RARE SECOND RECORD ISSUED BY BLUE NOTE W/ ERROR LABEL

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This is Blue Note #2, the second record ever issued by Blue Note Records. It is a 12" 78 RPM that came from a January 6, 1939 session in which Meade "Lux" Lewis was also recorded. 

THIS RECORD HAS A RED AND BLACK BLUE NOTE LABEL WHICH WERE PRINTED IN ERROR.  IT HAS THE 235-7th AVE., N.Y.C. ADDRESS.  THE RECORD IS IN VG++ CONDITION, BEAUTIFUL SHINE!!  I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.  THERE IS A LITTLE PAPER TEAR NEAR THE SPINDLE HOLE ON THE B SIDE, PLEASE REFER TO THE PHOTOS.

SESSION INFORMATION

The following information on these sessions is copied from jazzdisco.org:

BN 1  Meade "Lux" Lewis - Melancholy c/w Solitude

Meade "Lux" Lewis (p)

BN 2  Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp c/w Boogie Woogie Blues

Albert Ammons (p)

tk.8 (442-8)

Boogie Woogie Blues 

SESSION BACKGROUND

In the History of Blue Note by  Michael Cuscuna (themusicresource.com)

Cuscuna had this to say about Alfred Lion:

In 1937, Alfred got a job in an import/export company in New York, then as now the jazz capitol of the world. At last, he was able to live and work under decent conditions amid the music he loved so dearly.

     On December 23, 1938, he attended the legendary Spirituals To Swing concert at Carnegie Hall. He was so moved by the pulsating, dazzling boogie woogie artistry of pianists Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson that he had to do something with the energy and enthusiasm that this music unleashed within him. He immediately raised some money, found a recording studio and, exactly two weeks later on January 6, 1939, he recorded Ammons and Lewis. By the end of that day, Alfred Lion found himself in the record business. Blue Note Records was born. It was born not as an entrepreneurial business venture, but out of a passion and a need that superceded the practical realities of life. That passion never died; that passion is what defined Blue Note.

     Alfred pressed 50 copies each of two 78 rpm singles, one by Ammons, the other by Lewis. Out of inexperience, Lion had let the artists play too long and therefore had to issue the 78s on twelve-inch discs (usually reserved for classical recordings) rather than the conventional ten-inch size. This accidental innovation in jazz recording was the first of many elements that would make Blue Note stand out from the rest. H. Royer Smith in Philadelphia bought some, and Blue Note Records was in business.

Richard Cook in his book Blue Note Records: The Biography (Justin, Charles, and Co. 2003) states that the color on the labels of the early 78’s were the result of a printing error.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE FIRST 50 RECORDS OF THE FIRST TWO 12" 78's ISSUED BY BLUE NOTE HAVE THE WRONG COLOR LABELS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT I HAD RECIEVED ONLY ONE EMAIL DISPUTING THE ABOVE INFORMATION.  THE PERSON WAS A DEALER WHO SOLD BOTH ERROR LABELS #1 & #2 LAST YEAR FOR $800 (FOR THE PAIR).  HE STATED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN UP TO 200 COPIES OF THIS INITIAL PRESSING AND QUESTIONS LION'S MEMORY AS RELATED TO CUSCUNA. 

I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL IN WHICH A COLLECTOR STATED THAT #2 IS RARER THAN #1, HERE IS AN EXCERPT FROM HIS EMAIL: "the theory is that they used up the wrong labels (the blank pink & black labels) with the no. 1 info getting printed on the bulk of them, and then switched to yellow & blue, so that #2 got fewer of the wrong labels than its mate, even though the number of disks ultimately pressed was fairly even between the two titles.  At any rate, I know Lion never threw anything away -he would use up these labels rather than replace them.  I even have a note he wrote to Leonard Feather on his stationery that has the imprint misspelled Alfred Lyons at the top, and yet he used this wrong stationery too! (on the note is a funny question mark written by Feather after the misspelling -even he was surprised)."

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT, I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL THE INFO I HAVE!!

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A PIECE OF JAZZ HISTORY.  I ALSO HAVE THE FIRST DISC BY MEADE "LUX" LEWIS WITH THE RED/BLACK LABELS WHICH IS ALSO BEING AUCTION NOW!! 

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