Mens Only! RAREST Kenny Drew Titles and Reissues in Japan!
Kenny Drew on Piano and Wilbur Ware on Bass
Kenny Drew I Love Jerome Kern On Riverside Reissued by Victor Music Japan
Kenny Drew A Harold Arlen Showcase on Judson Reissued by Wave Japan
Kenny Drew on Piano and Wilbur Ware on Bass
Kenny Drew I Love Jerome Kern On Riverside Reissued by Victor Music Japan
Kenny Drew A Harold Arlen Showcase on Judson Reissued by Wave Japan
This is another RARE Blue Note Title Toshiba EMI reissued,Fred Jackson Hootin’ And Tootin’King Record NEVER reissued this title and this is considered as one of the minor titles of Blue Note I believe.There is a change of trend from modern jazz style to more soulful, R&B style Jazz in the 60’s toward the early…
You maybe remember when I featured a peculiar Blue Note UA Blue Black Tone label copy, Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue BST 84123.https://jazzbluesjapan.jp/another-peculiar-rvg-copy-found/Yes, I did ask Andrew of a famous London Jazz Collector LJC, and he responded to me with his new article. But I forgot to put it on my blog/email, haha!Let me just recap…
Prestige Reissue in Japan has the oldest history compared to the other labels like Blue Note, Verve and the rest.In the early 60’s Victor Music Japan started producing Prestige reissues with their label, called “TOP RANK”. I guess, they didn’t use the original Prestige label due to the licensing issue. TOP RANK MONO titles were manufactured…
Art Blakey has many underrated albums in his career.I just talked about one – Caravan by Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers, right?Here is another one,A Night In Tunisia Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers *Sorry, in the video, I hold the album upside-down!! haha…But this is not A Night In Tunisia on Blue Note, it is…
This AUTOGRAPHED Blue Note Liberty Blue, White Label RVG is really funny and interesting…the title is,Andrew Hill CompulsionPopular title of Andrew Hill, right?King Record and Toshiba EMI never reissued this title. And…as you see the jacket, this is not the official jacket/sleeve, it is just an unofficial outer sleeve, the official sleeve is missing. But…
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…