Article: Three Blind Mice Supreme Collection 1500 | A Treasure Trove Of Music

[jma2]

Today I bumped into this (not so recent post):

https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/88856

 

As far as my Japanese goes it would appear that a sequel to the supreme collection will start on 19th of August with 5 CDs per month for a total of 35, the first 5CDs listed on the page.

 

But my Japanese could be wrong of course (then I blame Google translate 😉).

[kumakuma]

1 minute ago, jma2 said:

Today I bumped into this (not so recent post):

https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/88856

 

As far as my Japanese goes it would appear that a sequel to the supreme collection will start on 19th of August with 5 CDs per month for a total of 35, the first 5CDs listed on the page.

 

But my Japanese could be wrong of course (then I blame Google translate 😉).

 

Your understanding is correct. Thanks for sharing!

[The Computer Audiophile]

5 minutes ago, jma2 said:

Today I bumped into this (not so recent post):

https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/88856

 

As far as my Japanese goes it would appear that a sequel to the supreme collection will start on 19th of August with 5 CDs per month for a total of 35, the first 5CDs listed on the page.

 

But my Japanese could be wrong of course (then I blame Google translate 😉).

So cool!

 

But, so hard to get!

[bbosler]

I created an Amazon Japan account and ordered using the  CMRS-XX numbers from Seeteeyou's post. 

 

4 of the 40 could not ship to the US but I have 36 on the way for about $15 each including shipping

 

thanks to everyone for the info

[bbosler]

found the other 4 here https://discsjapan.com/

 

with shipping on just 4 it didn't get spread out as much so closer to $20 each but that makes all 40

 

 

[bbosler]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://discsjapan.com/

 

just accepted my order for the 5 titles to be released mid-August. 

 

Your Order Contains...

Isao Suzuki & His Friends - Touch

4988044056190

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Mari Nakamoto - Little Girl Blue

4988044056237

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Masaru Imada Trio - Standard

4988044056206

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Shoji Yokouchi Quartet - Blonde On The Rocks

4988044056220

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Live In Montreux

4988044056213

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Subtotal:

¥7,500 JPY

Shipping:

¥1,980 JPY

Grand Total:

¥9,480 JPY

Payment Method:

PayPal

[The Computer Audiophile]

On 8/1/2020 at 10:53 PM, bbosler said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://discsjapan.com/

 

just accepted my order for the 5 titles to be released mid-August. 

 

Your Order Contains...

Cart Items

SKU

Qty

Item Price

Item Total

Isao Suzuki & His Friends - Touch

4988044056190

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Mari Nakamoto - Little Girl Blue

4988044056237

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Masaru Imada Trio - Standard

4988044056206

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Shoji Yokouchi Quartet - Blonde On The Rocks

4988044056220

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Live In Montreux

4988044056213

1

¥1,500 JPY

¥1,500 JPY

Subtotal:

¥7,500 JPY

Shipping:

¥1,980 JPY

Grand Total:

¥9,480 JPY

Payment Method:

PayPal

 

Ordered them just now! Not bad for shipping to the US.

 

[bbosler]

ordered 36 from Amazon Japan on Saturday and 8 arrived today. 24 more supposed to be here in the next week, and 4 on backorder. Pretty good !

 

need ripping advice. I have always used iTunes but bought dbPoweramp based on a thread here,. It is having trouble finding the metadata. Some are OK but some just Kanji characters. So... just use iTunes which has found all 8 in English, or is there a better program ??

 

thanks

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

The next five have shipped!

 

[bbosler]

 

mine did too !! but still waiting for the 4 from them that I couldn't get from Amazon Japan. 

 

 

 

 

[bbosler]

the September release of the next 5  is listed on Disk Union but don't see how to order to the US, may not be possible, and can't find them on Discs Japan where we got the last 5

 

https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/89601

 

[bbosler]

October titles. https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/1/90260

[The Computer Audiophile]

10 hours ago, bbosler said:

the September release of the next 5  is listed on Disk Union but don't see how to order to the US, may not be possible, and can't find them on Discs Japan where we got the last 5

 

https://diskunion.net/jazz/ct/news/article/0/89601

 

September releases:

 

Shuko Mizuno'S Jazz Orchestra 73 (CMRS-0086)

https://discsjapan.com/toshiyuki-miyama-the-new-herd-plus-all-star-guests-shuko-mizunos-jazz-orchestra-73/

 

Masaru Imada Quartet - Now!! (CMRS-0087)

https://discsjapan.com/masaru-imada-quartet-now/

 

Isao Suzuki Quartet - All Right! (CMRS-0088)

https://discsjapan.com/isao-suzuki-quartet-all-right/

 

Toya Shigeko With The Imada Masaru Trio - S/T (CMRS-0089)

https://discsjapan.com/toya-shigeko-with-the-imada-masaru-trio-s-t/

 

Hideto Kanai - Concierto De Aranjuez (CMRS-0090)

https://discsjapan.com/hideto-kanai-concierto-de-aranjuez/

 

 

[kumakuma]

CD Japan has the ones through October available:

 

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/CMRS-95

 

Very reliable supplier of CDs from Japan.

