Kenny Dorham 45 single on RED vinyl. on BLUE note.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!B5E(kjQCGk~$(KGrHqN,!icEyeLqZHwkBMsPPCSoD!~~_12.JPG

have any of you ever been aware of blue note records manufacturing coloured vinyl? the dude swore it was vangelder stamped, although it didnt mention it in the ad--- if this is the only one ever made im going to eat my hat

[Chuck Nessa]

Looks real. Never saw one though.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

aaggaarhrh!!! i bid so low. cause im still bitter from sept. when i spent WAY to much for the lp, when i thought i was getting a NYUSA when i really was getting LIBERTY

[brownie]

If it's the same as this one, the winner has a pretty good deal I would say!

First time I hear about BN red vinyls...

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

it really is an anomoly. i should of bid higher. but then im getting into mere collecting in a way, i mean, i already have a vangelder stamped lp of it, but on the other end, i cant believe nobody knows about these, maybe its time to put the call into rudy.....

[Stereojack]

My guess is that it may be a promo, or perhaps a jukebox only release. The title strip suggests the latter.

Several years ago at a jazz record show, a dealer had two colored vinyl Blue Note LP's - one was a Jimmy Smith, can't remember the other one. I looked at them very carefully, as did a number of other collectors, experts, and industry people, and they appeared to be authentic New York pressings, identical in every way to to the standard issues. The theory was offered that somebody at the pressing plant may have run off a few of these for personal or private use, and they were never circulated.

Columbia was doing colored vinyl promos in 1965. Since this record dates from around then, maybe Columbia was pressing Blue Note at the time?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

ok, so stereojacks seen em. hey, was the jiimmy and the other both red color too?

dude: what if they had a blue-vinyl one. omg.

[clifford_thornton]

Not your only chance. Here's another one that ended with no bids.

[JSngry]

Seems odd that all of these are showing up all of a sudden...

[clifford_thornton]

Note the Columbia sleeve on photo two above.

[Stereojack]

ok, so stereojacks seen em. hey, was the jiimmy and the other both red color too?

dude: what if they had a blue-vinyl one. omg.

Can't recall for certain, but I think they were different colors.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh wait stereojack you saw colored blue note 33 1/3's? wow

[brownie]

RED NOTE

[mikeweil]

Yeah - the cat in the pressing plant would have been cool if he had used BLUE vinyl, but, ....

[jazztrain]

I saw them as well. I seem to remember the dealer had several odd colored vinyl issues, some of them multi-colored. Can't remember now if the multi-colored one was on Blue Note or not.

ok, so stereojacks seen em. hey, was the jiimmy and the other both red color too?

dude: what if they had a blue-vinyl one. omg.

Can't recall for certain, but I think they were different colors.

[david weiss]

I have a copy of this. I think I won it on ebay for less then $10 a few years ago. It might be rare but it doesn't seem like it has any real value so it's just a matter of one showing up somewhere.

It looked nice on one of my shelves for a while and now it's buried somewhere......

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

got one in the mail today, i have to say- it really is an anomaly. it really really is. im here to confirm w/ you guys it IS red wax, and it is 'van gelder' stamped, both sides. it really is quite the conversation piece

[Parkertown]

How's the sound?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

it sounds fine, red vinyl doesnt really affect the sound, the edit is good: better than other bluenote45 edits ive encountered (eg. sidewinder)...its side a: head/joe solo, side b: kd solo + outro....

Yeah - the cat in the pressing plant would have been cool if he had used BLUE vinyl, but, ....

dude, that woud be seriously, the coolest thing ever.