[78-L] Blue Note label types

[Han Enderman]

re. Josh White: maybe Bechet was under contract to BN and therefore each label issued some titles?

Here is a preliminary study of Blue Note label types.
A pink version of BN 2 (stamped Review copy) was auctioned ca. April 2010 for $1241,
but of BN 1 I have seen more pink labels than the subsequent yellow ones
Pink BN 2 is rarer than pink BN 1; reportedly the pink labels had the wrong color,
and more of the printed blanks were used for BN 1.
The last known yellow labels in the first 2 series are BN 20 & 504.

A Bishop pressing of 510 (Ike Quebec) is known.
The 1200 series seems to be very rare (Monk; Clyde Bernhardt).
In the 1500 series I have images in range 1564-1629 (why did it start with 1564?).
The chronological sequence of address types C1, C2 & D is not clear to me.
BN 1626 (Art Blakey) is present with address (C2) and 1627-29 are present
without address (D).

It seems that many later labels are not bright white, but yellowish white.
ARLIE shows the white label (BN 509 = type 3C1), and
a "yellow" label (BN 1574 = type 3C2, with dot after NYC).
Note that this is NOT the early yellow label, which has a white border between the
bright yellow and blue fields.

I have images of 5 albums, 101-105 (did not check the BN discography), and of
the envelope containing 8-9 (Meade Lux Lewis; with yellow labels).

Blue Note label types

1 - pink, black and white;
2 - yellow, blue and white;
3 - blue and white.

Address on label:

A.1 - 235 - 7TH AVE., N.Y.C.
A.2 - 235 - 7th AVE., N. Y. C.
B - 10 W. 47th ST. N Y C
C.1 - 767 Lexingt. Ave. NYC
C.2 - 767 Lexingt. Ave., NYC[.]
D - no address.

Label variants (with some ranges, incl. repressings):
1A1 - BN 1-2
2A2 - BN 1-16; 501-504
2B - BN 8-20; 501-504
3B - BN 1-24; 501-504
3C1 - BN 1-54; 501-573; 1564-1615
3C2 - BN 1-50; 501-560; 1564-1626
3D - BN 7-1629

Han Enderman
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Again, going back to previous postings, I came across the Monday, 
November 23, 2009 subject of the yellow-and-blue Blue Note 78 record 
labels. There were questions about when use of yellow and blue began, 
when it changed to blue and white, etc. Although I have focused on 
collecting Blue Note 10-inch 78s, the company's first years were 
focused more on producing 12-inch 78s than 10-inch between January 1939 
and April 1941. I have 10-inch Blue Notes 501 and 502, which have 
yellow-and-blue labels. Don't have 503 or 504, but have 505 through 
516, which are all blue and white and remain that way through 573 
(Bechet). Blue Note 505 through 509 feature Art Hodes and were recorded 
in March 1944.  Although modern jazz recordings were introduced to the 
catalog beginning with 534-537 (Bab's 3 Bips and a Bop), followed by 
releases by Dameron, Monk, Blakey, Moody, and Howard McGhee, the modern 
series really begins with 1564 (Tadd Dameron/Thelonious Monk), which is 
yellow and blue, and ends at 1629. I collect 1564-1629 selectively by 
artist and stop at 1606 and 1607 (Gil Melle).
(gw)---Some of the early 12 inchers were pink and blue. I've seen one in 
someone's collection and, also, on Ebay. Han Enderman will probably be 
able to confirm.

      Julian Vein
---My copy of Meade Lux Lewis's "The Blues" is yellow & blue and still has its original oversized envelope. Too bad some kid (hope it wasn't me) added some pencil drawings to it.

BN 23 Josh White: Milk Cow Blues is blue & white. How did that session happen to be split between Blue Note and Musicraft (who recorded it, as far as I know)?

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