Jim R Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 I just Googled for an image of "Sonny Rollins 1542" (Blue Note album), and what I saw reminded me of this age-old dilemma. Isn't it about time we made a choice? I mean, it's 200(and frigging)9 (I think... somebody go ahead and correct me if I'm off by a year). Shouldn't this be settled by now? Anyway, your vote counts (for what, I'm not sure), so jump right in. Choice 1: Vertical Choice 2: Horizontal (Disregard the fact that it doesn't show the original catalog # 1542) I'm going with vertical. Quote
JSngry Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 The LP I bought in 1974 is all I've ever known & it's horizontal - and the bottom stipe on it is yellow, not gold. I'm still suspicious of that "original" cover on the "new" CD of The Blues And The Abstract Truth. Please don't confuse me again. Besides, it's not that good fo a record, not relative to other work of the time. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 The LP I bought in 1974 is all I've ever known & it's horizontal - and the bottom stipe on it is yellow, not gold. I'm still suspicious of that "original" cover on the "new" CD of The Blues And The Abstract Truth. Please don't confuse me again. Besides, it's not that good fo a record, not relative to other work of the time. You got a Liberty reprint and if you want to go to the mat with me about TBATAT let me know. My "real Blue Note" copy (not interested in stamper numbers, etc) was vertical and the "yellow" color was darker than any reprints I've seen. Bought the Nelson disc the first day it came to the store and it was the abstract one - Ollie's pic didn't show up for a couple of years. Quote
Jim R Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Posted July 3, 2009 I've also seen this variation, without the blue/purple border: Does that ring any bells, Chuck? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 I've also seen this variation, without the blue/purple border: Does that ring any bells, Chuck? No Quote
AndrewHill Posted July 3, 2009 Report Posted July 3, 2009 I've seen copies of the Lexington posted on ebay with the record half in the sleeve that clearly show the album sleeve being "horizontal". Quote
JSngry Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 ...if you want to go to the mat with me about TBATAT let me know. With my knees in the condition they're in now, I ain't goin' to the mat with nobody for nuthin', not unless there's a guaranteed lift back up... Quote
JSngry Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 The LP I bought in 1974 is all I've ever known & it's horizontal - and the bottom stipe on it is yellow, not gold. I'm still suspicious of that "original" cover on the "new" CD of The Blues And The Abstract Truth. Please don't confuse me again. Besides, it's not that good fo a record, not relative to other work of the time. You got a Liberty reprint and if you want to go to the mat with me about TBATAT let me know. My "real Blue Note" copy (not interested in stamper numbers, etc) was vertical and the "yellow" color was darker than any reprints I've seen. Bought the Nelson disc the first day it came to the store and it was the abstract one - Ollie's pic didn't show up for a couple of years. I've seen copies of the Lexington posted on ebay with the record half in the sleeve that clearly show the album sleeve being "horizontal". Yeah...horizontal makes more sense to me...maybe vertical was a simple manufacturing error that they couldn't afford to recall? How long was vertical around, anyways? Is there any other example of the front cover catalog # being not horizontal? I like the color scheme of the vertical batter, though. Quote
brownie Posted July 4, 2009 Report Posted July 4, 2009 The BN 1542 LP (47W63St cover) I have is vertical. The horizontal cover never looked right to me Quote
Jim R Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Posted July 4, 2009 So far, the poll is at 50/50. Surprising, and somewhat fascinating (at least to my dull mind). I really didn't expect this... I figured there was an obvious answer, and I really started this just for fun. Jim, your comment/question about a vertical catalog # being questionable is causing me to doubt my initial instincts (although it was comforting to have people like Chuck and brownie seeing it my way...). Holy Ghost's observation is interesting also. I never had an original LP, and I can't remember which orientation was used on the reissue copy I had. Another aspect of this is the photo itself... I never thought it looked right to see Sonny "lying down". Still, I haven't been able to tell if he really was lying down or standing up when Frank (I assume) took the shot. At any rate, now I'm beginning to understand why that Google search brought up equal numbers of each... Quote
Jim R Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Posted July 4, 2009 Is there any other example of the front cover catalog # being not horizontal? Well, now that I checked... Quote
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