Tag: 33rpm

2005/12/13

Various V.A. LPs, Pt.2 – Jazz Series Vol.8

さて、 V.A. 特集 第1回 に続き紹介する 2枚目は、あの Time レーベルのサンプラーです。 EmArcy レーベルをたちあげたあの Bob Shad が Mercury を離れて自ら立ち上げたレーベルとして知られており、Booker Little、Sonny Clark、Kenny Dorham などの作品が有名です。このサンプラー LP は、そのうちトランペッターに焦点を絞って編集されたもののようです。

Second sampler LP I’d like to introduce here is the one by Time label. Time was a label of that Bob Shad, who was famous as a producer of EmArcy label. Bob Shad left Mercury in 1958, and started his own label, Time.

[Time Vol. 8 Front Cover] [Time Vol. 8 Back Cover]

Vol.8 – Jazz Series
(Time Volume 8)
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2005/12/13

Various V.A. LPs, Pt.1 – Riverside Modern Jazz Sampler

いわゆる Various Artists もの、あるいは Sampler LP といいますか、結構気に入っています。特に 1950年代や 1960年代の Jazz ものはお特感満載です。著名ミュージシャンの名盤といわれるアルバムをオリジナル盤で探そうとすると、かなりの出費を覚悟する必要がありますが、こういったサンプラーだと、比較的安価に、オリジナル盤に準じた音質を楽しむ ことができるからです。

I really like so-called Various Artists LPs, or Samper LPs. Especially, sampler LPs of Jazz in the 1950s-1960s are so fantastic – why? If you try to find original 1st pressing copies of masterpiece Jazz LPs by famous musicians, you will have to spend much money to buy ’em. However, such sampler LPs can be obtained at very reasonable price, and we can fully enjoy wonderful sounds which are very close to original LPs.

いろんなレーベルのサンプラーアルバムが徐々に集まってきましたので、ここでは思いつくままにとりあげていこうと思います。まず最初は Riverside レーベルのサンプラーから。

I have gradually obtained several Sampler LPs by various labels, and I’d like to introduce them here little by little. The very first one here is a Sampler album by Riverside label.

[Riverside S-3 Front Cover] [Riverside S-3 Back Cover]

Riverside Modern Jazz Sampler – a selection of New Sounds in Hi-Fi
(Riverside S-3)
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2005/11/25

Miles Davis Analog Collection

先日 ユニバーサルの LP リイシューに関するエントリ に trackback して下さった 土佐漆喰さんのサイト で知りました。

The other day, a person kindly sent a trackback to my entry regarding recent Jazz LP reissues from Universal Music Japan. Then I visited his site and noticed that…

しかしなぁ、なーんかイマイチ購買欲をそそらないのはなんでやろう。全20枚 (10枚づつに分けて販売) いっぺんに買うしか入手方法がない (しかも合計 81,900円!) とか、音質について「180g 重量盤」としか表記がないとか、Columbia 時代の Miles だと過去のリリース枚数が多いため、比較的安価でオリジナル盤を入手可能であるとか、そういったことなんでしょうが。これ、果たして売れるのかしら。どうもあんまり売れない様な気が…

However, it won’t make me feel “I am dying to buy the box” – because it’s too expensive? (81,900 YEN in total!) – or buying all 20 LPs is the only way to get ’em? (we can’t buy each LP individually from Sony Music) – or “180g vinyl” is the only description about sound quality? – or getting Miles’ original Columbia LPs is rather easy in reasonable price (compared with other very scarce Jazz LPs) – I don’t know the real reason, anyway I do NOT think this huge LP box will sell well…

2005/11/05

Waiting For The Sirens’ Call / New Order

リリースから半年以上経ってから買うのもどうかと思いますが、たまたま渋谷のレコファンで 500円引きで売ってたので捕獲。New Order が今年出した新譜の LP バージョン (2枚組) です。

The other day I happened to buy this album at the RECOFAN shop, Shibuya, Tokyo (it was sold at a reduced price). As you may know, this is the LP version (double LP set with gatefold cover) of New Order‘s brand new album in 2005, although it was firstly released over six months ago.

