“For 1568 the number commonly used, by Cuscuna and myself is 600 copies total pressed, including test copies and review/promotion/audition copies. That is a reasonable estimate, and I once queried Orrin Keepnews about rival Riverside Records’ quantities from the period and he proved the most helpful on the subject. He had produced a Bill Evans record for Riverside in 1957, and he told me they pressed and sold 700 copies. When Bill Evans became famous with Miles’ group soon after they decided to press an additional 900 more copies to capitalize on that publicity, and Orrin said that turned out to be too many –it was very slow and difficult to sell the additional 900. Now Bill Evans was always more famous (and popular) that the minor echelon Blue Note artists (e.g., Louis Smith, John Jenkins), so his fellow Miles sideman Mobley would have sold even less albums than he.”

Thanks again Larry !