Sound Comparison Soul Trane John Coltrane!!
John Coltrane Soul Trane Premium Reissue by Universal Music Japan in 2009
John Coltrane Soul Trane Premium Reissue by Universal Music Japan in 2009
I just talked about the history of Prestige reissues in Japan. But…I found out that there is more story…haha!In 1991, Swing Journal (one of the most popular Jazz magazine at that time) and Shinseido (one of the biggest Music stores at that time) joined together and made a Jazz Reissue series called,Gold Of GD 100GD…
This album, Curtis Fuller Soul Trombone on Impulseis a great album. The tracks, session members and Impulse jacket design are all great! and there are many reissues available. But among those reissues, I believe this Toshiba EMI IMP Series is one of the best. The sleeve quality – gatefold sleeve, the pressing quality and the…
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…
Blue Mitchell is a great trumpeter and Jazz musician. But his albums are not that many on Blue Note to compare to the other legendary trumpeters like Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd and the rest.Among few available titles of Blue Mitchell on Blue Note, this Japanese reissue is the only available reissue on the…
I have never seen this serial, really…with Blue Train John Coltrane reissue by King Record.FRP 5-4What??Basically King Record has 2 serials for Blue Train, GXF and GXK but not FRP!I once obtained Cannonball Adderley Somethin’ Else with FRP serial too. I have searched for a clue why King Record issued this funny serial of FRP….
Welcome to the JBJ (Jazz Blues Japan) Jazz Lab, haha!I made the 2nd experiment, sound comparison of Lee Morgan Candy, between King Record GXK and King Record Premium.I already talked about the premium reissues by King Record in the late 70’s saying that that series is one of the most underrated Blue Note reissues.I still…