Popular Yet VERY RARE Title of Blue Note Reissue by Toshiba EMI Japan
Hank Mobley And His All Stars Blue Note BLP 1544
Hank Mobley And His All Stars Blue Note BLP 1544
This album, Curtis Fuller Soul Trombone on Impulseis a great album. The tracks, session members and Impulse jacket design are all great! and there are many reissues available. But among those reissues, I believe this Toshiba EMI IMP Series is one of the best. The sleeve quality – gatefold sleeve, the pressing quality and the…
I already talked about the history of Prestige reissues in Japan some time back.But in there, I made a wrong statement about one of the series…sorry.The series that Victor Music Japan was releasing, called,PJ SeriesInitially, I thought this “PJ Series” was released in the 80’s here in Japan. Actually, the information about PJ series is…
Recently I talked about Toshiba EMI Blue Note Reissue Series especially LNJ and BNJ.But there is another interesting story you might like.In the early 90’s Toshiba EMI started reissuing many Blue Note titles of BLP 4000 Series. They reissued those titles as STEREO, BST Series. In between 1991 and 1993, they reissued…like crazy many of…
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…
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….
Welcome back to the JBJ Jazz Lab!This time’s sound comparison is also interesting.John Coltrane Blue Train, King Record GXK vs EMI Music Japan Premium reissue in 2014Well.. as for the GXK of King Record, most of you guys know about it, right? But for the EMI Music one is not known I believe.3 points I…