I do not know why the European...

[wolff]

"public domain" re-issue companies do not put out the Blue Note 5000/10" series.

They have aleady done most of the Davis, Powell, Monk, Blakey, Brown and Silver Blue Notes from this era.

[brownie]

Give us time!

I'm pretty sure the Disconforme people have some plans along that way.

When their Fresh Sounds colleagues got started years ago, they released the Best of the West 10inch two volumes as 12inchers.

[P.D.]

The Blakey and Moody's are on Past Perfect. I think Disconforme have early Lou Donaldsons on one of their labels.

[kinuta]

Can't speak for Europe but there is a longish history of cheap versions here in Japan. I don't know anything about the whys and wherefores of public domain copyright laws but a large number of classic BN were once released here under obscure small Japanese labels at dirt cheap prices, the sound was faithful to the originals. I still have some, JS Prayer Meetin' and Plays Fats Waller, Adderleys Somethin' Else. Every one of the Beatles albums was released at bargain basement prices too. I still have those. It you weren't fussed about having the original artwork then they were a great bargain.

Sorry if my comments are not directly pertinent to the spirit of the original thread.

Edited June 17, 2004 by kinuta

[mikeweil]

Maybe they have some arrangement with EMI in Spain: the Disconforme website distributes some Spanish Blue Note releases just as well.

AFAIK the only 10" Blue Notes not on US CD were the Urbie Green, the Lou Mecca and the two Best from the West.

[brownie]

Maybe they have some arrangement with EMI in Spain: the Disconforme website distributes some Spanish Blue Note releases just as well.

AFAIK the only 10" Blue Notes not on US CD were the Urbie Green, the Lou Mecca and the two Best from the West.

I am pretty sure that none of the various Errol Garner BN 10-inchers did not come out on US CD reissues.

[Claude]

Maybe they have some arrangement with EMI in Spain: the Disconforme website distributes some Spanish Blue Note releases just as well.

I think this would rather show that they have no arrangement with EMI.

The "spanish Blue Note" CDs had initially been released only as a 50CD-Box sold by Time Life Spain in the late 90's, and they were not meant to be sold as single discs, some of which compete with the official Blue Note reissues.