Complete Sound Comparison of King Record Blue Note reissues GXF, GXK and FRP!
Sound Comparison of King Record Blue Note Reissues, GXF, GXK and FRP
Sound Comparison of King Record Blue Note Reissues, GXF, GXK and FRP
I think this album is really underrated.Jackie McLean Strange Blues PrestigeThe conccept of this album I think is very unique. This is a kind of compilation album of Jackie McLean on Prestige, THE UNISSUED SESSIONS of McLean on Prestige.Amazingly all the tracks are really great and all of these sessions were recorded in the 50’s….
Yes, I am not exaggerating…this small Jazz Label in Osaka Japan has a really interesting story!The Label is calledSAWANO KOBOKobo in Japanese means craftsmanship. The owner is Mr. Yoshiaki Sawano. His family has a long time family business of selling slippers and sandals in Osaka. They have been doing that business for more than 100…
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…
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…
Even though Sonny Clark was a great Jazz pianist, he had many sessions unissued on Blue Note. As you know, Alfred Lion was a very strict man and a kind of perfectionist and little things made him decide not to issue those sessions I guess…King Record and Toshiba EMI did a great job to uncover…
Nowadays, the price of these Toshiba EMI Blue Note Premium Reissue titles is skyrocketing on the market here in Japan…the series isBlue Note Premium Reissue SeriesThese reissues were released in 2004 in Japan. The unique point of this series is that they usedThe RVG MasterWhen I saw that for the 1st time, I thought that…
Hello Takashi,
Listening on my laptop, it seems that the GXF and FRP are more similar sounding. Surprisingly the GXK sounded a little less dynamic, and tonally different to the other two.
But on the larger scale, they are more similar than different.
Yeah, all of them are simular. As you commented, I assume that mastering of GXF era and GXK era – is different. But I don’t know FRP used the mastering of GXF or GXK? Hummm, mystery…