[London 25646-2202-1 Front Cover]      [London 25646-2202-1 Disc 1 Side-A]
左：ジャケ表　　右：LP 1枚目のレーベル A面
L: Front Cover;     R: A-side label of Disc 1

Waiting For The Sirens’ Call / New Order
(London [UK] 25646 2202-1)
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2005/10/09

Universal “Jazz The Best&amp” LP Collection Pt.2

実際のリリースから随分と間があいてしまいましたが、 昨年リリースされて そこそこ好評だった ユニバーサル　”JAZZ THE BEST ”LPコレクション の第2弾がこの夏リリースされました。

In last year, Universal Music Japan released a bunch of fine Jazz LP reissues entitled Universal “JAZZ THE BEST” LP Collection, most of which were highly acclaimed by vinyl enthusiasts. To follow the success, Universal Japan released another bunch of LP reissues this summer.



今回の復刻にあたり、岡村融さんを通じて UCJU-9031 / UCJU-9034 / UCJU-9043 と 3枚に関して、光栄にも貢献することができました (復刻の元となるオリジナルジャケットとレーベルの貸出)。 また、UCJU-9025 や UCJU-9039 といった EmArcy 原盤については、ファーストプレスのチェックポイントを指摘しました (ジャケット裏の印刷色やレーベルの微妙な特徴など)。

It was my great pleasure that, thru the famous Tohru Okamura-san, I could do a bit of contribution upon some of these LP reissues – lent the 1st pressing copies of UCJU-9031, UCJU-9034 and UCJU-9043 to the Universal Music Japan for reproduction purpose; also pointed out the detailed checkpoints of reproducing EmArcy LPs such as UCJU-9025 and UCJU-9039 (colour of the ink on the back cover, detailed design of the centre label, for example).

出来上がった製品の見本盤を 9月下旬に頂きましたが、相変わらず細やかな配慮が感じられる良質のリイシューで、特に UCJU-9031 や UCJU-9034 では、当時リリースされたオリジナル盤ではなし得なかった音質を獲得するに至っていると感じました。

In last September, I received the sample copies of the products. And I found that this 2nd series of the LP reissue project was also fascinating kind as well as 1st series. Especially, on such titles as UCJU-9031 and UCJU-9034, I feel that the brand-new-cut discs can deliver very detailed and beautiful sounds which even the original 1st pressing copies did not have. 


RELEASED ON JUL. 21, 2005
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UCJU-9024    Night Train / Oscar Peterson (Verve)
UCJU-9026    Sweet Rain / Stan Getz (Verve)
UCJU-9029    April In Paris - Charlie Parker With Strings (Verve)
UCJU-9034    Cannonball Adderley Quintet In Chicago (Mercury)
UCJU-9035    Basie In London / Count Basie Orchestra (Verve)
UCJU-9039    Clifford Brown And Max Roach At Basin Street (EmArcy)

RELEASED ON AUG. 24, 2005
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UCJU-9022    Alone / Bill Evans (Verve)
UCJU-9023    Live At The Village Vanguard / John Coltrane (Impulse!)
UCJU-9025    Clifford Brown & Max Roach (EmArcy)
UCJU-9027    The Cat / Jimmy Smith (Verve)
UCJU-9030    The Blues And The Abstract Truth / Oliver Nelson (Impulse!)
UCJU-9031    Big Band Bossa Nova / Quincy Jones (Mercury)
UCJU-9032    The Astrud Gilbelto Album (Verve)
UCJU-9033    Nights Of Ballads & Blues / McCoy Tyner (Impulse!)
UCJU-9036    Crescent / John Coltrane (Impulse!)
UCJU-9037    Anita Sings The Most / Anita O'Day (Verve)
UCJU-9040    Attica Blues / Archie Shepp (MCA Impulse!)
UCJU-9041    Jazz Samba / Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd (Verve)
UCJU-9042    California Dreaming / Wes Montgomery (Verve)
UCJU-9043    Erroll Garner Plays Misty (Mercury)

RELEASE CANCELLED DUE TO THE CONDITION OF ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES
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UCJU-9021    Wave / Antonio Carlos Jobim (A&M)
UCJU-9028    A Day In The Life / Wes Montgomery (A&M)
UCJU-9038    Jazz Giant / Bud Powell (Verve)
2005/08/31

