2 Great and RARE Blue Note Reissues by King Record
Hank Mobley Featuring Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan BLP 1540
Bennie Green Soul Stirrin' BLP 1599
this is the ONLY available MONO reissue here in Japan.
Hank Mobley Featuring Donald Byrd and Lee Morgan BLP 1540
Bennie Green Soul Stirrin' BLP 1599
this is the ONLY available MONO reissue here in Japan.
One of the buyers who bought a dead stock sealed Blue Note reissue asked me this question.Can you please open the seal and check the condition of the vinyl for me?So, I just opened it and check it. It turned out to be like the vinyl has very little minimal warp, the sound OK. I reported…
This great album,Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Riversidehas an interesting reissue history in Japan.Brilliant Corners was released by Riverside US in 1957 and the 1st Japanese reissue of this album was released in 1958. Very quick release! The company reissuing this 1st Japanese reissue is King Record. Interesing, right? They did not use the Riverside master…
Dave Pike is not that popular Jazz musician. But as I commented many times, Japan is a unique country that during the 70’s to the 90’s, major music companies like King Record, Toshiba EMI, Victor Music , CBS Sony and the rest reissued not only major titles but also minor titles like this,Dave Pike Quartet…
You maybe remember when I featured a peculiar Blue Note UA Blue Black Tone label copy, Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue BST 84123.https://jazzbluesjapan.jp/another-peculiar-rvg-copy-found/Yes, I did ask Andrew of a famous London Jazz Collector LJC, and he responded to me with his new article. But I forgot to put it on my blog/email, haha!Let me just recap…
I think these Impulse premium reissues by Universal Music Japan are not known, especially outside of Japan.These reissues were produced and manufactured in 2005 here in Japan. The series is calledJazz The Best LP Collection Part 1 and 2Part 1 has 20 albums and part 2 the same 20 titles.I featured Coltrane’s albums on Impulse….
I listened carefully side 1 and 2 and compared how they sound differently….and here is what I found.Side 2 – RVG STEREO side has much clearer and deeper low especially bass sound than side 1.But with high and middle, I don’t see any big difference, maybe high is stronger in RVG side but not that…