Comments on: Four Classics From the Golden Age of Jazz Vinyl

By: Joe L

Joe L — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:06:39 +0000

It’s interesting for sure. LJC’s analysis clearly supports Aaron’s example, that the first pressing of 1382 should be white fan: https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2014/10/02/ljc-jazz-collectors-guide-to-the-first-pressings-of-the-atlantic-label/
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Here’s another strange item which confuses it even more for me: WLP copies of Ole (1373) are ALSO black fan, even though it is even more firmly in the white fan time period: http://collectorsfrenzy.com/gallery/140823966171.jpg
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Further, LJC shows white fan WLP promo copies up to at least 1389! So why would both 1373 and 1382 WLP feature a black fan? Very confusing.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:43:53 +0000

Hi Earl,
Typically it does as WLP copies are generally made when the album is first released so they should share the same printing as the color stock labels.

By: Earl

Earl — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:00:35 +0000

Does it necessarily follow that the WLP would have to have the same fan color as a standard label?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 17:39:18 +0000

Joe L, thanks for posting that. I guess since this was right at the transition some plants had the earlier label and some the later. It is interesting to see the WLP with a later version of the label than some stock copies.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:33:08 +0000

Even the white label promo copies of Coltrane Plays the Blues have the black fan: http://www.collectorsfrenzy.com.s3.amazonaws.com/gallery/171365567345.jpg

By: Joe L

Joe L — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:30:47 +0000

Aaron – you’re right, but it’s soooo close in time to the white fan / black fan changeover that I would be hard-pressed to say it’s 100% for sure that the first pressing run was all white fan labels.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:47:04 +0000

That copy of John Coltrane Plays the Blues is a second pressing (black fan label), the original has a white fan label like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-COLTRANE-Coltrane-Plays-the-Blues-LP-1st-US-MONO-Pressing-on-ATLANTIC-/191578170533?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c9af2e4a5

By: jason

jason — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:00:30 +0000

interested in seeing what the johnny griffin goes for. I have a copy in the same condition! 🙂

By: Mike C

Mike C — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:44:48 +0000

The P Fred is referring too is the plastylite P found in the deadwax that we wrongly refer to as the ear.