Force / Max Roach & Archie Shepp

言うまでもなく、ジャズドラムの可能性を極限まで引き出し、新たな世界を確立することに成功した巨人 Max Roach。戦後ジャズ史に燦然と輝く多数の名演奏を残した Brown=Roach Quintet 時代や、1960年代のアメリカという時代を反映した諸作に勢い評価が傾きがちですが、1970年代以降の作品にも注目すべき作品は少なくありません。

The Jazz Giant Max Roach was, of course, one of the most important Jazz drummers who explored the possibilities of drumming. His greatest works include legendary Brown=Roach Quintet, and his numerous works in the 1960s which reflects the atmosphere of the 1960’s USA. However in the 1970s, he recorded several albums which were also far above his average.

[UNI 28.976 Front Cover]

Force: Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 / Max Roach & Archie Shepp
(Uniteledis [F] UNI 28.976)
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2005/07/24

Early Pressings of Steely Dan’s “Aja” LP

名盤の多い Steely Dan の諸作の中でも、“Gaucho” と並び彼らの代表的名盤として圧倒的人気を誇る “Aja”。1977年のリリース直後から、数え切れない程の枚数が市場に出回ったに違いありません。あまりにも細かいバリエーションが多すぎて、最初期プレスを特定するのが困難だとも思われるかもしれません。

Among the series of masterpiece LPs by Steely Dan, “Aja” has been regarded as one of their best and most popular albums along with another famous “Gaucho”. Since its initial release in 1977, so many copies has been available in the market. Also, there are so many minor variations, it might be a delicate question to determine which one is the earliest pressing and variation.

[AB-1006 Front Cover]
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2005/05/23

Guitar Genius In Japan / Kenny Burrell, Attila Zoller, Jim Hall

誰にでも、自分にとって特別な意味を持つアルバムというのがあるでしょう。例えば、個人的な想い出とリンクしているアルバムだったり、音楽にのめり込むきっかけを与えてくれたアルバムだったり。そんな中に「自分の生まれた年月日に録音されたアルバム」というのもあったりします。

Everybody may have his/her special album(s) of his/her own – for example, an album which closely link to his/her personal events and memories, an album which gave him/her a huge impact to let him/her get involved into music. And there are some more – such as “an album which was recorded on the same day in the same year when I was born”.

UPS-81-V Front Cover (No Obi)

ジャケ表 / Front Cover

Guitar Genius In Japan
(Overseas/Teichiku UPS-81-V)
UPS-81-V Left Inside the Gatefold Cover

ゲートフォールドジャケ内側の左側 / Left Side inside the Gatefold Cover

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2005/05/15

Triangle / The Beau Brummels

Rhino Handmade, a renowned label recognized for its numerous invaluable limited-edition CDs, has been satisfying the desires of hardcore collectors since its inception in 1999. This project is a standout endeavor by Rhino Records. Over the years, there have been countless titles on my wish list that I’ve been unable to obtain. Here’s a look at the latest release from the Rhino Handmade label, which I was fortunate enough to purchase recently.

Rhino Handmade RHM2-7892 Spine

Magic Hollow / The Beau Brummels
(Rhino Handmade RHM2-7892)
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2005/05/09

Autumn ’66 / The Spencer Davis Group

つい先日、LP ラック を買い足しました。その際、段ボール箱に入れて保管していたレコードを整理しましたが、ここ数年手にとっていなかった盤を手にとっては、その盤にまつわる個人的な想い出が次々と脳裏をかけめぐり、整理は滞りがちになってしまいました。これもそんな一枚。記憶が正しければ、1994年の夏に大阪日本橋の某中古レコード屋で購入したものです。

The other day I bought yet another LP stocker. After the built of the stocker was complete, I started to readjust my LP collection (stocked in the cardboard boxes) to re-stock in this new stocker. During the procedure, I took every LP in my hand, thinking of very personnal memory with the record from one after another, which prevented me from very smooth task to store the records. This LP is one of them – as far as I remember, I bought this album in the summer of 1994 at a certain shop in Nipponbashi, Osaka.

[TL-5359 Front Cover] [TL-5359 Back Cover]

Autumn ’66 / The Spencer Davis Group
(Fontana TL-5359)
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