Intersting Hitory of Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Reissue in Japan
Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Riverside
Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners Riverside
Now, the history of Riverside Reissues in Japan Revealed!You know, Riverside reissues in Japan has a little interesting story…Basically, Victor Music Japan has been the licensee for many years since the late 70’s. But…for some years in the 70’s, another company owned the license….That company is Nippon Grammophon, later the name changed to Polydor Japan….
You may have remembered that I talked about the mysterious serial FRP of Blue Note reissues by King Record.I got one last yearCannonball Adderley Somethin’ ElseI got another one this yearJohn Coltrane Blue TrainBoth have the serial FRP…There is GXF and GXK of Somethin’ Else and Blue Train but! I had never seen FRP!That is…
I think, this reissue by King Record, K18P series is interesting.Stanley Turrentine Look Out! Blue NoteWhat is interesting is that King Record at that time (in the early 80’s) used the MONO master not STEREO. Toshiba EMI Japan later on reissued the same title in the early 90’s but they used the STEREO master.You can…
Welcome to the JBJ Jazz Lab again!Yes, I got another, RARE, interesting record.Bill Evans Waltz For Debby Polydor MW series reissueI talked about the sound quality of Riverside Polydor Japan reissues before. The sound quality is really, really good, right?But this time, I just wanted to compare this with VIJ series of Victor Music Japan!…
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 believe this is a unique Jazz reissue and not known series by King Record,The Last Jazz LP SeriesKing Record picked up mainly Savoy and its related labels like Regent and so on.There are Part 1 up to Part 9!! and in each Part, there are 10 albums reissued. These reissued titles were released from…