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I actually discovered this record from a Haruki Murakami novel. One of his characters was a trombone player who like Curtis fuller

I love your reviews, keep up the good work🥂

I am lucky enough to own a original stereo pressing of this album great sound and even greater performance

The UA BN pressings from the 70s are very good. With RVG stamp that is. Usually better than the japanese pressings that almost always lack low end and too much emphasis on the mids. It sometimes depends on the title and how many times they used the stampers. Best reissue sound on the Blue notes are the 1970 ones black/boxed blue label (west coast) and classic label 1971 with black printing on labels. They sound very close to the OG pressings. Thanks for a nice channel!

Great topic, Takashi! I recently heard Michael Fremer talking about this, and I agree with him: UK pressings from the '50s and '60s, and Japanese pressings from the '70s and '80s are the best sounding records I have ever heard. US '50s/'60s would be third place to those in my opinion. I agree, finding great-sounding US pressings from the '70s is totally hit-or-miss. It's not impossible though, and personally I'd rather buy a few copies of a '70s Blue Note for $50-75 trying to find a great sounding copy compared to paying $500+ for an original.

I have a few japanese pressings they are a different class, 180 gram vinyl doesnt mean you are going to get a flat record .The record companies pressed thinner in the 70s to get a better injection mould l bought a second hand uk pressing recently and it still holds up

I bought the Lp, I bought the compact disc. I will not buy it again. Sorry.

Ohiao gosaimasu. Would be interesting to compare to the AP75th Atlantic series

My new copy of the Transformers G1 soundtrack came with an obi strip which I’ve never actually seen on an English language vinyl before, so that’s why I’m here haha

the VIJ series are really good. Lots of titles not originally covered by the SMJ series. But do not think as many VIJ series were pressed when compared to the number of SMJ pressings which are much easier to find.

Thank you! Are they all in Stereo or some Mono ?

Thankyou ! Can you tell me the year the 5 spot was recorded ?

The OBI really ruins the sleeves and makes it impossible to see the artwork properly. Completely pointless.

Thanks for sharing!

Hello, nice video, I have the Kenny Clarke Klook's Clique from this series. Discogs says it's 1985 BTW. Excellent album. Also do you have any information on the sourcing of this series. Did they use original or at least copy tapes or was it sourced from digital as many 90's pressings are? Much Thanks, Reid in California

Hello from the city of Boston, Massachusetts here in USA. I’ve watched a lot of your videos but never commented before. I enjoyed learning from this video and I’m glad you were able to spend time with your parents. I hope I can visit your beautiful country someday. I would be interested to know who your parents favorite musicians are. Keep up the great work. I wish you and your family health and happiness 🙏🏻 😊.

I'm sure many foreigners after watching this video will flock to Toyoma!

I am a record and CD collector, and I do not care for the OBI. Except in 1 case, when it had unique artwork. And receiving the single without the OBI made my day a little less great.

I agree with you and Mr. Fuji completely. This album is fantastic. Like you say, the energy of the performance is really, really palpable. One of my favourite jazz albums.

The TBM recordings are top quality. I have about 15 recordings they all sound excellent!

Great video. Very informative. Thank you.

Night Lights is a beautiful album! One of my favorite “Night” time spins! I’ve only heard great things about this reissue!

Aha, I see, you have L100A Century!

This surprised me because I at first assumed that because it was a Sonny Rollins album featuring a big band on one side and a small combo on the other, and Leonard Feather was the producer, it was "Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass," made in 1958 for the Metrojazz label (an imprint Feather created in partnership with MGM) and reissued on Verve as "Sonny Rollins Brass/Sonny Rollins Trio" once MGM bought Verve from its founder, Norman Granz, in 1961. It turned out to be a different album altogether, made for Period (a label usually associated with classical music, mostly recorded in Russia or elsewhere in Europe), and though the title is "Sonny Rollins Plays" Rollins isn't on the Thad Jones big-band side at all. And though the Rollins side was recorded the day after his Village Vanguard live recording (for which he brought in bassist Donald Bailey and drummer Pete LaRoca, only to fire them midway through the date and replace them with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones, two years before John Coltrane also fired LaRoca and replaced him with Jones), none of the musicians on either version of Rollins' band at the Vanguard appeared here. Instead Rollins' sidemen were Jimmy Cleveland on trombone, Gil Coggins on piano, Wendell Marshall (a veteran of Duke Ellington's band) on bass and Kenny Dennis on drums.

One of my favorite Obi's is the original Steely Dan "Aja" due to how well it blends with the cover art, and how it matches with the album title font. Some others I really like are the original Steely Dan's "Gaucho", Eagles "Hotel California", Boz Scaggs "Silk Degrees", Masayoshi Takanaka "All of Me", and the Blue Note Masterpiece Special Replica 15 series manufactured by King Records in the early 80's.

My favourite obi is on my copy of the first pressing of Miles Davis' Pangaea, released by CBS/Sony in Japan in 1975. It is wide and full of colour with much dramatic Japanese script. Recorded at the very end of Miles' electric period - it's so heavy and dense!

