Sound Battle Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan vs Victor Music Japan!
Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan reissue in the mid 70's and Victor Music Japan reissue in the mid 80's.
Polydor Riverside reissues sound great.
Bill Evans Portrait In Jazz Polydor Japan reissue in the mid 70's and Victor Music Japan reissue in the mid 80's.
Polydor Riverside reissues sound great.
Originally this great album was released in 1957 under the label, Specialty US. Really unique and interesting album. Lee Morgan Wynton Kelly Dizzy AtmosphereLee Morgan on trumpet but…the rest are from the Dizzy Gillespie Band as the album title goes. Not many Jazz collectors know the presence of the album, very minor and as you…
I think, this is one of the MOST UNDERRATED Blue Note Reissues! Yes, Here in Japan, many Jazz collectors are hunting this Premium Blue Note Reissue series by King Record for many reasons. But…outside of Japan, not many collectors know the greatness of this series! That is why I spoke up here! This series was produced by…
I think this is an interesting discovery of Blue Note Reissue Series by King Record.You know, recently I got some Blue Note Reissue pressings by King Reord, GXK Series with OBI. And…amazingly, all of these copies have nothing but PERFECT SLEEVES, the condition is just NM with no stain.I already talked about the sleeve condition…
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 is a very unique album and reissue,Clifford Jordan Spellbound on RiversideClifford Jordan performs well on Blue Note, as a saxophone player at Charles Mingus Band and he released a legendary album on a minor label – Strata-East in 1972, Clifford Jordan in The World.This Spellbound is also another great album he released in 1960…
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…
T’ the polydor has better sound quality the instrument are to the beats….crisper….clearly 👌
Chas, yeah, the range also is deep I feel, and the bass sound of Lafaro is great! Thanks for your great observation!
I agree with you Takashi, both sound perfectly acceptable, but the Polydor issues seems to have greater clarity and presence. I recently upgraded my rather poor copy to a Mofi Super Vinyl, which is rather special….
Tom, again thank you for your great observation!