Blue Note SHM SACDs to be released on the 22nd of November by Universal Music Japan Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else · UCGQ-9007 Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' · UCGQ-9008 Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage · UCGQ-9009 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' · UCGQ-9010 Sonny Rollins - A Night at the Village Vanguard · UCGQ-9011 Lee Morgan - Sidewinder · UCGQ-9012 Bud Powell - The Scene Changes · UCGQ-9013 Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue · UCGQ-9014 Hank Mobley - Dippin' · UCGQ-9015 Lee Morgan - Candy · UCGQ-9016 Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child · UCGQ-9017 Horace Silver Quintet - Song for My Father · UCGQ-9018 Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil · UCGQ-9019 Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch · UCGQ-9020 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Night In Tunisia · UCGQ-9021 Hank Mobley - Soul Station · UCGQ-9022 ジャズ | ユニバーサルミュージック - ジャズ | JAZZ - UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN
Great to see that Blue Note/Universal Japan is releasing these on SACD. The only downside is that many of these titles were already released by APO and I most seriously doubt those will ever be topped in terms of sound quality. On the other hand, APO only did 50 titles and then they gave up, so here's hoping Universal Japan continues releasing these and we get a good diversity of titles.
I'm sorry, but the first thought that popped into my head when I looked at that tired list of titles was
I agree, let's try new titles. But. . .the label/super label is thinking "what sells." And most of these titles habitually have. The two that would tempt me are Speak Like a Child and the Sonny Rollins. To be honest I think these may sound amazing. I love the sound of the 75th anniversary SHM-CDs, in fact I prefer their sound to the basic sound of the Analogue Productions SACDs. (I may be the only one!) So I'm tempted. I bought all the mono Platinum SHM-CDs because they were mono and boy were they well done. . . . I'm less "flush" right now so I may not get any of these or just one or two.
This is getting more and more ridiculous...I seriously begin to hate all things Blue Note, because big companies have accomplished to reduce an entire genre to just that: "Somethin' Else" and "Blue Train".
Totally agree with you. A lot of those titles (including the Rollins) were released on Platinum SHM-CD last year, were not cheap but sounded great. Speak Like a Child is very tempting though...
Are these SACDs sourced from the same Bernie Grundman high rez digital transfers that were utilized for the Japanese SHM CD series a few years ago?
Blue Note performed the massive undertaking of making 192/24 archival transfers of its entire catalogue several years ago. These transfers have since been used as the "master" source for everything from the Blue Note 75th Anniversary vinyl reissues, the XRCD24s, all of the hi-res versions found on HDtracks, ProStudioMasters and other outlets, and all of the Japanese reissue CDs from 2009 on, including the massive 5-series "The BN Masterworks" SHM-CDs and "Blue Note The Finest 1100" series. Yoshida or Grundman are credited with mastering some of these US releases for CD, hi-res, and vinyl, but the Japanese masterings are unique and quite different from those done by Yoshida, Grundman, Gray, and Hoffman. The only projects I know of since 2009 that use the actual master tapes are the APO SACDs and vinyl, the Music Matters vinyl reissues and the Japanese Disk Union mono reissue LPs. I'm therefore wondering if these will be PCM 192/24 archival "masters" --> DSD. I have never read that Blue Note made DSD archive transfers at the same time it was doing the 192/24, but it would have been smart to do so. Edit: nice avatar BTW!
Pre order now from Acoustic Sounds with a the 20% discount currently in effect. Regularly $60 a pop. November Blue Note SHM-SACDs at Acoustic Sounds
I wonder if they'll have the same gatefold cardboard packaging as the 2010 SHM SACD releases. Some of them have bonus tracks.. similar to the 2013 Masterworks series It's a shame that the Mono versions were released on Platinum SHM rather than SACD Yes the same releases .. although not "Blue Train" ,, Maybe there will be a second series that includes that one LOL The Masterworks "Blue Train" SHM-CD included a bonus track —Blue Train (Alt. Take 1)— that had never been released. (I'm not sure if the 2015 "High Fidelity Pure Audio" blu-ray included it as well) On the Masterworks "Cool Strutin'" SHM-CD there was a typo with "Royal Flash" rather than "Royal Flush" , hopefully they fix that.
Alas, you are correct. I just tried the code and it did not apply. I have pre-ordered with discount in the past though. Wishful thinking...
Not sure about Acoustic Sounds. But I preordered all of the upcoming Dire Straits MOFI SACDs from Music Direct awhile back and received a 20% sale discount. So if Acoustic Sounds doesn't allow preorder discounts try ordering them from Music Direct or Elusive Disc.
Along with Speak No Evil, those are the two that most interest me as well, and I'm optimistic on the sound upgrade too. If good source material exists for SNE, it could be "the" pick of the batch as it's the album I credit with igniting my obsession with Blue Note records. Anyway, I've preordered these three along with The Scene Changes from cdjapan, and if they're as good as I hope I'll be ordering a few more. Let's hope this batch has legs and the bulk of the catalog is released this way. Wish it would have happened 20 years ago.
I've ended up pre-ordering from cdjapan Speak Like a Child, Live at the Village Vanguard, Out to Lunch and Speak No Evil. Here's hoping these sound great.
I already have a bunch of the Analogue Productions reissues....I wonder if these will use a different mastering.
