EmArcy EP 6000 Series (7-inch)

After Columbia's 10-inch/12-inch LP release in 1948 as a follower of SP, 7-inch 45rpm EP was firstly introduced by RCA Victor in 1949. After a decade, LP was treated mainly for “albums” and EP for “singles”, but in its introduction EP was also treated and released as a variation of “albums”.

EmArcy also released a number of 45rpm EP albums. All came with hard cardboard-type sleeve (like LPs), and with our later eyes they looks like Japanese papersleeve CDs :) Yes EP album's jacket has unique and characteristic atmosphere. Each EP holds one or two tunes on each side, and two or three EPs were released in conjunction with one (10 or 12-inch) LP release.

Among other things, the most attractive point of EmArcy EP is the design of jacket sleeves: some of them have EP-only photos and drawings. Unfortunately, maybe due to the low cutting levels, these EP's sound quality is inferior to the same recordings on LPs.

In preparing this page, both Masaya Hasegawa and Hiroyuki Umetsu helped me a lot (especially providing detailed title listings). Thank you so much!

The List

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates I own the copy. You can see detailed information and scanned images by clicking catalogue no. or cover picture. If you happen to know the titles/artists of the albums unlisted here, or if you found any incorrect information, please let me know. Thank you.

No.	Title Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
EP-1-6000	Prelude To A Kiss Sarah Vaughan	-	-
EP-1-6001	Images Sarah Vaughan		-
EP-1-6002	Pres Meets Vice-Pres Lester Young / Paul Quinichette		-
EP-1-6003	Holiday In Trumpet Roy Eldridge	-	-
EP-1-6004	Jazz Chicago Style Art Hodes	-	-
EP-1-6005	Randolph Street Chicago Art Hodes		-
EP-1-6006	Who's Cooler? Lester Young / Paul Quinichette	-	-
EP-1-6007	Relaxing After Hours Willie Smith	-	-
EP-1-6008	Moten Swing Willie Smith		-
EP-1-6009	The Moody Story James Moody	-	-
EP-1-6010	Moody's Home James Moody		-
EP-1-6011	The Iron Hat Ben Webster		small tear on front
EP-1-6012	The Big Tenor Ben Webster		small tear on front
EP-1-6013	A Girl Met A Piano Beryl Booker	-	-
EP-1-6014	When A Woman Loves A Man Beryl Booker	-	-
EP-1-6015	Dixieland Classics Vol.1 Phil Napoleon	-	-
EP-1-6016	Music From Dixie Phil Napoleon	-	-
EP-1-6017	Dixieland Classics Vol.2 Phil Napoleon	-	-
EP-1-6018	Dixieland Southern Style Phil Napoleon	-	-
EP-1-6019	Strange Fruit Josh White	-	-
EP-1-6020	Josh White Sings Josh White	-	-
EP-1-6021	Alabama Jubilee Muggsy Spanier		-
EP-1-6022	Little Jazz Roy Eldridge	-	-
EP-1-6023	Piano Stylings Johnny Guarnieri / Bernie Leighton	-	-
EP-1-6024	Transparencies Johnny Guarnieri / Bernie Leighton	-	-
EP-1-6025	Garnering Erroll Garner		-
EP-1-6026	No Moon Erroll Garner	-	-
EP-1-6027	Maynard Ferguson's Hollywood Party Maynard Ferguson	-	-
EP-1-6028	Conception Maynard Ferguson	-	-
EP-1-6029	The Bean Coleman Hawkins	-	-
EP-1-6030	The Hawk Coleman Hawkins		-
EP-1-6031	De Arango Bill De Arango	-	-
EP-1-6032	Rendition Bill De Arango	-	-
EP-1-6033	Holiday In Trombone Various Artists		-
EP-1-6034	The Vice “Pres” Paul Quinichette	-	-
EP-1-6035	The Veep Paul Quinichette	-	-
