Nowadays, the price of these Toshiba EMI Blue Note Premium Reissue titles is skyrocketing on the market here in Japan…the series isBlue Note Premium Reissue SeriesThese reissues were released in 2004 in Japan. The unique point of this series is that they usedThe RVG MasterWhen I saw that for the 1st time, I thought that…
I must confess that I didn’t care this Blue Note reissue series Toshiba EMI manufactured at the time of release in 1994. You now…that is the time CDs were selling good and analog vinyl records were not selling well.BUT!As I listened to the titles in this series one by one, I realized that the sound…
I think these King Record Blue Note Reissue titles are interesting…Freddie Redd Shades of ReddWalter Davis Jr. Davis CupLou Donaldson Sunny Side UpArt Taylor A.T.’s DelightKing Record reissued these 4 titles in the early 8’s with MONO, K18P Series.Toshiba EMI lalso reissued the same titles in the early 90’s BUT…they reissued them with STEREO not…
When I started this business about 3 years ago, these Disk Union Japan Premium Blue Note Reissues are not known outside of Japan.I used to get a lot and posted and sold many titles and copies at eBay. They were not sold at high price you know…BUT!!Nowadays…things changed drastically.The price is skyrocketing and really difficult…
Dave Pike is not that popular Jazz musician. But as I commented many times, Japan is a unique country that during the 70’s to the 90’s, major music companies like King Record, Toshiba EMI, Victor Music , CBS Sony and the rest reissued not only major titles but also minor titles like this,Dave Pike Quartet…
This 3LP Box Set by King Record (released in the mid 80’s) is really unique and not many Jazz collectors know it.They compiled great Savoy sessions starting from Swing era, to Jazz vocals, Be Bop, Hard Bop to New Jazz era and put them in 3LPs.The selection of the songs was done by the legendary…
Kenny Dorham Quiet Kenny on New Jazz is one of the most popular titles of Kenny Dorham apart from Blue Note titles.This one on Riverside is also great but not known and underrated…Kenny Dorham Jazz Contrasts on RiversideVictor Music Japan reissued this great album with SMJ Series in the 70’s. To tell the truth, I…
I think this LPJ Series, Prestige reissues by Toshiba EMI Japan is not known among the Jazz collectors especially outside of Japan.This LPJ Series was produced and manufactured in the mid 70’s the same era as the legendary LNJ series of Blue Note was manufactured.I believe the same engineers making LNJ were also involved in…
Among the titles of Blue Note Unissued Master Series by King Record, these are the 2 most difficult to find on the market right now,Bobby Hutcherson Inner GlowBobby Hutcherson SpiralEven here in Japan, I rarely get these titles…really RARE!I love Bobby Hutcherson and so do many Jazz collectors, right?He creates the sound which is unique,…
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…
