Various Artists - The Three Blind Mice

180-gram 45 RPM audiophile vinyl collector's box set!

Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu and Kevin Gray and pressed at RTI

Three of the all-time great jazz selections from Three Blind Mice — a must-own collection!

Finally available again after an all-too-brief release by BoxStar Records in 2012, the Three Blind Mice 45 RPM Box is the highly desirable collection of Misty, Midnight Sugar, and Blow Up in one awesome package — six discs in all! The box has received a high-classs upgrade: a full-cover box, remade LP jackets with improved clarity and color, a deluxe four-color insert with session photos and brand-new liner notes by radio personality and audio enthusiast Tom Schnabel.

Due to Impex's close affiliation with Three Blind Mice, dating back to the 1990's, the label has worked dilligently to not only bring these audiophile classics back, but to do so in a super-deluxe way.

Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu (Misty, Midnight Sugar) and Kevin Gray (Blow Up) and pressed at RTI, this limited edition surpasses all of your most demanding judgments. Just another way Impex Records is redefining definitive.

These LPs preserve the original sonic magnificance while presenting the three LP sets in top-quality packaging. The jackets follow the original Cisco/TBM 45's of 2003 but have been cleaned up, clarified and color-corrected to original glory. The labels now match the accent color of the jackets. Included is a 4-page insert with archival photographs and a new essay by Schnabel ("Rhythm Planet, KCRW 89.9, Los Angeles). Topping it all, literally, is a new lift-top box with black lining and special spot UV coating.

Isao Suzuki's Blow Up is virtuosity and class all rolled up into one. A great combination of upbeat blues and mellow grooves! The album was awarded the Jazz of Japan Award and the Jazz Disc Award from Japan's Swing Journal in 1973.

Touring with the Micky Curtis Band, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto had the chance to explore several international experiences that he would later use on his 1974 album, Misty, as he worked with this band in France, England and Switzerland. On Midnight Sugar the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio plays two of Tsuyoshi's own blues improvisations followed by jazz ballads that became standards for the Trio. The combination of these titles is nothing but exceptional.

The Yamamoto Trio's Midnight Sugar was recorded March 1, 1974 at Aoi Studio, Tokyo. It earned the Best Engineering Award and Jazz Disc Award from Swing Journal in 1974. It is Yamamoto's unmistakable skill and his jazz feeling which adds that certain touch of liveliness and spontaneity and makes Midnight Sugar a unique experience. This piano trio will mesmerize you with this great collection of standards, superb musicianship and awesome sonics. You are sure to listen to this one over and over.

Misty also earned both the Best Engineering Award and Jazz Disc Award from Swing Journal in 1974. Recorded at Aoi Studio, Tokyo, on August 7, 1974. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto is highly musical and his expressions natural, neither overly technical nor serious, his performance is relaxed and melodious.

This audiophile 180-gram 45 RPM 6LP Collector's Box Set is an absolute must have for jazz and music lovers alike!

 

Blow Up

Isao Suzuki Trio/Quartet

Side 1

1. Agua Marine

2. Everything Happens To Me

Side 2

3. Blow Up

Side 3

4. Like It Is

5. I Can't Get Started

Side 4

6. Low Flight

Midnight Sugar

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

Side 1

1. Midnight Sugar

Side 2

2. I'm A Fool To Want You

Side 3

3. The Nearness Of You

Side 4

4. It Could Happen To You

5. Sweet Georgia Blues

Misty

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

Side 1

1. Misty

Side 2

2. Blues

3. Yesterdays

Side 3

4. Honey Suckle Rose

5. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Side 4

6. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

7. Angel Eyes

Customer Reviews (5.00 Stars) 4 person(s) rated this product.

Exquisite. posted on 04/05/2023 5 Stars Reviewer: Daniel This is, in every conceivable way, an exquisite set.

Not enough stars. posted on 02/28/2023 5 Stars Impex has done it again! This is one of the best, if not the best, analog record EVER made. The quality of this recording and record are without peer. There is not a single bone to pick. Quite simply, spectacular. Only Patricia Barber's Cafe Blue onestep and the 45 RPM version of Fiday Night at San Francisco are in the same league, not surprisingly, two other Impex releases. Worth every penny and more.

5 stars are not enough - Music is outstanding posted on 08/26/2019 5 Stars Reviewer: Mike If this is music that you like do not hesitate to get it as these albums are easy in my top ten. As good as it gets in all areas! Impex shows once again that they are leaders of the vinyl format!

6 Stars for Sonics posted on 07/08/2015 5 Stars Reviewer: Cold Shot I bought the original Three Blind Mice CD years ago. I had never heard a Redbook CD sound this good. I decided to buy the vinyl box set based on the sound quality of that CD. The sonics on these 45rpm vinyl pressings are off the charts! I'm not a huge jazz fan but the sonics are so compelling I keep playing them over & over. These are Japanese Jazz All-Stars - not Coltrane/Monk/Davis but the music is upbeat and certainly qualifies as top flight jazz composition. Sonics (6 Stars) Music (4 Stars)

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