Last Verve Gatefold

[Chas]

What was the last Verve black label title to be issued in a gatefold jacket ?

[Teasing the Korean]

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

[Chas]

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

That was blue label not black.

[Teasing the Korean]

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

That was blue label not black.

I must be color blind. My copy has a black label and gatefold.

[Teasing the Korean]

Here are a couple of high-number Verve black label gatefolds I have:

8756 - Don Sebeskey & The Jazz Rock Syndrome

8807 - Stan Getz/Michel Legrand - Communications '72

8809 - Jimmy Smith - Bluesmith

Edited October 16, 2010 by Teasing the Korean

[Chas]

The Velvet Underground and Nico.

That was blue label not black.

I must be color blind. My copy has a black label and gatefold.

There was a discussion about the black label version over at Hoffman's. Seems inconclusive as to whether first pressings had black as well as blue labels.

In any event, the three jazz records you've listed are what I had in mind by specifying black label, and they were issued after that Velvet Underground LP in any case.

Despite the existence of a Verve jazz gatefold from 1972 (Bluesmith), I believe that many Verve jazz LPs from the late sixties were never issued in gatefold jackets. Instead of determining which gatefold was the latest, perhaps it would be better to compile a list of all known Verve jazz gatefolds.

[Teasing the Korean]

Instead of determining which gatefold was the latest, perhaps it would be better to compile a list of all known Verve jazz gatefolds.

Or at least determining the period where most were issued as gatefolds. This would include all those Jimmy Smith albums and Getz/Gilberto albums.

[Chas]

I take it Ruppli's Verve discography is silent on this cover variation question ?

Also, am I correct in assuming that for black label originals, gatefold and non-gatefold jackets do not exist for the same title ?

[Teasing the Korean]

Also, am I correct in assuming that for black label originals, gatefold and non-gatefold jackets do not exist for the same title ?

I'm not an expert, but I have many, many Verve albums that I have accumulated over many, many years. It seems like the titles I've encountered numerous times over the years are consistent as far as gatefold or not. There must be exceptions to this, but I can't think of any offhand.

Edited October 18, 2010 by Teasing the Korean

[brownie]

I take it Ruppli's Verve discography is silent on this cover variation question ?

Yes... not a word!