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….
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 is the liner note from the Lee Morgan Blue Note BLP 1538, King Record Japan GXK 8017. This series by King Record was first released in 1979 in Japan.The 1st Leader Session By Lee Morgan on Blue Note! by Yozo Iwanami The Tracks and sessionsSide 11. RoccusThis is an original song by Horace Silver, the…
Prestige Reissue in Japan has the oldest history compared to the other labels like Blue Note, Verve and the rest.In the early 60’s Victor Music Japan started producing Prestige reissues with their label, called “TOP RANK”. I guess, they didn’t use the original Prestige label due to the licensing issue. TOP RANK MONO titles were manufactured…
One of the buyers who bought a dead stock sealed Blue Note reissue asked me this question.Can you please open the seal and check the condition of the vinyl for me?So, I just opened it and check it. It turned out to be like the vinyl has very little minimal warp, the sound OK. I reported…
This is the liner note from the Lee Morgan Blue Note BLP 1538, King Record Japan GXK 8017. This series by King Record was first released in 1979 in Japan.The 1st Leader Session By Lee Morgan on Blue Note! by Yozo Iwanami Blue Note 1st leader session series by King Record was to be released in…
For most collectors of Jazz, hunting for Blue Note Originals is not an option with a couple of reasons,Dumb expensive – especially 1500 series, one would go up thousands of dollars!Condition is not that good – even if you can afford, finding originals with good condition is really HARD! But I think, Blue Note Liberty…
You know, this Japanese Band is really unusual to you guys, but I am excited to introduce to you… The group is called “Minyo Crusaders” “Minyo” in Japanese means traditional folk song/s. They revive and interprete “Minyo” in a modern way mixing Jazz, Afro Beat, Cumbia and Afro Cuban. The leader Katsuumi Tanaka, a guitarist was playing…
I think, this is one of the MOST UNDERRATED Blue Note Reissues! Yes, Here in Japan, many Jazz collectors are hunting this Premium Blue Note Reissue series by King Record for many reasons. But…outside of Japan, not many collectors know the greatness of this series! That is why I spoke up here! This series was produced by…
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…