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Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage-Japanese pressings?

I've been looking for a new copy of this album and I was excited to see that Music Direct is selling a new reissue. Before purchasing I decided to check Elusive Disc and they have it too except the obi strip is completely different from the one on Music Direct's site.
Is there more than one reissue right now? The guys at each store don't know.
The one on Elusive Disc says "Alfred Lion" and has the Blue Note logo. The one on Music Direct is just Japanese writing.
Does anyone know the difference?
salad
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
maybe just the obi...check the item numbers
salad OP
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^The one on Music Direct is numbered P-10799Y.
The one on Elusive Disc is TOJJ-6509 and I think it's Toshiba EMI.
I'm leaning toward the one on MD but would like to know more about the pressing.
jaybo
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the pressing date is generally somewhere on the obi. after speaking to a friend who's a blue note mini lp cd collector(he's got 99% of 'em), he believes they will be basically the same in quality, but thinks the md is the more rare(given that the obi appears to have no english on it, which would probably indicate an earlier version. good luck.
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