[The Computer Audiophile]

Hi Guys, I started a thread for these albums and will try to list all the links to purchase etc... The idea is to have a central location and dedicated thread for the TBM Supreme Collection 1500:

 

 

[zerung]

If not already linked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_(record_label)

The link mentions Recording Engineer Mr. Yoshihiko Kannari as being the key Engineer,

Mr. Yoshiko Kannari is now independent and has his own label 'Studio Lion'

 

In this link, Mr. Kannari talks about TBM and is association there. He also mentions FIM, Winston Ma and the relationship about Audiophile recording.

 

Winston Ma who passed away in 2016, apart from being a Audiophile, had shops in HK and also produced huge number of Remastered Audiophiles CD's. Some of which are here. In Asia his FIM disk are Audiophile staple diet. His remastered disk of old jazz standards are arguably sonically superior. Please do look out for FIM, LIM labled discs also (Usually XRXD, SACD, etc).
 

[The Computer Audiophile]

2 hours ago, zerung said:

If not already linked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Blind_Mice_(record_label)

The link mentions Recording Engineer Mr. Yoshihiko Kannari as being the key Engineer,

Mr. Yoshiko Kannari is now independent and has his own label 'Studio Lion'

 

In this link, Mr. Kannari talks about TBM and is association there. He also mentions FIM, Winston Ma and the relationship about Audiophile recording.

 

Winston Ma who passed away in 2016, apart from being a Audiophile, had shops in HK and also produced huge number of Remastered Audiophiles CD's. Some of which are here. In Asia his FIM disk are Audiophile staple diet. His remastered disk of old jazz standards are arguably sonically superior. Please do look out for FIM, LIM labled discs also (Usually XRXD, SACD, etc).
 

Thanks for the links. 
 

I visited Winston at his home around 2009. He had the best listening room I’ve ever seen. 

[Maxx]

Oh, excellent. Another obsession I really did not need

I managed to source a couple of CDs more or less locally, more are on their way from Japan. This is going to be a long and expensive journey...

 

On a related note I would like to recommend the excellent Tokyo Jazz Joints site (https://www.tokyojazzjoints.com/).

They contributed the photos on the BBE J-Jazz compilations and do some ace podcasts as well.

[Maxx]

The collection ist growing

[3dsoundshop]

What a wonderful resource... I've already started collecting SACDs by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto. Incredible music and recording quality!

 

I was considering purchasing the Supreme collection... But I think I'd like to start with music that is similar to Tsuyoshi Yamamoto. For those that are familiar with the Supreme 1500 collection... Could you point me towards artists/albums that consist of only piano, bass, drums, that are vocal free?

 

Thanks so much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Computer Audiophile]

8 hours ago, 3dsoundshop said:

What a wonderful resource... I've already started collecting SACDs by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto. Incredible music and recording quality!

 

I was considering purchasing the Supreme collection... But I think I'd like to start with music that is similar to Tsuyoshi Yamamoto. For those that are familiar with the Supreme 1500 collection... Could you point me towards artists/albums that consist of only piano, bass, drums, that are vocal free?

 

Thanks so much.

 

I have all 100 Supreme Collection releases to date. Many are fantastic, but there certainly are some I'm not a fan of. 

 

I would check out these, as a starting point, based on your interests. In no specific order.

 

Isao Suzuki Trio - Black Orpheus

Isao Suzuki Trio - Blow Up

Isao Suzuki Quartet - Blue City

Masaru Imaga & George Mraz - Alone Together

Masaru Imaga Trio - Green Caterpillar

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Midnight Sugar

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Misty

Yoshio Otomo Quartet - Moon Ray

[Mike Rubin]

I like the Terumasa Hino, Kohsuke Mine, and Teruo Nakamura titles (although the latter has a throwaway vocal track so bad as to be laughable). These all are a bit more '70's cutting edge than the Yamamotos. 

[3dsoundshop]

4 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

I have all 100 Supreme Collection releases to date. Many are fantastic, but there certainly are some I'm not a fan of. 

 

I would check out these, as a starting point, based on your interests. In no specific order.

 

Isao Suzuki Trio - Black Orpheus

Isao Suzuki Trio - Blow Up

Isao Suzuki Quartet - Blue City

Masaru Imaga & George Mraz - Alone Together

Masaru Imaga Trio - Green Caterpillar

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Midnight Sugar

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Misty

Yoshio Otomo Quartet - Moon Ray

Thank you... SACDs ordered for all that were available. Bummer that none are available in multichannel.

 

And why oh why are these artists not on streaming platforms. The world is missing out.

[The Computer Audiophile]

1 hour ago, 3dsoundshop said:

And why oh why are these artists not on streaming platforms. The world is missing out.

Agree. I've talked about this with the HDtracks team a bunch of times. They'd love to have Three Blind Mice as it's a favorite of David Chesky, but finding the right record label / rights holders who are willing to sign-off on allowing this, is impossible. My guess is that streaming is the same. 

[bbosler]

 

10 minutes ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Agree. I've talked about this with the HDtracks team a bunch of times. They'd love to have Three Blind Mice as it's a favorite of David Chesky, but finding the right record label / rights holders who are willing to sign-off on allowing this, is impossible. My guess is that streaming is the same. 

 

Since Chris brought this to our attention, they've probably made more selling CDs to this group than they would get from streaming in a lifetime  🙂