35000/JATP/MGC Series

This series was started just after 10-inch LP's introduction. JATP (Jazz At The Philharmonic)-related live/studio recordings (by legendary producer Norman Granz) were released in this series.

Mercury in the late 1940s didn't have enough of their own Jazz recordings, so Norman Granz (head of the JATP, Inc) entered an agreement with Mercury to produce/distribute the JATP recordings in July 1948. In July 1953, when the agreement ran out, Granz continued releasing JATP materials on his own label Clef.

Actually in the market we can find these Mercury albums BUT "Clef Records" stickers put on the front cover. Some copies have “Mercury” on the jacket but “Clef” on the label, while some others have “Clef” on the jacket but “Mercury” on the label. Such releases were the issues in the Mercury ⇒ Clef transition era.

Like other Mercury series, this JATP series has 5-digit release number - 35000 line. However shortly after its introduction, another numbering scheme (with Volume number itself) seems to be applied. As for MGC (Mercury “Clef” series) lineup, three different series were released (MGC-100s 10-inch, MGC-500s 10-inch and MGC-600s 12-inch). Some of them were also released in MG-35000 series in their introduction. MGC-1000s (12-inch) is the special series for Fred Astaire's December 1952's legendary session.

By the way, all these JATP concert recordings are now compiled and released as a LP Box or a CD Box , by Verve Records.

Label Variations

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Jacket Design Variations

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The List: The Jazz Scene (six 78rpm album)

No. (78rpm)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
(no number)	The Jazz Scene	Various Artists		78rpm album limited edition cloth-bound box

The List: JATP Series (10-inch)

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. (35000)	No. (JATP)	No. (JATP 78rpm)	Title	Jacket	(Note)
MG-35003	MG VOL.2	VOL.2	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 2	-	-
MG-35004	MG VOL.3	VOL.3	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 3	-	-
MG-35005	MG VOL.4	VOL.4	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 4		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35006	MG VOL.5	VOL.5	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 5		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35007	MG VOL.6	VOL.6	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 6		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35008	MG VOL.7	VOL.7	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 7		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35000	MG VOL.8	VOL.8	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 8		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35009	MG VOL.9	VOL.9	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 9		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35002	MG VOL.10	VOL.10	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 10		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG-35011	MG VOL.11	VOL.11	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 11	-	-
-	MG VOL.12	VOL.12	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 12		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
-	MG VOL.13	VOL.13	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 13	-	-
-	MG VOL.14	VOL.14	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 14		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
-	MG VOL.15	-	Jazz At The Philharmonic Volume 15		khaki Mercury trumpeter 12-inch 3LP Box
-		... further titles (MG VOL.16 and on) were NOT released by Mercury but Clef ...

The List: MGC 100 Series (10-inch)

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. (35000)	No. (MGC)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
MG-35014	MG C-100	Hank Jones' Piano	Hank Jones		black/silver Mercury trumpeter reissue of MG-25022
MG-35010	MG C-101	Charlie Parker With Strings	Charlie Parker		black/gold Mercury same as MG C-501
MG-35012	MG C-102	Piano Solos	Bud Powell	-	same as MG C-502
MG-35013	MG C-103	Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band	Lu Watters		black/gold Mercury same as MG C-503
-	MG C-104	Lester Young Trio	Lester Young Trio		black/gold Mercury early version same as MG C-504?
-	MG C-104			-	late version
-	MG C-105	Flip Phillips Quartet	Flip Phillips		black/gold Mercury reissue of MG-25023
-	MG C-106	Piano Solos	Oscar Peterson	-	-
-	MG C-107	Oscar Peterson At Carnegie	Oscar Peterson		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-108	Collates	Lester Young		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-109	Charlie Parker with Strings, No.2	Charlie Parker	-	unreleased? I've seen the label
-	MG C-109	Collates	Flip Phillips		black/silver Mercury trumpeter autographed
-	MG C-110	Collates	Oscar Peterson		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-111	Collates	Johnny Hodges		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-112	Collates	Illinois Jacquet		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-113	Collates	Roy Eldridge		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-114	Charlie Barnet Plays Charlie Barnet	Charlie Barnet		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-115	Free Forms	Ralph Burns		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-116	Oscar Peterson Quartet	Oscar Peterson Quartet		black/silver Mercury
-	MG C-117	Collates	Charlie Ventura	-	-
-	MG C-118	Billie Holiday Sings	Billie Holiday		black/gold Mercury
-	MG C-119	Plays Pretty	Oscar Peterson	-	-
-	MG C-120	Count Basie And His Orchestra	Count Basie and his Orchestra		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-121	Collates	Gene Krupa Trio		black/silver Mercury trumpeter same as MG C-514
-	MG C-122	Collates	Sonny Criss & Tommy Tuck	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-123	Collates	Santo Pecora	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-124	Collates, No.2	Lester Young		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-125	Collates	Bill Harris	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-126	Mish Mash	Slim Gaillard	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-127	Collates, No.2	Oscar Peterson	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-128	Collates, No.2	Johnny Hodges		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-129	Collates, No.2	Illinois Jacquet		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
-	MG C-130	Collates	Anita O'Day	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-131	Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban	Chico O'Farrill	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-132	Chico O'Farrill Jazz	Chico O'Farrill	-	only on Clef?
-	MG C-133	Collates, No.2	Flip Phillips		black/silver Mercury trumpeter autographed
-		... further titles (MG C-134 and on) were NOT released by Mercury but Clef ...

