Dmitry Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Look at this auction. Anyone has any info on these early Japanese pressings? I had no idea Japan produced Blue NOte Lps as early as 1967... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Sorry, I missed the '67 mention for this item. Can you help me out? When I went to work at the Jazz Record Mart in 1966 they had bootleg, Chinese lps of the BN Messengers in the used bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 I have a couple of 10" Japanese BN LPs (Wynton Kelly & Elmo Hope) dated 1975. The Credits read "Manufactured by United Artists Music and Records Group, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028. Printed in U.S.A." There's a sticker on the front of each with writing in Japanese. I don't know if these were pressed in the U.S. for the Japanese market, or what. The pressings are far superior to what U.S. BN was doing at the time. I also recall seeing 12" BN LPs around that time that my local record shop owner told me were pressed in the U.S. for the Japanese market. I'm sure that Chuck or someone else who was involved in the record biz at that time will know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 In the mid '70s UA pressed a bunch of '10 and '12 inch lps for shipment to Japan. The "leftovers" were sold as cutouts in the US. I had 'em all at one point. All I have left are the pressings of 5036 - Urbie Green, 5059/5060 - Best From the West and 5066 - Hank Mobley Quartet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter A Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Anyone has any info on these early Japanese pressings? I had no idea Japan produced Blue NOte Lps as early as 1967... According to this site Toshiba Musical Industries started releasing Blue Note LP's in Japan in 1966. However, between 1966-1968 these 'Japanese' editions seem to have been imported American pressings supplied with obi's. In 1968 Toshiba started pressing vinyl editions in Japan, initially only 45's but later (1970?) also LP's. Regards, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 When exactly did Japan start to press facsimile reissues of U.S. Jazz LP's for domestic consumption at all? I don't want to sidetrack or hijack this thread, but I have Japanese pressings of the "Presenting Carl Perkins" LP on Dootone and Rusty Bryant's "America's Greatest Jazz" (the R&B date) on Dot that look very, very old - definitely older than the late 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel1969 Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Look at this auction. Anyone has any info on these early Japanese pressings? I had no idea Japan produced Blue NOte Lps as early as 1967... Anyway, i totally disagree with what is written on the backcover of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 (edited) Some history, for when the eBay auction goes bye-bye... Art Blakey Blue Note Japan LP A Night at BL audiophile Seller: maxharm Here's a beautiful copy of "A Night at Bird Land, Volume 1" by the Art Blakey Quintet. This appears to be an early, if not the original, Japan pressing by Toshiba-EMI (LNJ-70991). The label says "Microgroove" and "Blue Note Records - A Division of Liberty Records" - see picture. Very hard to find. Blakey is joined by Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, and Curly Russell. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Condition: Jacket - NM-, front and back looks great but some small splits are forming at top and bottom of jacket; Record NM-, sounds wonderful, would grade even higher, but some light bag marks are visible on the vinyl, though the bag marks are not audible on my system. Also some very light spindle marks on one side of label. Please check out my other LP auctions! Edited November 22, 2006 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 I have a couple of very early Japanese Fontanas that look to be from the late '60s. They aren't pressed that well, which I hear is often the case for early Japanese pressings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ost&id=9165 Ok, what's that little State Fair Best of Show looking ribbon thing down in the lower right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 Seems perfectly normal to me... best dairy cow, best bowl of chili, best Japanese Blue Note LP, best tater pie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 22, 2006 Report Share Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ost&id=9165 Ok, what's that little State Fair Best of Show looking ribbon thing down in the lower right? You'll like this Jim. It's a seal of approval from a Japanese mag called "Soul Jazz". MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted November 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ost&id=9165 Ok, what's that little State Fair Best of Show looking ribbon thing down in the lower right? You'll like this Jim. It's a seal of approval from a Japanese mag called "Soul Jazz". MG Not Soul Jazz, but the famous Swing Journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ost&id=9165 Ok, what's that little State Fair Best of Show looking ribbon thing down in the lower right? You'll like this Jim. It's a seal of approval from a Japanese mag called "Soul Jazz". MG Not Soul Jazz, but the famous Swing Journal. It OUGHT to have been Soul Jazz MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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