Blue Note help....
djsheep
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Anyone up on their Blue Note pressing history?The early 70s Blue Notes, which were the first/original pressings? Blue label or White label?? Stuff like Two Headed Freap, Ethiopian Knights, etc.Thanks for your help.B
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white and blue is the first press
blue note labelography
http://kleene.ss.uci.edu/~rmay/Bluenote.html
peace.
Here you go: BNST 84380 A/B
I got a tricky one for the experts that I was never able to figure out myself. Ronnie Foster "Two heaeded Freap" released 1972! I got two issues of this......
Info from the site posted above.
2a. This label was used from 1966 to 1970. (Blue+white with BLUE letters on the label)
2b. This label was used from 1970 to about 1973. (Blue and white with BLACK letters on the label.)
According to the site "Two headed freap" is suppose to be on label 2b. but 2a is obviously an earlier label and the record is not even suppose to exist with label 2a, but I got it, so am I misunderstanding something?
There was a thread on this a while back, and some were asserting that the label variations are not as concrete as what is laid down on that website... that in the 70s former label designs just pop up and get used again briefly? I'm certainly no expert though... I just try to get pre-dark blue labels whenever possible
yeah, that is true. that labelography definitely has it's inaccuracies, which i could even find with my very few blue note records. there is at least one label that is not on the page at all (just another variation of the blue/white label).
I think the same theory holds true for the solid blue UA labels being used simultaneously with the blue-and-white...I've seen a blue-and-white UA variation on Donald Byrd's Black Byrd(1973).
I have a copy of that right now.
Picking an OG blue/white Liberty over a blue/black Liberty is the definition of splitting hairs
It's not that complex though. Microgroove Lex Ave, Microgroove 63rd St, Microgroove NY, Microgroove Liberty, Liberty Stereo (blue/white), black/blue Liberty, blue/white UA, "note" UA.
I'm lost in a sea of label variations here and I'm no longer even sure which colors of what part of the label are be discussed, but I was only stating that I find the classic label design more aesthetically pleasing than the dark blue mid-70s look
i just have both versions of the blackbyrd album here, i figured these were both originals but i wanted to doublecheck, found nothing on google but here, thx
These are hideous
There's tons of exceptions out there. I've had several '69-'70 pressings that used left over Lexington labels. Lee Morgan 1541 and Herbie Nichols 1519, for example. Blue Note was notorious for using whatever label stock they had laying around.
I totally agree. The OG blue & white, ALL DAY!!!
and not just labels - never buy a sealed NY cover - chances are there's a liberty inside. I've been stung twice. They were mixing up covers and labels as early as '66. John Patton 'Let 'Em Roll' came out with a libery cover and NY labels
Some unsuspecting dupe just paid over $500 for a UA pressing of the Lee Morgan because of the Lexington labels:
http://www.collectorsfrenzy.com/Details.aspx?id=180565978394
This is true.
I've learned a few things over the years. Heh.