Funny and Mysterious Reissue of Blue Train John Coltrane by King Record
FRP 5-4
FRP 5-4
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…
This time, OBI!!I got a VERY RARE and INTERESTING OBI.The album with this RARE OBI isWayne Shorter Soothsayer Blue Note King Record Blue Note Unissued Master SeriesUsual OBI with this series is just Blue, plain OBI. But this particular copy has a kind of white stripe part attached.In the past, I got double OBI with…
GXF and GXK Series of Blue Note reissues by King Record are identical (apart from Blue Note Unissued Master series and some other concept series like Jazz Guitar Album series).Many titles present in GXF series are also present in GXK series, popular titles like Art Blakey Moanin’, Paul Chambers Bass on Top and so on.Some…
This is a recap of what I talked about in the Behind the scene stories of golden Jazz.Toshiba EMI Japan released this interesting ORIGINAL STEREO REISSUE OF CANDY LEE MORGAN in 1990.The liner notes say that they used the ORIGINAL STEREO MASTER TAPE (it doesn’t mean they acquired the original tape, but the source is…
To me, this is one of the best live session of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers.Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers At Renaissance Club by King RecordBut…somehow, this album is not that known and popular outside of Japan. I don’t know why…Great, unissued live sessions by The Jazz Messengers recorded at Renaissance Club in…
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…
Hello Takashi
Yes, I do know about those rare King FRP issues! During the mid-1980’s, when I was living and working in Singapore, I used to visit Tokyo every 3 months or so in order to attend boring business meetings. On every visit, I carried with me an empty suitcase which I would bring back home full of lovely King (and, sometimes, Toshiba-EMI) Blue Note Lp’s purchased at Wave and/or Ishimaru.
On one of those trips, I came across – in Wave – a couple of Blue Note boxed sets manufactured by King Record Co., called “Blue Note Jazz Best Collection Vols. 1 and 2”. Each box held 7 Lp’s. I didn’t buy the sets because, as it happened, I already owned the Lp’s they contained – which, apart from the FRP code and not having an OBI, seemed to me to be identical to the same King GXK BN’s (most with OBI) that were on sale in that same shop. Besides, the boxes were not very attractive – plain black with a single photo on the front…
Also, why did some guy at King Record Co. choose that unique ‘one-off’ FRP code? My guess is “Famous Recorded Performances”. Maybe. Who knows?
In any case, those King FRP sets are not listed in my reference Cuscuna-Ruppli BN Discography – nor anywhere else as far as I know. However, as it happens, at the time I did list the LP titles they contained (I added the GXF, GXK and equivalent BLP code just today) so my list now reads as follows:
FRP-5, Vol. 1, Blue Note Jazz Best Collection
FRP-5-1 Cannonball Adderley, Something Else GXF-3001 (GXK-8042) (BLP1595)
FRP-5-2 Art Blakey, Moanin’ GXF-3002 (GXK-8044) (BLP4003)
FRP-5-3 Sonny Clark Trio GXF-3005 (GXK-8051) (BLP1579)
FRP-5-4 John Coltrane, Blue Train GXF-3010 (GXK-8055) (BLP1577)
FRP-5-5 Miles Davis Volume 1 GXF-3011 (GXK-8056) (BLP1501)
FRP-5-6 Horace Silver, Song for My Father GXF-3017 (GXK-8047) (BLP4185)
FRP-5-7 Wayne Shorter, Super Nova GXF-3019 (GXK-8048) (BST84332)
FRP-6, Vol.2, Blue Note Jazz Best Collection
FRP-6-1 Sonny Clark, Cool Struttin’ GXF-3004 (GXK-8043) (BLP1588)
FRP-6-2 Sonny Rollins, Live at The Village Vanguard GXF-3007 (GXK-8101) (BLP1581)
FRP-6-3 Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch, GXF-3009 (GXK-8046) (BLP4163)
FRP-6-4 Bud Powell, The Scene Changes, GXF-3013(GXK-8075) (BLP4009)
FRP-6-5 Thelonious Monk, Genius… Vol 1, GXF-3014 (GXK-8058) (BLP1510)
FRP-6-6 Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder GXF-3015 (GXK-8045) (BLP4157)
FRP-6-7 Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage GXF-3020 (GXK-8050) (BLP4195)
One question (important to us collectors at any rate) remains: were the issues in those boxes GXF or GXK? I suspect that they may be the later-issued GXK (if so, of less collector value than the earlier GXF) but I don’t know for sure… perhaps someone else does? In any case, it’s all good FUN finding out!
Kind regards, Eric
Eric
Sorry about the late response! I was blown away by the comment of yours and did a research on my side as well. But…nothing was found…really mysterious pressings, really. I just shot a video on this and really appreciate that you shared this!