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Same here. I had got a lot from these mini lp K2 series from 2006/07. Then I supplemented them with some from the DSD mini lps series (e.g. Sonny Rollins 4). I also ordered Conception and will do a quick comparison with the old OJC. I am far more tempted by these Prestige SHMs than with the BN ones.

Yes - 8 tracks per disk. 1. ベサメ・ムーチョ (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン BESAME MUCHO/ Barney Wilen 2. ステイブルメイツ (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン STABLEMATES/ Barney Wilen 3. ジョードゥ (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン JORDU/ Barney Wilen 4. レディ・バード (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン LADY BIRD/ Barney Wilen 5. ロータス・ブロッサム (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン LOTUS BLOSSOM/ Barney Wilen 6. エヴリシング・ハプンズ・トゥ・ミー (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME/ Barney Wilen 7. 四月の想い出 (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン I'LL REMEMBER APRIL/ Barney Wilen 8. 彼奴を殺せ (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED) (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン TEMOIN DANS LA VILLE/ Barney Wilen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-3978 1. 自由が一番 (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE/ Barney Wilen 2. オール・ザ・シングス・ユー・アー (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE/ Barney Wilen 3. リーツ・アンド・アイ (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン REETS AND I/ Barney Wilen 4. ラウンド・ミッドナイト (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン ROUND MIDNIGHT/ Barney Wilen 5. ウィズ・ア・ソング・イン・マイ・ハート (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン WITH A SONG IN MY HEART/ Barney Wilen 6. タイム・オン・マイ・ハンズ (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン TIME ON MY HANDS/ Barney Wilen 7. あなただけを (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン THERE'LL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU/ Barney Wilen 8. 時のたつまま (MONO)/ バルネ・ウィラン AS TIME GOES BY/ Barney Wilen http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=SICP-3979 So, four bonus tracks on the first disc.

Amen to that!

I've assumed they use identical masterings. The only difference as far as I can tell is slightly cheaper printing stock is used in the Euro-wannabe.. CDs, and flimsier disc boxes. I thought that these were actually the genuine japanese ones we get from cdjapan etc. Thanks. I am playin now "Rahsaan Rahsaan". Pretty good!

Ordered - along with the Handy and a few others. Blakey 'Hard Bop' now on Last Chance.. Obviously you got the last Handy set. Gone now!

Thanks for the to-the-point response! More funds are urgently needed now... On the same matter and since the 1967 Turrentine BN sessions which were reissued in the 'Bluish Bag' and 'Return of Prodigal Son' Connoiseur CDs, are favorites of mine, I tried to clarify which of them are now reissued in these BN LT series. So: *the Connoisseur CDs include the following 1967 sesions: [17 Feb, 9 June: Bluish Bag], and [23 June, 28 July: Return Of The Prodigal Son] **to complicate the matter, the japanese CD New Time Shuffle TOCJ-50277, from these BN LT series, contains two sessions - one from each of the above Conn CDs: 17 Feb and 23 June 1967. I think the other two sessions from 9 June and 28 July are not yet reissued in these series. Alex.-

Thanks. I likes the ones I got: Lee Morgan/Infinity, McLean/Consequence, Mobley/Slice, Hutcherson/Spiral and Medina. But I had no comparison base.

Has anybody purchased Wayne Shorter's Etcetera from these series? I am playing now the Connoiseur CD, it sounds to my ears thin and very tiring. Can something better be expected from the japanese CD (or the HD Tracks download). Many thanks! Alex.-

Do you mean "Contrasts" by Larry Young? I have this on pre-order! Can't wait! Also in the same order, the already released Turrentine's 'Easy Walker' and Pearson's 'Now Here This.'.

I know :-)

Not at all. It is very serious and consistent. The initial impression was based on some samples played through the laptop. Then I purchased the CDs and played them at home and was very disappointed. Then I reproduced the graphs (although an engineer, I hate the objective approach in these matters - only the ears are judges). I explained that in that discussion. My judgement was not based on the graphs. I was (still am) very well inclined to acknowledge they are good and worth the upgrade. I ordered Maiden Voyage so as to see. Perhaps it is a case-by-case matter. But serious it is! (no hard feelings). In any case, due to the positive impressions these got by some, I ll re-listen again critically. http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/blue-note-shm-cds.327454/page-3#post-9996156 PS: from the reviews I read I think more or less most agree that these SHM s could have been less loud.

I think the first recording of Golson's Whisper Not:

Almost spring. 16 degrees - sunny.

I wonder how it compares with Mosaic's transfer in their Patton Select set.

I just ordered Hutcherson and Mercer sets. I had got the Hill in the past and I love it.

Nice! Ornette is on its way as well!

Which versions do you have? The Maiden Voyage SHM is certainly an improvement on the BN Works. Generally very dynamic, and the horns are much better defined, better detail on the drums as well. Very pleasant on the ears. Impressive. Wonderful news!

+1000! Always a delight to buy from cdjapan.

I treasure a lot both King Curtis' LPs for Prestige - The New Scene and Soul Meeting. Amazing playing, grooves and audio. I purchased last year the CD that carries both of them; rarely had I been so dissapointed by the sound, compared to the 80s LPs I used to listen to. For this reason I ordered the one reissued in the subject Prestige 7000 SHM series. I ll report back. and this is the dreaded (IMO) 1994 reissue:

Alright now I remember, but with a different sleeve:

You Mean Sam Rivers' "A new Conception"?

I suppose these Monk recordings are all included in the well know complete Prestige box. It would be great to know if they offer any upgrade to this one (IIRC, this box did not get the best criticism SQ-wise):

The mono version of "MJQ at Music Inn Vol. 1" with J. Giuffre. Very very nice.

Any impressions from these Presige 7000 series? Thanks!

I'm not sure which Atlantic reissue program you refer to. I have around 10 Japanese Atlantics 60th Anniversary issues - WPCR 2xxxxx, they all sound excellent. I wasn't aware that these issues were thought to suffer from loudness/compression etc. The 60th Anniverssary reissue series, just to be clear, does not suffer from loudness/compression — in my opinion.* I was referring (above) to the most recent (1000¥ WPCR) reissue series. * (The 60th Anniversary edition of Jimmy Giuffre's Jimmy Giuffre 3, for example, is the best-sounding version of that album I've heard. Finer than the Mosaic edition, in my opinion, and mucher finer than the original U.S. edition. Sadly, it does not contain bonus tracks.) I am playing now this 60th anniv mini-lp from Japan. It really sounds phenomenal.