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quantity of records pressed on these labels..

inVrsinVrs 687 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
just out of curiosity. any ideas about the quantity of records pressed on these labels.. just the medium amount per lp counting in all the catalog. strata east/black jazz/saba(only saba, not the later mps issues)thanks in advance.

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  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    saba/mps records: minimum 500 and up to max 10.000 (in many cases it was only 500-1000; especially regarding free jazz, contemporary jazz etc). only exception are the Peterson records on mps. yes, the numbers for mps and saba are the same.

    (taken form the Brunner-Schwer interview in the SABA/MPS book, p. 61)
  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    Strata-east was all over the place. "Winter in America" vs. "Alkebu-lan." Some were pressed in numbers so small the company as it exists today doesn't recognize them. Others, like the music inc. titles are pretty common. I'd be surprised if "winter in america" sold less than 15k. That record is everywhere. But John Betsch society or billy parker's fourth world... 1k each? Tough to find. No idea what a mean would be. Tolliver would be the one to ask.
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