Japanese releases, September - October 2005

[J.A.W.]

The following CDs are scheduled for release.

September 21, 2005

Sony SICP 910(New) Davis,Miles/The Cellar Door Sessions 1970(6CD) 11970

September 22, 2005

King KICJ 493(New) V.A./Here Rise Love 2600

Victor VICJ 61289(New) Brecker Brothers/Some Skunk Funk 2520

Victor VICJ 61290(New) Evans,Bill(sax)/Soulgrass 2520

Victor VICJ 41201(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Waltz for Debby 1500

Victor VICJ 41202(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Portrait in Jazz 1500

Victor VICJ 41203(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Sunday at the Village Vanguard 1500

Victor VICJ 41204(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Explorations 1500

Victor VICJ 41205(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Moon Beams 1500

Victor VICJ 41206(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/On Green Dolphin Street 1500

Victor VICJ 41207(Riverside)New Evans,Bill/Interplay 1500

Victor VICJ 41208(Prestige)New Rollins,Sonny/Saxophone Colossus 1500

Victor VICJ 41209(Contemporary)New Rollins,Sonny/Way out West 1500

Victor VICJ 41210(Prestige)New Rollins,Sonny/Tenor Madness 1500

Victor VICJ 41211(Prestige)New Rollins,Sonny/Worktime 1500

Victor VICJ 41212(Riverside)New Montgomery,Wes/Full House 1500

Victor VICJ 41213(Riverside)New Montgomery,Wes/The Incredible Jazz Guitar 1500

Victor VICJ 41214(Riverside)New Montgomery,Wes/Boss Guitar 1500

Victor VICJ 41215(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Relaxin' 1500

Victor VICJ 41216(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Cookin' 1500

Victor VICJ 41217(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Bags' Groove 1500

Victor VICJ 41218(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Walkin' 1500

Victor VICJ 41219(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Workin' 1500

Victor VICJ 41220(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Steamin' 1500

Victor VICJ 41221(Prestige)New Davis,Miles/Dig 1500

Victor VICJ 41222(Prestige)New M.J.Q./Django 1500

Victor VICJ 41223(Prestige)New M.J.Q./Concorde 1500

Victor VICJ 41224(Riverside)New Monk,Thelonious/Thelonious Himself 1500

Victor VICJ 41225(Riverside)New Monk,Thelonious/Brilliant Corners 1500

Victor VICJ 41226(Riverside)New Monk,Thelonious/Monk's Music +2 1500

Victor VICJ 41227(Riverside)New Monk,Thelonious/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41228(Riverside)New Monk,Thelonious/Misterioso 1500

Victor VICJ 41229(Contemporary)New Pepper,Art/Meets the Rhythm Section +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41230(Prestige)New Coltrane,John/Soultrane 1500

Victor VICJ 41231(Riverside)New Kelly,Wynton/Kelly Blue +2 1500

Victor VICJ 41232(Prestige)New Garland,Red/Groovy 1500

Victor VICJ 41233(Pablo)New Pass,Joe/Virtuoso 1500

Victor VICJ 41234(New Jazz)New Dorham,Kenny/Quiet Kenny 1500

Victor VICJ 41235(Pablo)New Vaughan,Sarah/Crazy & Mixed Up 1500

Victor VICJ 41236(Debut)New Parker,Charlie/Jazz at Massey Hall 1500

Victor VICJ 41237(Pablo)New Tatum,Art/Art Tatum,Ben Webster Quartet +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41238(Riverside)New Mitchell,Blue/Blues Moods 1500

Victor VICJ 41239(New Jazz)New Dolphy,Eric/At the Five Spot Vol.1 +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41240(New Jazz)New Bryant,Ray/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41241(Riverside)New Friedman,Don/Circle Waltz 1500

Victor VICJ 41242(Riverside)New Drew,Kenny/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41243(Riverside)New Baker,Chet/Chet +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41244(Contemporary)New Manne,Shelly/My Fair Lady 1500

