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
Now, the history of Riverside Reissues in Japan Revealed!You know, Riverside reissues in Japan has a little interesting story…Basically, Victor Music Japan has been the licensee for many years since the late 70’s. But…for some years in the 70’s, another company owned the license….That company is Nippon Grammophon, later the name changed to Polydor Japan….
You know in the previous video, I compared the Paul Chambers Bass On Top, right?There I chose the MONO version of Bass On Top in the early 90’s reissues at the end, and…I said that sound is really superb. You remember?Yep, this is the series I am talking about. Toshiba EMI at that time, they…
I think, these copies are really RARE and attracting…I did a sound comparison of this, Blue Train Pure White Vinyl Premium Reissue with GXK Series of King Record the same title before. The result is…that even if this premium reissue use a digital process, the sound quality is really superb.And, this time, I was fortunate…
I love this album,Johnny Coles Little Johnny CAs Johnny himself is a great trumpetter and the other session members like Joe Henderson, Duke Peason, Pete LaRoca and the rest are playing great.But… the album is not that popular…There are not many reissues available on this title. Even here in Japan, King Record reossued it with…
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,…
UGETSU is one of the Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers great live albums but somehow underrated…Not many jazz collectors outside of Japan know UGETSU is a Japanese word and what about origin of this word?Ugetsu is taken from a Japanese novel – Ugetsu Monogatari written in Edo era over 300 years ago. It is…
Very nice finds 👍