Three Blind Mice Supreme Collection 1500 Release Dates and Links To Purchase

[bbosler]

Chris, thanks for taking the time to add the links... I am ordered through October

[bbosler]

 

 

September has shipped, November ordered

 

 

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Order Details

Order Total:	¥9,480 JPY
Date Placed:	26th Aug 2020
Payment Method:	PayPal

Products shipped

Cart Items	SKU	Qty
Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd Plus All-Star Guests - Shuko Mizuno'S Jazz Orchestra 73	4988044056244	1
Masaru Imada Quartet - Now!!	4988044056251	1
Isao Suzuki Quartet - All Right!	4988044056268	1
Toya Shigeko With The Imada Masaru Trio - S/T	4988044056275	1
Hideto Kanai - Concierto De Aranjuez	4988044056282	1

 

[bbosler]

FYI

 

Looking at the Wikipedia article on TBM,

 

with the original 40 + the next 30 in the second batch Aug 2020 - Feb 2021 that is about half of all TBM titles. If you are keeping track at home, attached is a spreadsheet with all of them. At least all listed on Wikipedia. Those with CD in column B are ones I have that were ordered in my first 40 plus Aug-Sept. Those with F are in future batches of 5 being released Oct - Feb.

 

It is a bit confusing to get a complete list as some have been released then re-released with different TBM numbers like TBM 8 and 34 (one says "Caracas" and the other "Carcass"). Looking at Discogs there are other releases not on the attached.

 

 I searched for a few not in either group (CD or F on attached) and they were available from Discs Japan but cost 2500-3000 yen instead of the more recent ones at 1500 yen.

3 blind Mice.xlsx

[bbosler]

amazon japan has a good selection and send via DHL. If they are out of stock on something they ship as they get them and don't keep hitting you with the extra shipping. I found it a little confusing to get my account set up but once I did smooth sailing

[bbosler]

On 10/14/2020 at 7:25 PM, Jazzrecords said:

I looked at Amazon Japan but I wasn’t even sure how to change the language to English. 

 

click on the little Japanese flag to the right of the search box

 

 

[bbosler]

20 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

Physical Structure is fantastic!

 

very different than "Go On" though. Although not strictly one or the other.. "Go On" is more straight ahead like a 60's Blue Note release. This one is more atmospheric like an ECM release. Also has more avantgarde moments like later period Coltrane... it includes  "Naimi" from Giant Steps which is a Coltrane tune that they take up a notch. 

 

I'll stop short of "fantastic!" but I really like it, and goes without saying, great recording

[bbosler]

52 minutes ago, Brian H said:

"it includes  "Naimi" from Giant Steps which is a Coltrane tune that they take up a notch" remark.

Can that be done?

 

it depends on how you define "take it up a notch." 

 

On Giant Steps Coltrane plays it oh so slowly... much slower and he would have to stop. It is also melodic .. you can hum along if you can hum that slowly.

 

Otsuka's version "takes it up" in the sense that it has some driving percussion behind it. The tempo of the melody isn't that much faster but they cram a whole lot more notes into the same space which gives it the sense that it is much faster. They take more liberties with the melody, more like Coltrane would take later on  Live at the Village Vanguard Again

 

On the Giant Steps version you can pick it up pretty much anywhere along the line and after a few notes you would know it was "Naimi". On the  Otsuka version they wander away from  the melody at some points so it is unrecognizable. On the Village Vanguard version there are long stretches where Coltrane completely abandons the melody and  goes into  Sun Ship territory.

 

so I chose "take it up a notch" .. not better... different

 

 

[bbosler]

GOOD NEWS 😀

BAD NEWS ☹️

 

First, the good news....  the November titles that I ordered in September have shipped via DHL and will be here next week

 

The bad news...... I ordered the same November titles in October  that I forgot I ordered in September and they will also be here next week

 

If Chris will allow this post, I am asking if anybody wants to buy the extra set. I paid $90 with shipping so if I can get anywhere close I will be thrilled. 

 

EDIT: SOLD - CC

[bbosler]

16 hours ago, kumakuma said:

 

Also available on vinyl

 

actually, that 3 disc set from Exclusive disc has been backordered for a long time.

