Comments on: Potpourri: Rare Jazz Vinyl, Bill Evans Tributes

By: steven

steven — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 01:28:50 +0000

I bought an original Emarcy Introducing Joe Gordon and it had the problem Woody speaks of. It sounded terrible.

By: Woody

Woody — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 19:24:24 +0000

Rudolf, Thank you for your reply.
In my search someone else has also suggested that it could’ve been a cold plate during production?? It’s interesting that you also noticed that it seems to be restricted to only the first EmArcy pressings 1954 – 1956/7 and not after.
One of my other theories is the particular batch of glue used to adhere the laminate to the cover leached gases through the cardboard that reacted to the vinyl. The Emarcy Haze is most often present in a jacket where the laminate is lifting off the photo in circular reticulation looking areas unlike any other record label, Riverside, Prestige, etc. produced at that time.
Like you said, we’ll probably never know.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 10:19:07 +0000

Woody, you write from inaudible to almost unbearable. I have many hazy copies, almost always one side only. This is part of the EmArcy folklore. Mine offer all a perfect listening experience, no interference in the sound. One can ask the question why this phenomenon occurs only at EmArcy, not the later Mercury issues, nor any other labels, as far as I know.
In my opinion it is related to their production procees, pressing fluids, coating of their stampers? It is a guess, we will probably never know.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 10:38:25 +0000

Woody: when I bought the Clifford Browns on EmArcy they were Dutch pressings by C.N. Rood in the Hague, who had the licence for the Dutch market.
I have however one US pressing bought at that time, Sarah Vaughan with Clifford, probably because not issued by Rood. Deep groove drummer label, silver rim, blue print on the rear, an original . I checked, it is not hazy!

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:00:27 +0000

Rudolf, were you buying any Emarcy lps as they were being released at that time? I’m a big Clifford Brown fan but it’s almost surreal how many original copies have a hazy surface that range from inaudible to almost unbearable. Every time I’ve been able to ask the original owner if the surface was hazy when purchased they don’t remember. Judging by all your insightful observations here I would assume if you had bought one with a hazy surface you would’ve returned it as defective.
Oddly for Blue Note only Grant Green Green Street shows up on Ebay periodically with a haze one side just like mine.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:09:41 +0000

Robert, I am afraid you drew the right conclusion. A second print of an original. So not an original first.

By: Robert Morris

Robert Morris — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:23:40 +0000

Played “Soultrane” yesterday – motivated by Jazz Collector. My cover has the black print for photo credit and correct blue/green hue…But my Bergenfield Vinyl has “HIGH FDELITY” in upper case. One Contributer mentioned an absolute 1st vinyl pressing has lower case “”High Fidelity” on the label. So…am I to understand my Vinyl is a “2nd First pressing”? Comments welcome. Thanks.

By: GST

GST — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:25:45 +0000

So do all copies that have the photo credits in black an original? Is the one in the link original? Do color blind folks collect records?! So many questions!

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 06:23:30 +0000

David, I bought mine upon its release. The black print for photo credits is original, the white is something of an oddity, not original, but rarer.
The greenish/turquoise is original. The blueish or outright blue versions are later or even last prints. I have seen a blue version, unlaminated, with the blue trident labels inside.

By: David J

David J — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 03:30:37 +0000

If I recall correctly there are at least two different color combinations for this lp cover. As I understand it the photo credits on the front appear in either black or white. I believe that black is considered the first, but white is much more rare. I believe that there are slight variations in the blue color on the cover, ranging from more greenish blue to a deeper blue. I have no idea how this relates to pressing order, if at all.