Victor VICJ 41245(Fantasy)New Brubeck,Dave/Brubeck/Desmond +8 1500

Victor VICJ 41246(Contemporary)New Hawes,Hampton/Trio Vol.1 1500

Victor VICJ 41247(Prestige)New Getz,Stan/Quartet +4 1500

Victor VICJ 41248(Prestige)New McLean,Jackie/4,5 &6 1500

Victor VICJ 41249(Riverside)New Adderley,Cannonball/In San Francisco +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41250(Riverside)New Adderley,Cannonball/Know What I Mean 1500

Victor VICJ 41061(Riverside)20bit,New Evans,Bill/New Jazz Conception +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41062(Riverside)20bit,New Evans,Bill/Everybody Digs +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41063(Riverside)20bit,New Evans,Bill/How My Heart Sings +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41064(Riverside)20bit,New Evans,Bill/At Shelly's Manne-Hole +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41065(Riverside)20bit,New Kelly,Wynton/Whisper Not +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41066(20bit)New Kelly,Wynton/Full View 1500

Victor VICJ 41067(Prestige)20bit,New Dolphy,Eric/At the Five Spot, Vol.2 1500

Victor VICJ 41068(New Jazz)20bit,New Dolphy,Eric/Out There 1500

Victor VICJ 41069(New Jazz)20bit,New Dolphy,Eric/Outward Bound +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41070(New Jazz)20bit,New Dolphy,Eric/Far Cry +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41071(Prestige)20bit,New Davis,Miles/And the Modern Jazz Giants 1500

Victor VICJ 41072(Prestige)20bit,New Davis,Miles/And Milt Jackson 1500

Victor VICJ 41073(Riverside)20bit,New Monk,Thelonious/Alone in San Francisco +1 1500

Victor VICJ 41074(Riverside)20bit,New Monk,Thelonious/The Unique 1500

Victor VICJ 41074(Riverside)20bit,New Monk,Thelonious/With John Coltrane 1500

Victor VICJ 41076(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/Coltrane 1500

Victor VICJ 41077(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/Lush Life 1500

Victor VICJ 41078(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/At the Prelude 1500

Victor VICJ 41079(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/A Garland of Red 1500

Victor VICJ 41080(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/Garland's Piano 1500

Victor VICJ 41081(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/When There Are Grey Skies 1500

Victor VICJ 41082(Riverside)20bit,New Jackson,Milt & Wes Montgomery/Bags Meets Wes +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41083(Prestige)20bit,New Jackson,Milt/Qaurtet 1500

Victor VICJ 41084(Riverside)20bit,New Griffin,Johnny/The Kerry Dancers 1500

Victor VICJ 41085(Riverside)20bit,New Griffin,Johnny/The Little Giant 1500

Victor VICJ 41086(Contemporary)20bit,New Newborn,Phineas Jr./Harlem Blues 1500

Victor VICJ 41087(Contemporary)20bit,New Newborn,Phineas Jr./World of Piano 1500

Victor VICJ 41088(Prestige)20bit,New Rollins,Sonny/With the Modern Jazz Qaurtet 1500

Victor VICJ 41089(Pablo)20bit,New Tatum,Art/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41090(Riverside)20bit,New Adderley,Nat/Work Song 1500

Victor VICJ 41091(Riverside)20bit,New Timmons,Bobby/This Here Is 1500

Victor VICJ 41092(Contemporary)20bit,New Poll Winners,The/The Poll Winners 1500

Victor VICJ 41093(Pablo)20bit,New Fitzgerald,Ella & Joe Pass/Take Love Easy 1500

Victor VICJ 41094(Moodsville)20bit,New Flanagan,Tommy/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41095(New Jazz)20bit,New Haynes,Roy/We Three 1500

Victor VICJ 41096(Prestige)20bit,New Konitz,Lee/Subconscious Lee 1500

Victor VICJ 41097(Riverside)20bit,New Blakey,Art/Caravan +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41098(Progressive)20bit,New Wallington,George/At the Cafe Bohemia 1500

Victor VICJ 41099(Prestige)20bit,New Stitt,Sonny/Stitt,Powell,J.J. +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41100(Prestige)20bit,New Waldron,Mal/Mal 1 1500