 

I just saw and ordered the individual 45 rpm 2 disc sets that are now available again at Acoustic Sounds

 

Damn, this is getting expensive !!😮

 

in the same vein.. if unfamiliar check out Charles Lloyd, his 80th birthday concert is excellent.. if you like the Japanese stuff you will like this,,, try "Requiem" for a taste.. I bought the deluxe box set with 3 LPs that I'm listening to now.. eager to watch the DVD

[bbosler]

3 double 45 rpm Impex records and found 2 more TBM  in my collection

[bbosler]

Chris, you're slipping 😁

 

December has shipped, February posted for sale

 

https://discsjapan.com/bingo-miki-inner-galaxy-orchestra-back-to-the-sea/

 

https://discsjapan.com/hideo-ichikawa-trio-tomorrow/

 

https://discsjapan.com/sanae-mizushima-youre-got-a-friend/

 

https://discsjapan.com/jimmy-yoko-shin-sei-shonagon/

 

https://discsjapan.com/hidehiko-matsumoto-samba-de-sun/

[bbosler]

mine too

 

one is a female vocalist. I haven't listened to any of the new ones yet and haven't spent much time listening to any of the other female vocalists because I haven't been able to get into them. Maybe it is just me but I haven't warmed up to any of them

[bbosler]

I wonder if it is because they don't really understand what they are singing so the phrasing is odd to a native English speaker? That is a guess, they may all be fluent English speakers. I know it isn't unusual to hear a song you know well sung by somebody you haven't heard before and find it is a bit disconcerting. You get used to the way Ella did it and everybody else sounds wrong.

[bbosler]

here's the last of them

[bbosler]

correction, one more set of 5 coming , this is the January bunch. As far as I know the last ones announced will be the February 5

[bbosler]

13 hours ago, Brian H said:

 

This was a surprise. I received this today. I don't think it was a TBM release but the "Second" album is one. Double 45 rpm vinyl or cd or download.

 

The vinyl is $40 which is actually a pretty good price for a double 45rpm release, too bad shipping is another $30.

 

here's a link to a sample, may have to go for it

 

https://www.bbemusic.com/downloads/first/

 

but think about it a few times before you follow the link... they have other releases for sale

 

 

[bbosler]

I think this is the last of the 1500 series.. I also attached the spreadsheet I use to keep track of what I have

 

3 blind Mice.xlsx

[bbosler]

I don't see them for sale on Discs Japan yet. I updated my file with Active Volcano which was missing in case you are keeping score at home. The ones in orange are the ones on the new list.

3 blind Mice.xlsx

[bbosler]

Mr Wonderful is in the initial August 2019 set, the rest are new. As discussed previously, I haven't warmed up to the female singers (yet) so I'll probably hold off on these. But since I'm this far down the rabbit hole I will eventually succumb and buy them.

[bbosler]

On 1/11/2021 at 12:31 PM, The Computer Audiophile said:

I'm with you on the TBM female vocalist albums. I haven't really enjoyed any of those yet. Perhaps I need to acquire a taste for the style. 

 

Roon picked Mari Nakamoto III and I must say  I like this one quite a bit

 

[bbosler]

August and September just arrived

 

 

[bbosler]

I see you are already planting ideas for your Christmas gifts 🤨

[bbosler]

November releases are here. That gets me to right around 100 TBM releases if I count the LPs I have. Might be enough ?

 

naw, only a few more to go !!!

 

if you are keeping score at home here's what we have so far. In column B I  don't have those in yellow or green. I have those with CD or in blue. After TBM-78 it gets a little crazy with too many releases and re-releases for me to bother to keep up with. My notes such as LP only are based on a search but not an exhaustive search. 

3 blind Mice.xlsx

[bbosler]

57 minutes ago, Brian H said:

Ready to name your favorites yet?

 

They range from pop to fusion to bebop to avantgarde and everything in between so hard to pick favorites. Maybe a bit embarrassing but I would have trouble identifying most by listening as at one point they were coming in faster than I could get to them, and I have them all on a playlist on shuffle so don't always know what I'm listening to , but a few to recommend

 

• George Otsuka "Go On" and "Physical Structure"
• Sunao Wada "Coco's Blues"
• Kosuke Mine "Mine"

 

discussed previously, but haven't warmed up to most of the vocal tracks.

 

 

[bbosler]

I hear a very low level of what sounds like somebody talking in the background on the first cut. Is he doing a Keith Jarrett and mumbling or am I hearing things?