History of Japanese Reissue of The Great Chales Mingus The Clown
The Clown Charles Mingus on Atlantic
The Clown Charles Mingus on Atlantic
Yes, I think not many Jazz collectors know about this Japanese Jazz label, Venus Records Japan.The founder is called Mr. Tetsuo Hara who used to work at RCA, Victor Music Japan and some other major music companies as a producer. He founded his own Jazz label, Venus Records in 1992.Since then, he has produced and…
Recently I talked about Toshiba EMI Blue Note Reissue Series especially LNJ and BNJ.But there is another interesting story you might like.In the early 90’s Toshiba EMI started reissuing many Blue Note titles of BLP 4000 Series. They reissued those titles as STEREO, BST Series. In between 1991 and 1993, they reissued…like crazy many of…
Welcome to the JBJ Jazz lab!I made another interesting experiment.Sound Comparison of King Record Blue Note Reissues, GXF, GXK and FRPAs you may have already known, King Record reissued Blue Note titles with GXF, GXK mainly. There are some other like DY as bonus records and K18 and K23 series, and premium 15 title reissues…
I must admit that I didn’t know this great reissue of Tenor Madness Sonny Rollins by DCC Compact Classics US.As I checked and listened to this reissue, I was blown away bt the sound!I don’t know…the sound is deep and natural. Then I thoougt, what if I compare the sound between this DCCCompact Classics US…
This, Tommy Flanagan Lonely Town Blue Note GP 3186 by King Record is The Most Mysterious Record King Record Ever Made!That is what I believe, you know.And, not many collectors know that this title, Lonely Town by King Record is the 1st issue, pressing in the world. This is one of the titles in the 1st…
CBS Sony Japan in the early 70’s reissued many Savoy titles with the series calledOriginal Savoy Recording SeriesAmong the titles they reissued, 2 albums I feel great but not known among the jazz collectors. These areArt Blakey and The Jazz MessengersCurtis Fuller Jazztet Featuring Benny GolsonArt Blakey and The Jazz Messengers was not originally released…