring Benny Golson
I got a very interesting question from our member.He asked me,Why is it that most Japanese pressings vinyl Mint or NM and sleeve having a lot of stain??He points out that there is a gap between the vinyl condition and sleeve condition with most of the Japanese pressings.That is true…As you are our JBJ clan,…
You know the Blue Note Unissued Master Series by King Record, right?This time, I want to talk about the greatness of this series.In the late 70’s, King Record started releasing un sessions of Blue Note recordings with GXF serial.If I count, there are more than 20 titles released at that time.Most of the titles released…
There are only 2 companies making lacquer disks in the world. You know, without lacquer disks, there will be no vinyl records. It is that important BUT there only 2 facilities in the entire world!As you know, in 2020, one of those 2 companies, Apollo Trusco US had a tragic incident. Their entire lacquer production…
I am sure that you don’t know this Japanese jazz label.Norma JapanNorma Japan sadly is no longer there but it was a popular jazz specialized label here in Japan in the 90’s. They released and reissued many great but underrated jazz albums.This is the Norma Logo.Most legendary jazz critics at that time in the 90’s…
Welcome back again to the JBJ Jazz lab!Yes, this is my new discovery.It is my 1st time to obtain Gerry Mulligan Night Lights Fontana BT-2008 by Nippon Phonogram JapanI sometimes get the other Philips reissue EVER-1014 or SFX-10543 by the same Nippon Phonogram Japan. When I sound checked the BT-2008, I was astonished…What!? the sound is…
What a design!Prestige has many great jacket designs but this album, Red Garland All Mornin’ Longis one of the best in album design.Picture, fonts, color they used…wow, everything is great.And, this particular reissue by Victor Music Japan, SMJ series did a great job to restore the original design, really.This SMJ is the only available reissue here…