Toshiba Reissues have such great presentation with amazing printing, gorgeous jacket, and pressing quality was amazing! I do not know why my fellow American collectors bash on Japanese pressings. Original Pressings are great but they aren’t the only great sounding pressings!

Yes, these are superb! Some were repressed in early ‘90s also but with obi.

I prefer these pressings to the US pressed UA "b" series. They sound very good and the pressing is much higher quality! Dan

The LondonJazz Collector stated in a well known blog that "Modern Toshiba (manufactured after 1994) are not the “legendary quality” of the pressings of its early years. From the mid-90s onwards solid-state equipment and digital production methods took their toll. " Your own video "Careful about these Blue Note Japanese Reissues!" also warns about these reissues (different series-same period). I purchased a large collection of unplayed 1993-9 (mostly 1994) Blue-Note Toshiba/EMI LPs. Here you extoll them as great. Two of three I listened to were excellent and one a little bright, all three had perfect and silent surfaces played in a high end system. Should I listen to each or just sell them as they were supposedly inferior quality and sound compared to the originals and 1970s/1980s Japanese pressings?

I just purchased 73 unused/mint Toshiba/EMI Blue Note jazz LPs dating from 1993 to 1999, mostly around 1994. I've read that they have diminished dynamics and less exciting than originals and the 70s & 80s Toshiba/EMI (Quote from LondonJazzCollector-From the mid-90s onwards solid-state equipment and digital production methods took their toll)." The first three I listened to, Tokyo Blues, The Three Sounds and Search for the New Land have flawless perfect silent pressings. The Tokyo Blues was excellent as was The Three Sounds. The Search for the New Land seemed slightly brighter than my several CD versions. Your prior video indicated that the 1990s era Toshiba/EMI are generally inferior sounding though. Should I keep them or sell them and stick to excellent CD versions (I have a high end system for both analog and digital). Thank you. (P.S. - I can't afford to buy only the original. mint condition Blue Notes in the U.S,).

I'm enjoying your videos. I've got around 250 Blue Notes and a portion of them are Japanese King pressings from this period - they always sound great!

just had a listen very nice

Thanks again for giving us your thoughts. I believe that the Wave Jazz Classics and most Japanese produced music is top notch. It might take a while for all of us to catch on, but once you have tried them, it is hard to go back! Cheers from Oz

I am a HUGE devotee of Sonny Clark. I actually have his name tattooed on my arm. That is how much I love him!❤

Many Prestige that read "electronically remastered" were actually remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in true mono, not stereo, and have "VAN GELDER" in the dead wax (not "RVG" like the original). Blue Note did a good job of only writing "STEREO" when it was true stereo and "Electronically Rechannelled for Stereo" when it was fake stereo.

Thanks for your honesty, always like your quick summations. Cheers from Oz

Please more content like this. Jazz is being Lost slowly over time. Its the original American musical art form

I've looked into this title before but the “electronically remastered” turned me off. Good to know this pressing sounds good. Thanks!

Mani would love to have it hopefully Craft will do something similar.

Acoustic Sounds just repressed some OJCs on heavy vinyl at RTI in early 2000s. They are from original ‘80s OJC stampers.

This box is an absolute gem. The sound is absolutely stunning! There is no better way to hear the Riverside recordings of Evans than this set. I believe that the individual VIJ releases from this period probably use the same stampers, but I can’t remember for certain. Maybe someone can confirm?

Nice update on this boxset. I appreciate the time you take to make these informational videos.

that is a great set. The Victor music version is better than the Fantasy US pressed version. Both are pretty tough to find. In addition to the Bill Evans and Miles box set, Victor Music Japan also issued the complete Riverside recordings of Thelonious Monk. Another tough set to find.

Blue Note will be releasing Watkins At Large, Byrd's Eye View and Byrd On Beacon Hill this year as part of the Tone Poet Series. These are all cut by Kevin Gray direct from the analog master tapes. All will come with the replica booklets. And, unlike the Disk Union versions, which were cut by Kevin Gray from 24/192 digital, the Tone Poet versions are cut direct from the original analog master tapes.

Thanks for explaining Takashi. Most people in the Western world don't know what these are for, but for some reason, they want them! Cheers

Hey Akashi, these are great videos- no frills just to the point and full respect for your honesty. Signed up for membership. Dig Jazz!

great video. to my knowledge, I don't think Victor Music ever issued the Blue Gene title. The only re-issues I am aware of on "Blue Gene" are the OJC pressing and the Acoustic Sounds 45 RPM 2 disc set. Both are really good sonically but the 45 RPM set is in another league sound quality wise.

Most regular OJCs from the 1980s were cut from the original master tapes using an all-analogue chain. The mastering engineer was Gary Hobish, who signed in the deadwax as “GH”. There has been confusion on the internet with people believing for a long time that “GH” was George Horn, but Gary Hobish himself came forward and said that it was him who did the mastering. The mistake has been corrected on sites like Discogs, but you might still find the wrong info from time to time. The confusion comes from the fact that Gary Hobish worked _AT_ the George Horn studio when doing these masterings, so it’s not entirely unconnected.