Okay, what are your best Japanese issued CDs?

The Who- Who's Next
U2- Joshua Tree
Little Feat- all the 32XD series
Santana- Caravanserai

 

Keith you weren't the one who won the eBay auction the other day for about $40 of a copy of this album were you?

 

Does the Joshua Tree Japan sound better than the Mofi?

The Carananserai SACD from Japan is stellar.

 

Rita Coolidge Anytime Anywhere
The mini lp oif Fogelberg/Weisberg's Twin Sons
Weather Report 8:30

 

CSNY - 4 way street (pre bonus tracks)
Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (Japan for UK)
The Band - self titled 1st issue mini sleeve
The Faces - first 4 titles
Grand Funk - Pastmaster series
Weather Report - Live in Tokyo

 

The version with the additional 4 track CD single?
I thought the Priest mini LPs use the Remasters, and those are compressed to hi heavens...

 

I LOVE the sound of my Japanese Kate Bush CDs:


The Kick Inside - CP21-6082 (Pastmasters Series)

Lionheart - CP32-5040 (Black Triangle)

Never For Ever - TOCP-3007

The Dreaming - TOCP-3008

Hounds of Love - CP32-5086 (Black Triangle)


I used to have US EMI CDs of all of these, and when I got the Japanese CDs, the difference was startling. The Dreaming & The Kick Inside, particularly, sounded significantly better to my ears, and as much as I especially loved these two, listening to them NOW is almost a religious experience!!

I've been led to believe the UK CDs of all these might sound just as good as the Japanese ones, but I've never heard those.

 

I knew Dark Side would make it to the list, but another original Floyd I like is the CP32-5272 for A Saucerful of Secrets...great sounding disc.

Avoid the original UK disc for ASoS though...it sounds like it has been stifled by NR.

 

I have the originals on CD (Japan first pressings) and though I haven't given them a real listening workout yet I do like them. Can you explain how they were bettered by the re-releases? Thanks.

-s1m0n-

 

Really! .000001%!

 

Hi-Lo's-Happen To Bossa Nova...groovin.

 

I really like the Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) London P25L 25039. Much better sounding than the SACD IMO.

 

Lowell George - Thanks I'll Eat Here
Rickie Lee Jones - Girl at her Vulcano

 

35DP-4 / Wish You Were Here

 

I don't have many Japanese pressings, but I love my reissues of the 10cc albums Ten out of 10 and Windows in the jungle. Not only sound-wise, but also for the great bonus tracks.

 

No. I got my copy from a forum member a few months ago for $125.

 

not to threadcrap, but i've never actually bought a japanese cd before. Are they different masterings than the US pressings?

 

Depends on the album. Very often they are different masterings.

 

Do you have an idea how your disc compares to the earlier P33L version? I just got the P33L disc the other day and hope to give it a spin tonight.

Also, does the P25L disc have the different album cover from the U.S. issues? The P33L disc has the "fishbowl lens" cover.

 

Not in much technical detail -- the remasters to me just have a clearer sound, the bass comes through a lot more and some of the tinniness that esp. Agharta had in spots is mitigated. The most significant change from the vinyl (not sure whether the Japan pressings had this) is an additional 40 seconds or so of "Maiysha" and about 10 minutes of additional length on "Jack Johnson" on the second disc.

 

Rainy Day

 

Definitely the best there is on CD.

 

Just got a Stevie Wonder Innervisions looks like a 1st Japanese pressing from '86 on cd. Initial sounds are excellent will have to compare against my MFSL.

I am sure some for the Japanese afficienados will know for sure if it is a 1st pressing.

Cat no is VDP-1068 made by Victor Industries. It is in mint condition and the good thing is I paid £9 for it off eBay.

I am now awaiting a Japanese 1st pressing Joe Walsh- Smoker coming in that I got for £12.

Not a bad weeks work.

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If it ain't broke don't fix it

 

They're not only the best jazz CDs from Japan, but the only versions released:

Marion Brown - Vista (Impulse 1975)
Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm (MPS 1968)
Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery (Impulse 1969)
Alice Coltrane - Lord of Lords (Impulse 1972)
Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy (Impulse 1971)
Stanley Cowell – Illusion Suite (ECM 1973)
Stanley Cowell - Regeneration (Strata-East 1975)
Wolfgang Dauner - The Oimels (MPS 1969)
Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe – Spirit Speaks (Stata-East 1974)
Shamek Farrah – First Impressions (Strata-East 1972)
Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith – World of the Children (S-E 1976)
Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (Blue Thumb 1972)
Charles Greenlee – I Know About The Life (Baystate 1975)
Herbie Hancock - Flood (Sony Japan 1975)
Billy Harper – Capra Black (Strata-East 1973)
Paul Humphrey – and the Cool-Aid Chemists (Lizard 1971)
Paul Hunphrey - America Wake Up (Blue Thumb 1973)
Paul Jeffrey (Mainstream 1974)
Clifford Jordan – In The World (Strata East 1969)
Clifford Jordan – Glass Bead Games (Strata-East 1974)
Juju – A Message From Mozambique +2 (Strata-East 1973)
Juju - Chapter Two: Nia +2 (Strata-East 1974)
Kalparusha – Kwanza (Baystate 1977)
Charles Kynard – Woga (Mainstream 1972)
Charles Kynard - Your Mama Don’t Dance (Mainstream 1973)
Harold Land - The Peace-Maker (Cadet 1968)
Lightmen Plus One – Energy Control Center (Lightnin’ 1972)
Blue Mitchell - Blue’s Blues +2 (Mainstream 1972)
Blue Mitchell - Last Tango = Blues (Mainstream 1973)
Blue Mitchell - Many Shades of Blue (Mainstream 1974)
Hannibal Marvin Peterson – In Berlin (MPS 1976)
Hannibal Marvin Peterson - Hannibal In Antibes (Enja 1977)
Pharoah Sanders – Tauhid (Impulse 1966)
Pharoah Sanders - Live At The East (Impulse 1972)
Pharoah Sanders - Wisdom Through Music (Impulse 1972)
Pharoah Sanders - Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse 1973)
Pharoah Sanders - Love In Us All (Impulse 1974)
Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju Ju (Impulse 1967)
Gabor Szabo - Mizrab (CTI 1973)
Buddy Terry – Awareness (Mainstream 1971)
Buddy Terry – Pure Dynamite (Mainstream 1972)
Buddy Terry - Lean On Him (Mainstream 1973)
James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black (DIW 1978)
John White (Mainstream 1971)
Michael White – Pnuema (Impulse 1972)
Charles Williams – Stickball (Mainstream 1972)

 

I have several Japanese pressings that I consider the best sounding, but the 35DP-4 is the version I consider my best sounding cd, all the way around.