KING ISSUED THIS SERIES OF 15 SPECIAL EDITION LPs 1983 IN VERY LIMITED QUANTITIES AND ARE AMONG THE MOST HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER JAPAN REISSUES. THESE REISSUES WERE INTENDED TO REPLICATE THE ORIGINAL BLUE NOTE ISSUES IN EVERY RESPECT: VINYL WEIGHT, VINYL PRESSING APPEARANCE, JACKET THICKNESS / STOCK, LABELS AND INSERTS [BLUE NOTE INNER SLEEVE AND "STEREO" SEAL WHERE APPLICABLE]. IN FACT, THESE REISSUES ARE 100% IDENTICAL TO THE BLUE NOTE FIRST PRESSINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MATRIX NUMBER. NOTE: INDUSTRY SOURCES CLOSELY LINKED WITH BLUE NOTE HAVE STATED THAT KING CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND SOURCED THE "SPECIAL REPLICA" SERIES FROM FIRST GENERATION BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES. THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE SUPERIOR SOUND ON THESE ISSUES.
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