EP-1-6036	Jazz Royality Earl Hines / Count Basie	-	-
EP-1-6037	The Earl And The Count Earl Hines / Count Basie		promo copy
EP-1-6038	Dimensions Maynard Ferguson	-	-
EP-1-6039	The Big Horn Maynard Ferguson		-
EP-1-6040	Blues For Sale Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6041	Billy's Blues Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6042	Holiday In Sax Various Artists	-	-
EP-1-6043	Reeds Featuring Coleman Hawkins Various Artists		-
EP-1-6044	The Love Songs Of Mr. “B” Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6045	Mood For Love Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6046	F.Y.I. Charlie Ventura		-
EP-1-6047	Ventura's Venture Charlie Ventura		-
EP-1-6048	Holiday In Piano Arnold Ross / Lennie Tristano		-
EP-1-6049	Interlude Arnold Ross / Lennie Tristano		-
EP-1-6050	Blakey Featuring Art Blakey Art Blakey	-	-
EP-1-6051	Salute To Birdland Art Blakey		promo copy
EP-1-6052	With Or Without Gene Ammons		-
EP-1-6053	Red Top Gene Ammons	-	-
EP-1-6054	After Hours With Miss D Dinah Washington		promo copy
EP-1-6055	5 A.M. With Dinah Dinah Washington		-
EP-1-6056	Mary Lou Mary Lou Williams		-
EP-1-6057	Williams A La Mode Mary Lou Williams	-	-
EP-1-6058	Folk Blues Big Bill Broonzy	-	-
EP-1-6059	Blues Big Bill Broonzy	-	-
EP-1-6060	Sequel Paul Quinichette	-	-
EP-1-6061	Let's Make It Paul Quinichette		-
EP-1-6062	Le Most Bernard Peiffer	-	-
EP-1-6063	Peid Peiffer Bernard Peiffer	-	-
EP-1-6064	Hamp In Paris Lionel Hampton		small crack
EP-1-6065	C'est Le Hamp Lionel Hampton		-
EP-1-6066	Crazy Hamp Lionel Hampton	-	-
EP-1-6067	Hamp Abroad Lionel Hampton		-
EP-1-6068	Swedish Modern Various Artists	-	-
EP-1-6069	Jazz Fantastic From Sweden Various Artists	-	-
EP-1-6070	Moodsville James Moody	-	-
EP-1-6071	Lars Gullin Quartet Lars Gullin		-
EP-1-6072	Gullin's Circus Lars Gullin	-	-
EP-1-6073	Gone With Garner Erroll Garner	-	-
EP-1-6074	Clifford Brown & Max Roach Clifford Brown & Max Roach		-
EP-1-6075	Däähoud Clifford Brown & Max Roach		-
EP-1-6076	Gullin's Garden Lars Gullin		-
EP-1-6077	Cat-In-Clover Lars Gullin	-	-
EP-1-6078	Herb Geller Plays Herb Geller	-	-
EP-1-6079	Obviously Geller! Herb Geller		-
EP-1-6080	Dinah Jams Featuring Dinah Washington Dinah Washington		-
EP-1-6081	Guest Session Featuring Dinah Washington Dinah Washington		tear on back promo copy
EP-1-6082	Jamming With Dinah Dinah Washington	-	-
EP-1-6083	Contrasts Erroll Garner	-	-
EP-1-6084	Variations Erroll Garner	-	-
EP-1-6085	Tid-Bits Erroll Garner	-	-
EP-1-6086	Jam Session Various Artists		-
EP-1-6087	Move Various Artists		-
EP-1-6088	Guest In The House Dinah Washington		-
EP-1-6089	Introducing Joe Gordon Joe Gordon		-
EP-1-6090	Gordon's Way Joe Gordon		-
EP-1-6091	Williams Tell John Williams		-
EP-1-6092	John Williams John Williams		-
EP-1-6093	Moods Paul Quinichette		-
EP-1-6094	Afro To Afro Cool Paul Quinichette		-
EP-1-6095	Accent On Mambo Paul Quinichette	-	-
EP-1-6096	Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan		-
EP-1-6097	The Devine Sarah Sarah Vaughan		-
EP-1-6098	Sincerely, Sarah Sarah Vaughan		-
EP-1-6099	Lullaby Of Birdland Sarah Vaughan		-
EP-1-6100	Clifford Brown With Strings Clifford Brown	-	-
EP-1-6101	Lush Sounds Clifford Brown		-
