Cool Struttin'

Blue Note/King GXK 8043, Japan, 1978 King Records issued this stereo pressing of the Sonny Clark session recorded on January 5, 1958 as part of its Blue Note Masterpiece Selection 150 series, with an obi and a Japanese liner-note insert, at ¥2,300. A Japanese Blue Note reissue like this is a sensible way to start a jazz shelf without paying for a New York original. An earlier Toshiba EMI issue, LNJ-80072 from 1976, also came with an obi and a single-sided insert, so the catalog number is how you tell the two apart.