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Three Blind Mice · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Blue City

Blue City cover
RecordedMar 4, 1974
LabelThree Blind Mice
Released1974
Personnel4 credited players
Discogsmaster 469374

The record

Suzuki works both bass and cello here, anchoring a quartet where teenage guitarist Kazumi Watanabe already sounds fully formed, blues phrasing intact. Three Blind Mice's close, clean recording style suits the group's patient, unhurried swing.

Session personnel

  • Isao Suzuki — bass, cello
  • Tetsujiro Obara — drums
  • Kazumi Watanabe — guitar
  • Kunihiko Sugano — piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 24 pressings on file.

1974Three Blind Mice · TBM-24 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1974Three Blind Mice · TBM-24 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing
1977Three Blind Mice · TBM-2524 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1977Three Blind Mice · TBM-2524 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, White Label
1979Three Blind Mice · TBM(P)-2524 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue
1980Three Blind Mice · 18PJ-1013 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1982Trio Records · PAP-20015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1982Three Blind Mice · PAP-20015 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue
1985Three Blind Mice · ART 01 CD -4 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1988Three Blind Mice · TBM CD 2524 — CD, Album, Reissue
1995Three Blind Mice — LIMITED EDITION
1995Three Blind Mice · TBM-24 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, HQ-180g
1995Three Blind Mice · TBM CD 2524 — CD, Album, Reissue
1998Three Blind Mice · TBM-XR-0024 — CD, XRCD, Album, Reissue

Follow the players

Isao Suzuki also plays on

Kazumi Watanabe also plays on

Kunihiko Sugano also plays on