EP-1-6102	Portraits By Clifford Brown Clifford Brown		-
EP-1-6103	Hush Featuring Helen Merrill Helen Merrill	-	-
EP-1-6104	Helen Merrill Helen Merrill	-	-
EP-1-6105	Soul Featuring Helen Merrill Helen Merrill	-	-
EP-1-6106	Clark Terry Plays Swahili And Kitten Clark Terry		-
EP-1-6107	Clark Terry In The A.M. Clark Terry		-
EP-1-6108	Clark Terry In The P.M. Clark Terry		-
EP-1-6109	Jam Session Vol.1 Maynard Ferguson		-
EP-1-6110	Jam Session Vol.2 Maynard Ferguson	-	-
EP-1-6111	Brown And Roach Incorporated Clifford Brown & Max Roach		-
EP-1-6112	Sweet Clifford Clifford Brown & Max Roach		-
EP-1-6113	Mildama Clifford Brown & Max Roach		-
EP-1-6114	I Surrender Dear Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6115	??? Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6116	??? Billy Eckstine	-	-
EP-1-6117	Midnight At Eddie Condon's Bud Freeman	-	-
EP-1-6118	For Those In Love, Volume 1 Dinah Washington		-
EP-1-6119	For Those In Love, Volume 2 Dinah Washington		-
EP-1-6120	For Those In Love, Volume 3 Dinah Washington	-	-
EP-1-6121	Excursion Lars Gullin		-
EP-1-6122	Lars Gullin Lars Gullin		-
EP-1-6123	More Gullin! Lars Gullin	-	-
EP-1-6124	Busman's Holiday Roy Haynes		-
EP-1-6125	In Sweden Roy Haynes		-
EP-1-6126	Battle Of The Saxes Various Artists		sticker on cover
EP-1-6127	New Orleans Express Irving Fazola's Dixielanders / George Harman and his Orchestra	-	-
EP-1-6128	Alto Altitude Various Aritsts	-	-
EP-1-6129	Trumpet Interlude Various Aritsts	-	-
EP-1-6130	Advance Guard Of The '40s Various Aritsts	-	-
EP-1-6131	Boning Up On 'Bones Various Aritsts		-
EP-1-6132	Joe Turner and Pete Johnson Joe Turner and Pete Johnson	-	-
EP-1-6133	Jumping With Ventura Charlie Ventura	-	-
EP-1-6134	Crazy Rhythm Lionel Hampton	-	-
EP-1-6135	Jam Session In Paris Lionel Hampton	-	-
EP-1-6136	Study In Brown Clifford Brown		-
EP-1-6137	Terry Gibbs Terry Gibbs	-	-
EP-1-6138	Mal Fitch Mal Fitch		-
EP-1-6139	Eddie Heywood Eddie Heywood	-	-
EP-1-6141	Best Coast Jazz Various Artists		-
EP-1-6142	The Herb Geller Sextette Herb Geller	-	-
EP-1-6143	Ralph Gali Ralph Gali	-	-
EP-1-6144	Julian “Cannonball” Adderley Julian “Cannonball” Adderley		-
EP-1-6145	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6146	Presenting The Gerry Mulligan Sextet Gerry Mulligan		-
EP-1-6147	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6148	A New Voice In Jazz Kitty White	-	-
EP-1-6149	Maynard Ferguson And His Octet Maynard Ferguson	-	-
EP-1-6150	??? Lars Gullin	-	-
EP-1-6151	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6152	??? Max Bruel	-	-
EP-1-6153	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6154	??? Julian “Cannonball” Adderley	-	-
EP-1-6155	??? John Williams	-	-
EP-1-6156	??? Gerry Mulligan	-	-
EP-1-6157	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6158	Alto Altitude Various Artists	-	-
EP-1-6159	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6160	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6161	??? ???	-	-
EP-1-6162	The Gellers Herb Geller		-
EP-2-6163	??? Sarah Vaughan	-	2EPs
EP-2-6164	??? Patti Page	-	2EPs
EP-1-6165	??? Georgie Auld	-	-
EP-1-6166	??? Patti Page	-	-
EP-1-6167	??? Dinah Washington	-	-
EP-1-6168	??? Maynard Ferguson	-	-