Complete sound comparison of Blue Note Reissues in Japan!
To compare the sound of Blue Note Reissues in Japan
To compare the sound of Blue Note Reissues in Japan
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…
I think this album is really underrated.Jackie McLean Strange Blues PrestigeThe conccept of this album I think is very unique. This is a kind of compilation album of Jackie McLean on Prestige, THE UNISSUED SESSIONS of McLean on Prestige.Amazingly all the tracks are really great and all of these sessions were recorded in the 50’s….
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…
Welcome to the JBJ Jazz lab!You maybe remember what I did the same kind of sound battle with Midnight Blue Kenny Burrell, right?Last time the battle is in between Liberty, Blue White Label RVG Pressing and King Record Premium Reissue.This time, John Coltrane Blue Train Liberty Blue, White Label (no RVG) Pressing and King Record Premium…
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 always wondered if japan releases were made from the original master tape and i thank you for making me know they were not. I have a few originals and many Japanese releases both King and Toshiba and also some us releases made from original master tapes back in the nineties such as the connoisseur series and I tell you very honestly I prefer japan releases than the nineties ones. Of course original rvg copies are stunning but I think Japanese are really really worth it. Salute to japan engineers!
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Regards from Italy.
Giovanni
Giovanni
Thank you so much for your great comment!
I believe the master tapes really matter since they are the source of the sound actually. But like movies made different by producers, the sound also would be made different with sound engineers. In that regard, those technicians from Toshiba and King did a great job really without the 1st grade master. In addition, the pressing quality of those Japanese reissues is amazingly superb. I really salute them for the professionalism they applied!