Victor VICJ 41101(Contemporary)20bit,New Previn,Andre/King Size 1500

Victor VICJ 41102(Prestige)20bit,New Criss,Sonny/Up Up and Away 1500

Victor VICJ 41103(New Jazz)20bit,New Burrell,Kenny/And John Coltrane 1500

Victor VICJ 41104(Pablo)New Vaughan,Sarah/How Long Has This Been Going On ? 1500

Victor VICJ 41105(Debut)20bit,New Powell,Bud/Jazz at Massey Hall and More 1500

Victor VICJ 41106(Contemporary)20bit,New Pepper,Art/Plus Eleven +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41107(Riverside)20bit,New Montgomery,Wes/So Much Guitar 1500

Victor VICJ 41108(Contemporary)20bit,New Carter,Benny/Swingin' the 20s +3 1500

Victor VICJ 41109(Pablo)20bit,New Basie,Count/Basie Big Band 1500

Victor VICJ 41110(New Jazz)20bit,New Golson,Benny/Gone with Golson 1500

Victor VICJ 41252(Prestige)20bit,New Davis,Miles/Collectors' Item 1500

Victor VICJ 41253(Prestige)20bit,New Davis,Miles/Miles in St.Louis 1500

Victor VICJ 41254(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/Bahia 1500

Victor VICJ 41255(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/Standard Coltrane 1500

Victor VICJ 41256(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/The Believer 1500

Victor VICJ 41257(Prestige)20bit,New Coltrane,John/Settin' the Pace 1500

Victor VICJ 41258(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/High Pressure 1500

Victor VICJ 41259(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/It's a Blue World 1500

Victor VICJ 41260(Moodsville)20bit,New Garland,Red/Trio 1500

Victor VICJ 41261(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/All Kind of Weather 1500

Victor VICJ 41262(Prestige)20bit,New Garland,Red/Manteca 1500

Victor VICJ 41263(Riverside)20bit,New Montgomery,Wes/Grooveyard 1500

Victor VICJ 41264(Riverside)20bit,New Montgomery,Wes/Guitar on the Go 1500

Victor VICJ 41265(Prestige)20bit,New Rollins,Sonny/Movin' Out 1500

Victor VICJ 41266(Prestige)20bit,New Rollins,Sonny/Rollins Plays for Bird 1500

Victor VICJ 41267(Riverside)20bit,New Griffin,Johnny/Studio Jazz Party 1500

Victor VICJ 41268(Riverside)20bit,New Griffin,Johnny/Way Out 1500

Victor VICJ 41269(Riverside)20bit,New Mitchell,Blue/Blue's Moods 1500

Victor VICJ 41270(Riverside)20bit,New Mitchell,Blue/Big Six 1500

Victor VICJ 41271(Riverside)20bit,New Monk,Thelonious/Plays Duke Ellington 1500

Victor VICJ 41272(Prestige)20bit,New Monk,Thelonious/Thelonious Monk Quintet 1500

