slide_advantage_redoux Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) How does one tell when a Contemporary release is a reissue? For instance, I have a copy of Barney Kessel, volume 1 "Easy Like" C3511. The cover on my copy is a completely different than that of one that is currently listed on Ebay. Which came first? From the notes on the back, it isn't easy to tell. From the more colorful and modernized appearance of the one on ebay, I am assuming that this version is the reissue. Am I wrong? My copy is shown below on the left, followed by the ebay version on the right. (note: the one on ebay just closed at $34) Thanks! Edited October 25, 2005 by slide_advantage_redoux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Very good question. I once owned the 12" with the multicolored cover, and I wondered the same thing at the time. However, my hunch was (and is) that the one on the left is the original, because the original release (a 10" LP, which I also owned and still own) has the same cover photo- albeit without the green tinting. It's also the cover Fantasy used for the CD reissue (the green tinted one), which suggests to me it was the original 12" cover. In general, though, there were a number of cases where I had trouble identifying the vintage of various Contemporary releases, due to the lack of any obvious evolution of label/cover design details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (edited) The one on the right is the original 12" release (sorry, Jim and hoping, I won't be proved wrong...). Always pretty difficult to identify a genuine Contemporary original release. My take on this is that if you have problems pulling out the vinyl from the album cover and reinserting it back, it is an original Always had problem with those original albums and I was afraid of tearing the jacket apart every time I pulled the vinyl out. The later issues had slightly larger jackets. Edited October 25, 2005 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 (note: the one on ebay just closed at $34) ← $34... Sheesh- I just realized I still have that 12" version stored away. I tried to sell it any number of times (pre-internet) for $10 - $15. There's nothing like selling stuff at auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Often there is shown another year next to the "original" release year. While a first issue has © 1956 on the back, the second release with a totally different cover could have this entry: © 1956, 1958 I have two issues of Lyle Murphy - Gone with the woodwinds!, for example. The covers are completely different. The first one has lots of musicians w/ instruments on it, the second issue has a veeeeeeeeeeeery beautiful young woman on the front cover . Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 The one on the right is the original 12" release (sorry, Jim and hoping, I won't be proved wrong...). Always pretty difficult to identify a genuine Contemporary original release. My take on this is that if you have problems pulling out the vinyl from the album cover and reinserting it back, it is an original Always had problem with those original albums and I was afraid of tearing the jacket apart every time I pulled the vinyl out. The later issues had slightly larger jackets. ← Hmm... I only recall the 10" LP's as being consistently difficult to slide the disc in and out of. Anyway, you could be right, brownie, but for some reason I can't ignore the fact that the original 10" release had this cover: It would seem natural to go first from that to the green tinted one with the same photo, and then to the multicolor. If they didn't... well, they should have! And doesn't Fantasy use the original 12" art most of the time on their CD issues? Oh well, who knows. I used to have all sorts of LP auction and set sale mail catalogs (some of which were from jazz guitar specialists) which may have had info on this, but alas they're all gone now. The good news is, I still have the 10" and that 12" with the multicolored cover. Maybe I'll try to pull it out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 It would seem natural to go first from that to the green tinted one with the same photo, and then to the multicolor. If they didn't... well, they should have! And doesn't Fantasy use the original 12" art most of the time on their CD issues? Oh well, who knows. I used to have all sorts of LP auction and set sale mail catalogs (some of which were from jazz guitar specialists) which may have had info on this, but alas they're all gone now. The good news is, I still have the 10" and that 12" with the multicolored cover. Maybe I'll try to pull it out tomorrow. ← When King Japan reissued those Contemporary vinyls, they stuck to the original designs of the 12". What a great set of reissues these were! The King reissue LP I have has that color shot of Kessel by William Claxton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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