Blue Note Records - 10 W 47th, New York, NY ???

[tjluke68]

Not really an artist discography but a label discography question:

Having an issue with the first BLUE NOTE 78 as I have 3 copies of the MEADE LUX LEWIS #1 78 (Melancholy c/w Solitude). I have 3 copies of this 78 - two have the 767 Lexington Ave address and one has a 10 W 47th address.

This site here - http://rnsdb.x10.mx/recs/labelslGrcbluenote.pdf- shows that the 10 W 47th address didn't come into play until 1944, so would that make my 10 WEST 4TH 78 a "reissue"?

Thanks in advance for any information gleaned from my fellow forum members!!!

Edited January 5, 2015 by tjluke68

[Chuck Nessa]

The concept of "reissue" is often misunderstood by collectors. Blue Note probably pressed a couple hundred copies initially and repressed as orders dictated until orders stopped (or were too small to be profitable). BN #1 was continually available for a number of years and labels were reprinted with each press run. The first copies had pink and black labels. Your 47th Street issue is a late pressing of the original issue, not a reissue.

[clifford_thornton]

great music, cool artifact - wish I had one in the racks (though I don't have a 78 turntable).