Victor VICJ 41273(Prestige)20bit,New Timmons,Bobby/The Soul Man 1500

Victor VICJ 41274(Riverside)20bit,New Timmons,Bobby/Soul Time 1500

Victor VICJ 41275(Prestige)20bit,New McLean,Jackie/Jackie's Pal 1500

Victor VICJ 41276(Prestige)20bit,New McLean,Jackie/Alto Madness 1500

Victor VICJ 41277(Milestone)20bit,New Konitz,Lee/Duets 1500

Victor VICJ 41278(New Jazz)20bit,New Konitz,Lee & Miles Davis/Ezz-Thetics 1500

Victor VICJ 41279(Contemporary)20bit,New Hawes,Hampton/Trio, Vol.2 1500

Victor VICJ 41280(Contemporary)20bit,New Hawes,Hampton/Trio, Vol.3 1500

Victor VICJ 41281(Prestige)20bit,New Dolphy,Eric/Memorial Album 1500

Victor VICJ 41282(Prestige)20bit,New Brown,Clifford/Memorial Album 1500

Victor VICJ 41283(New Jazz)20bit,New Flanagan,Tommy/The Cat 1500

Victor VICJ 41284(Contemporary)20bit,New Carter,Benny/Jazz Giant 1500

Victor VICJ 41285(Prestige)20bit,New Dameron,Tad/Mating Call 1500

Victor VICJ 41286(Contemporary)20bit,New Manne,Shelly/Swinging Sounds 1500

Victor VICJ 41287(New Jazz)20bit,New Waldron,Mal/The Quest 1500

Victor VICJ 41288(Prestige)20bit,New Mobley,Hank/Mobley's Second Message 1500

Victor VICJ 41289(Prestige)20bit,New Criss,Sonny/I'll Catch the Sun 1500

Victor VICJ 41290(Prestige)20bit,New Fuller,Curtis/New Trombone 1500

Victor VICJ 41291(New Jazz)20bit,New Byard,Jaki/High Fly 1500

Victor VICJ 41292(Riverside)20bit,New Golson,Benny/The Modern Touch 1500

Victor VICJ 41293(Riverside)20bit,New Heath,Jimmy/On the Trail 1500

Victor VICJ 41294(Jazzland)20bit,New Baker,Chet/With Strings 1500

Victor VICJ 41295(Prestige)20bit,New Burrell,Kenny & Jimmy Raney/Two Guitars 1500

Victor VICJ 41296(Prestige)20bit,New Lacy,Steve/Soprano Sax 1500

Victor VICJ 41297(Riverside)20bit,New Adams,Pepper/10 To 5 at the Five Spot 1500

Victor VICJ 41298(Riverside)20bit,New Adederley,Cannonball/Portrait of Cannonball 1500

Victor VICJ 41299(Contemporary)20bit,New Pepper,Art/The Way It Was 1500

Victor VICJ 41300(Riverside)20bit,New Terry,Clark/Serenade to a Bus Seat 1500

October 5, 2005

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37446(New)24bit Reinhardt,Django/Djangology 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37447(New)24bit Ellington,Duke/Popular Duke Ellington 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37448(New)24bit Ellington,Duke/Far East Suite 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37449(New)24bit Desmond,Paul/Take Ten 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37450(New)24bit Desmond,Paul/Bossa Antigua 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37451(New)24bit Rollins,Sonny/Bridge 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37452(New)24bit Rollins,Sonny/Now's the Time 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37453(New)24bit Simone,Nina/Nina Simone and Piano 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37454(New)24bit Akiyoshi,Toshiko/Kogun 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37455(New)24bit Blakey,Art/Au Club St.Germain, Vol.1 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37456(New)24bit Blakey,Art/Au Club St.Germain, Vol.2 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37457(New)24bit McRae,Carmen/Carmen Sings Monk 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37458(New)24bit Merrill,Helen/Parole e Musica 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37459(New)24bit Mingus,Charlie/Tijuana Moods 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37460(New)24bit Kuhn,Steve/Three Waves 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37461(New)24bit Brown,Clifford/Complete Paris Session Vol.1 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37462(New)24bit Evans,Gil/There Comes a Time 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37463(New)24bit Evans,Gil/Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37464(New)24bit Powell,Bud/Swingin with Bud 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37465(New)24bit Goodman,Benny/Together Again 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37466(New)24bit Bake,Chet/Chet Is Back 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37467(New)24bit Burton,Gary/Genuine Tong Funeral 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37468(New)24bit Woods,Phil/Images 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37469(New)24bit Wilen,Barney/Barney 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37470(New)24bit Monk,Thelonious/Piano Solo+1 (Solo on Vogue) 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37471(New)24bit Brecker Brothers/Heavy Metal Be-Bop 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37472(New)24bit Arista All Stars/Blue Montreux 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37473(New)24bit Mason,Harvey/Funk in a Mason Jar 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37474(New)24bit Mainieri,Mike/Love Play 1890

BMG Funhouse BVCJ 37475(New)24bit Spyro Gyra/Morning Dance 1890

October 7, 2005

P Vine PCD 22219(New) Luther Thomas / Human Arts Ensemble/Funky Donky, Vol.1 2310

P Vine PCD 22220(New) McPhee,Joe/Nation Time 2310

October 19, 2005

Sony SICP 833(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/In a Silent Way(digipack) 1890

Sony SICP 834(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/Bitches Brew +1(2CD)(digipack) 2835

Sony SICP 836(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/Big Fun +4(2CD)(digipack) 2835

Sony SICP 838(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/Jack Johnson(digipack) 1890

Sony SICP 839(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/Black Beauty(2CD)(digipack) 2835

Sony SICP 841(Columbia)New Davis,Miles/At Filmore(2CD)(digipack) 2835

Edited August 5, 2005 by J.A.W.

