Welcome back again to JBJ Jazz Lab.Yes, this time, The battle is fierce and interesting!Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan reissue in the mid 70’s and Victor Music Japan reissue in the mid 80’s.This is my 1st time obtaining these copies at the same time.As you know, Victor music reissues are common, either SMJ…
You maybe remember what I was talking about the same kind of issue before with Somethin’ Else Liberty RVG pressing.This time, as you can see the picture above, UA dark blue label of Midnight Blue by Kenny Burrell. It was at our eBay but was already sold out.What is funny about this copy is that…
Yes, most Jazz collectors don’t know this fact and nobody talks about it…but I will tell you the truth.The Blue Note vinyl reissue series Toshiba EMI Japan made in the early 90’s, what they callBLUE NOTE RARE GROOVE COLLECTIONSare notorious to me.I have collected and sold many of these series and many have noise issue…unlike…
I used to think that there is only one company involved in reissuing Verve titles in Japan which is POLYDOR JAPAN also known as NIPPON GRAMMOPHON JAPAN in the early 70’s.But…I found out that long before Polydor Japan started reissuing Verve titles there is another company that was making Verve reissues in the 60’s.The company…
Sorry but this sound battle is really personal…I used to think and feel that Toshiba LNJ version of Out To Lunch sounds better than the King Record version. Or I should say I prefer the LNJ sound than the King Record one for the Out To Lunch. But I never did the comparison.So, that is…
Welcome to the JBJ lab!Now it is time for the sound battle, haha.I just made a sound comparison between the same – Paul Chambers Whims Of Chambers Blue Note Toshiba reissue in the mid 80’s and King GXK reissue in the early 80’s.I don’t want to ask you to judge which one sounds better than…
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…
I always wanted to do this kind of sound comparison!Welcome to the JBJ Jazz Lab!Yes, now I have the same 2 copies ofKenny Drew Undercurrent Blue Note GXK 8120 King RecordThe difference is one is a normal copy and the other is a white label promo copy.Do these 2 same serial copies sound different?I used…
You know in the previous video, I compared the Paul Chambers Bass On Top, right?There I chose the MONO version of Bass On Top in the early 90’s reissues at the end, and…I said that sound is really superb. You remember?Yep, this is the series I am talking about. Toshiba EMI at that time, they…
I didn’t know these Prestige Reissues in Japan!The series called, MJ series by Victor Music Japan.With this sample of Mal Waldron Mal 4 has OBI too and it is written,Victor World GroupThey used this kind of name in the 60’s when they were producing Top Rank label reissues. So, I assume and suspect these MJ…