The List: MGC 500 Series (10-inch)

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. (MGC)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
MG C-500	The Gene Krupa Trio At JATP	Gene Krupa		black/gold Mercury trumpeter 12-inch LP same as MG C-600
MG C-501	Charlie Parker With Strings	Charlie Parker	-	reissue of MG-35010 / MG C-101
MG C-502	Piano Solos	Bud Powell		black/gold Mercury reissue of MG-35012 / MG C-102
MG C-503	Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band	Lu Watters	-	reissue of MG-35013 / MG C-103
MG C-504	Lester Young Trio	Lester Young Trio	-	reissue of MG C-104?
MG C-505	Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite	Machito and his Orchestra		black/gold Mercury
MG C-506	Opera In Vout Boogie Woogie At The Philharmonic	Slim Gaillard Meade Lux Lewis		black/gold Mercury trumpeter
MG C-507	Piano Solos	Bud Powell		black/gold Mercury
MG C-508	Jazz At The Philharmonic - How High The Moon	Jazz At The Philharmonic		black/gold Mercury trumpeter 12-inch LP MG C-608 on cover same as MG C-608
MG C-509	Charlie Parker With Strings, No.2	Charlie Parker	-	-
MG C-510	Lu Watters And His Yerba Buena Jazz Band, No.2	Lu Watters		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
MG C-511	Jazz With Flip And Bird	Machito		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
MG C-512	Bird and Diz	Charlie Parker - Dizzy Gillespie		black/silver Mercury trumpeter
MG C-513	South Of The Border	Charlie Parker	-	-
MG C-514	Gene Krupa Trio	Gene Krupa	-	same as MG C-121 not released?
MG C-515	Cubano	Andre's All Stars		black/silver Mercury trumpeter

The List: MGC 600 Series (12-inch)

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. (MGC)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
MG C-600	The Gene Krupa Trio At JATP	Gene Krupa	-	reissue of MG C-500
MG C-601	Jam Session #1	Various Artists		light-blue Mercury trumpeter
MG C-602	Jam Session #2	Various Artists		light-blue Mercury trumpeter
MG C-603	Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter	Oscar Peterson	-	-
MG C-604	Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin	Oscar Peterson	-	-
MG C-605	Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin	Oscar Peterson	-	-
MG C-606	Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington	Oscar Peterson	-	-
MG C-607	Gene Krupa	Gene Krupa	-	not released?
MG C-608	Jazz At The Philharmonic - How High The Moon	Jazz At The Philharmonic	-	reissue of MG C-508
MG C-610	Bud Powell's Moods	Bud Powell		black/silver Mercury trumpeter

The List: MGC 1000 Series (12-inch)

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)
MG C-1001/4	The Astaire Story	Fred Astaire		4LP limited edition cloth-bound box blue vinyls
MG C-1001 #1	The Astaire Story #1	Fred Astaire		custom Mercury 1 of 4
MG C-1002 #2	The Astaire Story #2	Fred Astaire		custom Mercury 2 of 4
MG C-1003 #3	The Astaire Story #3	Fred Astaire		custom Mercury 3 of 4
MG C-1004 #4	The Astaire Story #4	Fred Astaire		custom Mercury 4 of 4