[Brad]

This is just an incredible list and I'll be putting an order in for some things. It's all nice to see Blakey's Au Club Saint Germain come out again. I got that before it went oop several years ago and it's a great set, especially if you love this group.

[Tony Pusey]

I am still confused, much of this stuff has already been released previously this year! But the BVCJ are now at a higher price, the ones I bought from Hiroshi a month ago were 1500 yen.... The VICJ program has been continuing all year, but now they rerelease many of them, some with new numbers (?) together with the next raft of issues...

[jazzbo]

Yes, I'm not rebuying this stuff. . . . Give us something not yet on cd!

[J.A.W.]

Bear in mind that these releases are aimed at the Japanese market only and that they are all limited editions. The Japanese companies surely wouldn't reissue the same recordings over and over again if they wouldn't sell.

Edited August 6, 2005 by J.A.W.

[jazzbo]

I fully understand why these are reissued this way.

I just wish there were items here that weren't reissues of reissues of reissues.

[J.A.W.]

I fully understand why these are reissued this way.

I just wish there were items here that weren't reissues of reissues of reissues.

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Well, it sure comes in handy when you've missed out on certain releases the first 19 times...

[jazzbo]

Sure.

Not my situation though. I don't have all these in K2, etc. but that's less and less an issue for me.

[robert h.]

"Bear in mind that these releases are aimed at the Japanese market only and that they are all limited editions. The Japanese companies surely wouldn't reissue the same recordings over and over again if they wouldn't sell."

This isn't exactly the reason.

The Japanese market works completely differently from any other market.

When a CD is released in Japan, it is manufactured to fill orders obtained from the initial solicitation (the announcement of the release) with a bit more for expected reorders. When that manufacturing run is sold out - usually within months of release - the title is deleted.

When the record company feels demand is sufficient to repress the title, or if it's a staple of the catalog, they resolicit the title and do another manufacturing run. But in almost every case, this is done with a new catalog number being assigned to the title - whether it has been remastered or not. So the resolicitation with a new catalog number may mean simply a repressing of whatever master is current, or might be a new remaster.

But whatever - the announcement of a release in Japan does not necessarily mean anything new, in many cases, it is just a repressing. That is partly the reason why we see so many announcements like this for the same groups of titles - they aren't new releases at all, it's just the way that market works.

[J.A.W.]

"Bear in mind that these releases are aimed at the Japanese market only and that they are all limited editions. The Japanese companies surely wouldn't reissue the same recordings over and over again if they wouldn't sell."

This isn't exactly the reason.

The Japanese market works completely differently from any other market.

When a CD is released in Japan, it is manufactured to fill orders obtained from the initial solicitation (the announcement of the release) with a bit more for expected reorders. When that manufacturing run is sold out - usually within months of release - the title is deleted.

When the record company feels demand is sufficient to repress the title, or if it's a staple of the catalog, they resolicit the title and do another manufacturing run. But in almost every case, this is done with a new catalog number being assigned to the title - whether it has been remastered or not. So the resolicitation with a new catalog number may mean simply a repressing of whatever master is current, or might be a new remaster.

But whatever - the announcement of a release in Japan does not necessarily mean anything new, in many cases, it is just a repressing. That is partly the reason why we see so many announcements like this for the same groups of titles - they aren't new releases at all, it's just the way that market works.

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You're absolutely right. However, it doesn't necessarily disagree with what I posted, though that may have been a little too vague.

[Tony Pusey]

Thanks for the clarification Robert.

[J.A.W.]

I don't have all these in K2, etc. but that's less and less an issue for me.

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Same here.