Fantastic! You have more Blue Notes than I have records! I also love the blue note sound and have gathered 9 albums so far into my collection. Your video inspires me to keep hunting and enjoying Hard Bop.
I would say I have about 15 original pressings. A bunch or Liberty RVGs and then it’s a mix of later pressings, quite a lot of Japanese pressings, 80s series and tone poet series. For the later Blue Note series (late 1967 onwards), I mostly have first pressings. So that last pile I flip through mostly contains originals.
I think they're pretty good! The King pressings are better than the Toshiba ones in my opinion. They're definitely not as good as original pressings or even liberty RVG pressings which pack a lot more punch. But for the price, I think they're a great and affordable compromise to finding originals. They also make beautiful covers.
Impressive collection! Keep it up!
Dang. Why are you teasing us like this? Did you collect these one by one or buy as a collection?
Fantastic! You have more Blue Notes than I have records! I also love the blue note sound and have gathered 9 albums so far into my collection. Your video inspires me to keep hunting and enjoying Hard Bop.
Very nice collection! Looks like you need some new shelves! :-)
Thanks! It’s never ending ;)
Awesome collection! 👊
Great stuff. How many of these are originals (RVG)? :)
I would say I have about 15 original pressings. A bunch or Liberty RVGs and then it’s a mix of later pressings, quite a lot of Japanese pressings, 80s series and tone poet series. For the later Blue Note series (late 1967 onwards), I mostly have first pressings. So that last pile I flip through mostly contains originals.
Are the Japanese pressings any good?
I think they're pretty good! The King pressings are better than the Toshiba ones in my opinion. They're definitely not as good as original pressings or even liberty RVG pressings which pack a lot more punch. But for the price, I think they're a great and affordable compromise to finding originals. They also make beautiful covers.
Some great stuff! Any of those blue note classic/80 reissues or just crazy clean stuff?