RARE Blue Note NOT FOR SALE Titles by King Record!
NOT FOR SALE DY Series
- Am I Blue Grant Green
- Let Me Tell You 'Bout It Leo Parker
- Art Blakey At The Cafe Bohemia Vol.3
- Port Of Harlem Jazz Man Various Artists
- Jutta Hipp Quintet
NOT FOR SALE DY Series
Aurex is a brand name Toshiba EMI used for mainly their audio equipment. But in the 80’s with Aurex brand, they also produced and released some great jazz albums.Here I got one, a RARE live session album called,Battle Of The HornsThe members playing live are the legends.Dizzy Gillespie on tpHarold Land on tsEddie Lockjaw Davis…
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 may have remembered that I talked about the mysterious serial FRP of Blue Note reissues by King Record.I got one last yearCannonball Adderley Somethin’ ElseI got another one this yearJohn Coltrane Blue TrainBoth have the serial FRP…There is GXF and GXK of Somethin’ Else and Blue Train but! I had never seen FRP!That is…
I really didn’t care about these premium reissues until recently. I thought they used the digital process, BUT I found out that they NEVER USED digital process reissuing these Atlantic titles!They used the original MONO master and mastering, cutting were done here in Japan. The pressing was done in Germany at Optimal.This premium reissue series…
**CORRECTION!**In the video I was saying King Record GXF series was in the late 90’s. But it should have been in the late 70’s!! Sorry…I did a kind of interesting experiment.To compare the sound of Blue Note Reissues in JapanI did explain about the history and maybe, how the sound is different from each other….
I really appreciate Tom and John for the great information concerning the previous blog post. I learned a lot! Also thank Manuel for a great comment! This Hank Mobley Blue Note BLP 1568 session was recorded in 1957. That is the time of transition from MONO only recording to STEREO recording. John shared a screenshot of the…