Impulse Label

[JohnS]

I was looking at my copy of Impulse A3 (Kai Winding)and noticed that it was a product of the AM-Par Music Corp (both on the label and the jacket) . All my old Impulse albums have gone now and the remainder of, various vintages say ABC Paramount, so I've nothing to compare it against. Question is - does AM-PAR denote an early pressing?

Edited July 19, 2008 by JohnS

[porcy62]

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...&hl=Impulse!

Has it a 'shiny' or a 'matte' label?

Edited July 19, 2008 by porcy62

[JohnS]

Thanks for the link Porcy. I'd forgotten about that topic, some interesting comments there but it doesn't cover this point. My Curtis Fuller Soul Trombone (A13) also has AM-PAR on the jacket but the record is a later pressing.

The Winding has a matt-ish label, certainly not glossy and has the earliest design of label.

[porcy62]

AFIK the first pressings of number up to roughly A100 should have a glossy label, later pressings and later catalog numbers have 'matte' labels, earliest design 'four logos'.

About AM-PAR on cover no clues, on my Impulse!, didn't check all of them, I've got 'shiny' or 'matte' label in 'ABC Paramount' covers.

I think Michel or Brownie or Chuck cleared it somewhere on the forum, but I don't remember where, maybe in "eBay craziness, vinyl edition" thread.

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.rocky-52.net/labels/photos/labe...c_paramount.htm

[JohnS]

Thanks aloc. So the earliest pressings are AM-PAR. Just hadn't come across or noticed this variation before.

[sidewinder]

Just checked my copy of this one, which I think is a stereo original. Laminated sleeve with 'Product of Am-Par' on the back, ABC-Paramount liner and the orange/black '4 logos'. Looks like glossy labels.

Good excuse to give it a spin !

Woops - sorry, I'm thinking of Impulse A-1. 'Jai and Kai'.

Edited July 19, 2008 by sidewinder

[alocispepraluger102]

thanks for the excuse to dig out some wonderful vinyls. in those days, those were my labels of choice, although the recording quality occasioally let me down.