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Tampa Red Red Rodney Rodney Dangerfield

Albert King Freddie King King Pleasure

Norman Whitfield Eddie Kendricks Jon Hendricks

Sal Salvador Stan Kenton June Christy

Bat Masterson Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday

Grandmaster Flash Sandy Nelson Nelly Dean

Francois Truffaut Antoine Doinel Mademoiselle Hiroko

Donald O'Connor Chris Connor Chris Kenner

Graham Bond Graham Parker Junior Parker

Paul Young Billy Paul Billy Bob Thornton

Son House Sonny Boy Williamson Liam Neeson

Archie Bell & The Dells William Bell Kenneth Williams

Fascinating and interesting to compare it to The Great War.

Slim Harpo Memphis Slim Memphis Minnie

Ivory Joe Hunter Hunter S, Thompson Irma Thomas

Thanks everybody .

Here's an idea

I've checked it with Hiroshi: New release. Thanks. Looks like she's finally come out of hibernation.

A new Junko Onishi ? Or is it just a reissue .I wonder.

Haha! The answer to this is easy my friends, Trane's ' Blue Trane'. Impossible to find the TOCJ BN Works version, I've never seen a copy in Tokyo.

24 season finale. Crumbs, Kim to the rescue - who would have guessed !

I went back and reread the original release information. Swing Journal is not guilty. EMI Japan had a website called Sound Town Jazz, which conducted a survey to select ' My best three BN', from which a magazine 'BN 100 Best' was compiled and this has been used as the basis for the new series releases. It sounds like a lot of nonsense to me, they just want a publicity gimmick to go with the low price reissues. Personally I couldn't care less, I got most. if not all of the BN Works ages ago. As soon as I confirm if they are BN Works reissues or the over rated RVG's I'll let you know. For anyone who is interested - http://www.emimusic.jp/jazz/bluenotebestmore/

The titles were selected by a poll which I think was conducted by Swing Journal. Readers were asked which titles they would most like to see reissued. That's why the reissues are not starting with Miles Vol 1.

I admire your self control. I'd put getting rehooked at the top of my priority list. See you when you get sorted.

I've read the advertisement in Japanese and it makes no mention of whether they are reissues of the Blue Note Works TOCJ series or of the RVG series. I suspect the former. I seriously doubt they will be new remasters - the main selling point seems to be the newly reduced budget prices - enough is surely enough, even for BN Japan ! They add that more information will be forthcoming. If you would like to post links for any forthcoming additional release information, I'll happily read it and report.