Mysterious Emarcy Reissues

Welcome back again to JBJ Jazz Lab.Yes, this time, The battle is fierce and interesting!Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan reissue in the mid 70’s and Victor Music Japan reissue in the mid 80’s.This is my 1st time obtaining these copies at the same time.As you know, Victor music reissues are common, either SMJ…

Blue Mitchell is a great trumpeter and Jazz musician. But his albums are not that many on Blue Note to compare to the other legendary trumpeters like Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd and the rest.Among few available titles of Blue Mitchell on Blue Note, this Japanese reissue is the only available reissue on the…

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…

You know the Blue Note Unissued Master Series by King Record, right?This time, I want to talk about the greatness of this series.In the late 70’s, King Record started releasing un sessions of Blue Note recordings with GXF serial.If I count, there are more than 20 titles released at that time.Most of the titles released…