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SPECS: 1ST PRESSING; 1959; MONO; DG; W63; RVG STAMPED; P; LAM.
JACKET: Front: VG+; Back: VG; Spine: VG-
Note: The jacket has poorly repaired taped spine and top seam, typical of Japanese kissaten usage. Front laminate is still quite glossy with little visual wear.
DISC (VISUAL): Side A: VG; Side B: VG; Labels: VG+
DISC (PLAYBACK): Side A: VG; Side B: VG+
ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE: Yes
NOTES: Minor noise during a few moments, but plays great. Among the best sounding recordings in the 4000 series.
OVERALL GRADE: VG
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9M (est. 2025) is a service from Tokyo, Japan, founded by Jeremy Elkin for other passionate Blue Note Records collectors.
The term "9M" was Plastylite's internal customer code for Blue Note. You can find it scribed in the deadwax of the majority of early 12" pressings through BNLP4067.
Each record has been critically and conservatively graded for both visual condition and audio playback using a tube-based system with mono and stereo cartridges.
The discs have been ultrasonically cleaned and packaged using Japanese anti-static inner sleeves, and dual resealable Japanese outer sleeves—one for the jacket and one for the disc. When the condition of the found jacket is anything less than factory condition, we have repaired seam splits and removed dirt or stains to the best of our abilities. The discs and jackets are then paired together and stored in durable archive-grade outer sleeves prior to packaging.
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Tag: COLLECTOR (VG+ or NM)
A copy sourced from a Japanese collector or record shop.
Tag: KISSATEN (VG or VG-)
A well-loved record with provenance, most likely sourced from a now defunkt jazz kissaten, often in the countryside.
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逆輸入 [Gyaku Yunyu] is a term used to describe a consumer object that became popular in Japan during its overseas release window, before being imported to Japan, eventually being "re-exported" back to it's country of origin many years later. This especially applies to Blue Note’s catalog, as the independent label struggled for many years before releases like Lee Morgan's Sidewinder and Art Blakey's Moanin' hit the charts. The Japanese have been importing copious amounts of recordings from the U.S.A. and England since the birth of the industry in the early 20th century. Kissatens were started by the Japanese as a way to reproduce high-fidelity American sound. Today, kissaten-style listening bars exist all over the world.
A Guide for Identifying Original Pressings by Fred Cohen of The Jazz Record Center
Complete Blue Note Book by Jazz Critique
Uncompromising Expression by Richard Havers
Blue Note Records: A Story of Modern Jazz
The Business of Making Blue Note Records by LondonJazzCollector
The Definitive Guide to the Blue Note Label by LondonJazzCollector
Blue Note Typography and Typesetting by LondonJazzCollector
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As of 2025, a look at some of the catalog's most sought after titles in near mint condition as mono first pressings:
1517/ GIL MELLE - Patterns in Jazz
1524/ KENNY DORHAM - ‘Round Midnight at the Café Bohemia
1527/ THAD JONES - The Magnificent Thad Jones
1530/ JUTTA HIPP - S/T
1533/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - Introducing
1535/ KENNY DORHAM - Afro-Cuban
1536/ J.R. MONTEROSE - S/T
1537/ LOU DONALDSON - Sextet
1538/ LEE MORGAN - Indeed
1540/ HANK MOBLEY - Sextet
1541/ LEE MORGAN - Vol. 2
1549/ CLIFF JORDAN - Blowing in from Chicago
1550/ HANK MOBLEY - Quintet
1557/ LEE MORGAN - Vol. 3
1559/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - A Blowing Session
1560/ HANK MOBLY - Sextet
1564/ PAUL CHAMBERS - Quintet
1565/ CLIFF JORDAN - S/T
1567/ CURTIS FULLER - The Opener
1568/ HANK MOBLEY - S/T
1570/ SONNY CLARK - Dial ’S’ for Sonny
1572/ CURTIS FULLER - Bone & Bari
1573/ JOHN JENKINS with Kenny Burrell
1574/ HANK MOBLEY - Peckin’ Time
1575/ LEE MORGAN - City Lights
1576/ SONNY CLARK - Sonny’s Crib
1577/ JOHN COLTRANE - Blue Train
1578/ LEE MORGAN - The Cooker
1579/ SONNY CLARK - Trio
1580/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - The Congregation
1582/ CLIFF JORDAN - Cliff Craft
1583/ CURTIS FULLER - Vol. 3
1584/ LOUIS SMITH - Here Comes Louis Smith
1587/ BENNIE GREEN - Back on the Scene
1588/ SONNY CLARK - Cool Struttin’
1590/ LEE MORGAN - Candy
1594/ LOUIS SMITH - Smithville
4006/ DIZZY REECE - Blues in Trinity
4013/ JACKIE MCLEAN - New Soil
4018/ WALTER DAVIS JR. - Davis Cup
4022/ DUKE PEARSON - Profile
4023/ DIZZY REECE - Star Bright
4028/ HORACE PARLAN - Movin’ & Groovin’
4031/ HANK MOBLEY - Soul Station
4032/ SONNY RED - Out of the Blue
4033/ DIZZY REECE - Soundin’ Off
4034/ LEE MORGAN - Lee-Way
4035/ DUKE PEARSON - Tender’s Feelin’s
4037/ HORACE PARLAN - Us Three
4040/ FREDDIE HUBBARD - Open Sesame
4041/ TINA BROOKS - True Blue
4043/ HORACE PARLAN - Speakin’ My Piece
4045/ FREDDIE REDD - Shades of Redd
4046/ DUKE JORDAN - Flight to Jordan
4047/ ART TAYLOR - A.T.’s Delight
4048/ DONALD BYRD - Byrd in Flight
4051/ JACKIE MCLEAN - Jackie’s Bag
4059/ KENNY DREW - Undercurrent
4062/ HORACE PARLAN - Headin’ South
4063/ KENNY DORHAM - Whistle Stop
4073/ FREDDIE HUBBARD - Hub Cap
4080/ HANK MOBLEY - Workout
4083/ DEXTER GORDON - Dexter Calling
4112/ DEXTER GORDON - Go
4114/ IKE QUEBEC - Soul Samba
4140/ JOE HENDERSON - Page One
4146/ DEXTER GORDON - Our Man in Paris
4147/ HERBIE HANCOCK - Inventions and Dimensions
4152/ JOE HENDERSON - Our Thing
4173/ WAYNE SHORTER - Night Dreamer
4176/ DEXTER GORDON - One Flight Up
4182/ WAYNE SHORTER - Juju
4189/ JOE HENDERSON - Inner Urge
4194/ WAYNE SHORTER - Speak No Evil
4195/ HERBIE HANCOCK - Maiden Voyage
4198/ BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Dialogue
4205/ PETE LA ROCA - Basra
4227/ JOE HENDERSON - Mode For Joe
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