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…
Toshiba EMI manufactured Hank Mobley Blue Note BLP 1568 MONO reissue in the late 80’s. Thereafter, they manufactured the same title in STEREO in 1990. They boasted saying (at that time) it is the 1st STEREO reissue in the whole world! I happened to obtain both MONO and STEREO and, both sound great, personally, I like…