Sound Comparison Blue Note King Record GXK normal Vs White Label Promo!
Kenny Drew Undercurrent Blue Note GXK 8120 King Record
Kenny Drew Undercurrent Blue Note GXK 8120 King Record
Nowadays, Blue Note reissue series like K18P by King Record are popular and many jazz collectors know about them, right?Classic Black OBI is also great.BUT…Not many jazz collectors outside of Japan know that King Record also reissued many Pacific Jazz titles in the mid 80’s using the same K18P serial. These Pacific Jazz titles were…
I listened carefully side 1 and 2 and compared how they sound differently….and here is what I found.Side 2 – RVG STEREO side has much clearer and deeper low especially bass sound than side 1.But with high and middle, I don’t see any big difference, maybe high is stronger in RVG side but not that…
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 am frustrated…really…Nowadays, I have these Blue Note reissues but even if I try to find a proper info, I don’t get it.I assume…these are 2000’s reissues in the US, but I am not quite sure…Please watch me talking here and in case you know, please share it with us!
Nowadays, I talk about Art Blakey many times. Yes, but I have to feature this great album too!Kyoto By Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers on RiversideI talked about Caravan the same Riverside album which was released in 1963 originally. This Kyoto was released in 1964.So, the members are the same except Kyoto has one…
I think these Impulse premium reissues by Universal Music Japan are not known, especially outside of Japan.These reissues were produced and manufactured in 2005 here in Japan. The series is calledJazz The Best LP Collection Part 1 and 2Part 1 has 20 albums and part 2 the same 20 titles.I featured Coltrane’s albums on Impulse….
They sound the same to me: very clear and detailed. I should play both records on my system to make a better comparison.
In the past white label promo copies were made before the normal issues to promote records on the radio and they are said to have a better sound as matrix and stampers are newer at the beginning of the press process. I made this comparison with 50’s and 60’s records (promo copy and normal issue of the same 7”) but never found big differences.
Andrea, thanks for your comment!
Maybe I had a preconception that white promo would be better…
In anyway, the main thing is to enjoy the great music we have!