Limelight 1000/2000/3000/3050 Series (7-inch 45rpm)

Mercury's subsidiary label Limelight, being famous for a series of LPs of Jazz, electronic and experimental music, also had 45rpm single releases.

Surprisingly, a series of Limelight 45rpm releases contain totally different kinds of music compared with LP releases - 1000 Series, 2000 Series and 3000-3005 are Rockabilly and Doo-Wop; 3006-3041 are Garage/Surf Rock music - which totally breaks our stereotypes of the Limelight label. BTW later 45rpms from 3050 and beyond are single cuts from ordinary LP releases (with a few exceptions).

Please note that all materials of 1000/2000 series and 3001-3005 were recorded in around 1957. Also, we can see their matrix imprints are famous type pressed at the RCA Victor Indianapolis plant. This may prove that these platters were pressed at that time (at least in the late 1950s), and that the Limelight label itself had existed since the late 1950s - which is really surprising.

The List (Limelight 1000 Series)

(These are originally released by Look Records, and Mercury possibly bought these recordings, but no indication of the releases from Limelight labels has been found)

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates that I own the copy. 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.

The List (Limelight 2000 Series)

(These are originally released by Smash Records, and Mercury possibly bought these recordings, but no indication of the releases from Limelight labels has been found)

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates that I own the copy. 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.

The List (Limelight 3000 Series)

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates that I own the copy. 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.

The List (Limelight 3050 Series)

Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates that I own the copy. 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. (45rpm)	Title	Artist(s)	Sleeve	(Note)
L-3051	Poor Joe c/w Fiesta Mojo	Dizzy Gillespie	-	green label YW1-34076 YW1-34832
L-3052	Faith c/w One for Gamal	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	-	-
L-3053	Baby Breeze c/w The Touch Of Your Lips	Chet Baker	-	white label promo copy w/ sleeve
L-3054	Daahoud c/w Embraceable You	Clifford Brown	-	white label promo copy w/ sleeve
L-3055	Limehouse Blues c/w Stars Fell On Alabama	Julian “Cannonball” Adderley	-	white label promo copy YW-20487 YW-20488 w/ sleeve w/ promo insert
L-3056	March Past c/w Place St. Henri	Oscar Peterson	-	-
L-3057	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye c/w Project S	Milt Jackson	-	-
L-3058	A Quote from Clifford Brown c/w Serenade to a Cuckoo	Roland Kirk	-	-
L-3059	Justerini c/w Hittin' The Jug	The Three Sounds	-	-
L-3060	Jack V. Schwartz c/w But Not Really	Les McCann	-	-
L-3061	King Of The Road c/w Downtown	Gerry Mulligan	-	-
L-3062	The Smudge c/w Lovers' Promenade	Oscar Peterson	-	-
L-3063	There Is No Greater Love c/w You're My Thrill	Chet Baker	-	-
L-3064	Tea For Two c/w Honeysuckle Rose	Earl Hines	-	green label YW1-36786 YW1-36787
L-3065	Soul Finger c/w Buh's Bossa	Art Blakey	-	-
L-3066	Green, Green Rocky Road c/w The Great City	Les McCann	-	-
L-3067	(NOT USED)
L-3068	Theme From “Skyscraper” c/w Hot Cha	The Three Sounds	-	-
L-3069	Turqoise c/w Name Sake	Milt Jackson	-	-
L-3070	Mystical Dream c/w ???	Roland Kirk	-	-
L-3071	The Chains c/w The Sword	Dizzy Gillespie	-	-
L-3072	Straighten Up And Fly Right c/w When My Sugar Walks Down The Street	Oscar Peterson	-	-
L-3073	Nothing But The Truth c/w Walk On By	Roland Kirk	-	-
L-3074	Buttercorn Lady c/w The Theme	Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	-	-
L-3075	Downtown c/w Mohair Sam	The Three Sounds	-	-
L-3076	Winchester Cathedral c/w The Song Is Ended	Dizzy Gillespie	-	white label promo copy YW1-39100 YW1-39103 w/ sleeve
L-3077	Bucket Of Grease c/w All	Les McCann		green label w/ picture sleeve YW1-35602 YW1-39298
L-3077			-	green label YW1-35602 YW1-39298
L-3078	Caper Of The Golden Bulls c/w Loves Of July	Les McCann	-	green label 1-40026 1-40027
L-3079	Don't Throw Your Back Outa Whack c/w N.A.T.R.A.	Dizzy Gillespie	-	-
L-3080	(NOT USED)
L-3081	The Shout, Pts, 1 & 2	Les McCann	-	white label promo copy 1-41345 1-41346
L-3082	Too Much c/w Far Out	The Hip Sound	-	pink label 1-42215 1-42216 w/ sleeve
L-3083	Sweet Movin' c/w Love Feeling	The Mecki Mark Men	-	-
L-3084	Brink Of Death c/w Anne, With Love	Childe Harold		pink label w/ picture sleeve 1-42801 1-42802
DJL-3084	Brink Of Death (mono) c/w Brink Of Death (stereo)	Childe Harold	-	white label promo only 1-42801 2-42801
L-3085		The Electrosoniks	-	-
L-3086	Mr. Joy c/w El Cordobes	Paul Bley	-	-
L-3087	Life Is Other People c/w Ruby You Sky Me Baby You Slay Me	The Chowder Rebellion	-	CANCELLED
L-3087	??? c/w ???	Electronic Concept Orchestra	-	UNRELEASED?
L-3088	Hurdy Gurdy Man c/w Along Came Sam	Sound Of Feeling	-	pink label 1-43494 1-43495
L-3089	Funky Skull, Pts 1 & 2	Melvin Jackson	-	-
L-3090	Aquarius c/w Grazing In The Grass	Electronic Concept Orchestra	-	-
L-3091	Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus c/w Rock Me	Electronic Concept Orchestra	-	white label NOT on Ruppli's promo only?