Limelight Series

Another famous subsidiary label. Supervised by Quincy Jones, a good number of fine jazz recordings were introduced under Limelight from Art Blakey, Les McCann, Dizzy Gillespie, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker to Paul Blay.

But in the late-1960's (from LS-86047 and on), lineups were changed to meet the atmosphere of “those days” - Ethnic music, Experimental Electronic sound, Psychedelic tunes, heavy Funk tracks, et al.

Totally 71 albums (including one 2-discs album) were released under Limelight label series. A few albums are currently available in re-issued CD formats, but many of Limelight records are hard to find. I've heard some of them are rated “ultra-super-rare”.

Label Variations

Please take a look at here.

Jacket Design Variations

Most jacket covers of Limelight's titles are NOT vinyl-coated. And it would be notable that most titles are issued with gatefold covers.

1st pressings of earliest titles comes with silver sticker affixed onto front cover. Later this silver sticker was abolished and Limelight logo was printed directly on the front cover.

Early albums' spine (title cover) is also interesting: many Limelight logos and letterings are printed.

Inside the gatefold cover, a booklet of liner-notes are sticked. Most of the booklets as well as every jacket design were packaged so elaborately: the most famous elaborated gatefolder might be LM-82024 / LS-86024 “At The Museum Of Modern Art” by Milt Jackson.

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. (Mono)	No. (Stereo)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
LM-82001	LS-86001	'S Make It	Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet promo copy
LM-82002	LS-86002	I/We Had A Ball	Various Artists		green Limelight gatefold cover silver sticker w/ booklet
LM-82003	LS-86003	Baby Breeze	Chet Baker		green Limelight gatefold cover silver sticker w/ booklet
LM-82004	LS-86004	Butterfly With Hiccups	Gerry Mulligan		green Limelight gatefold cover silver sticker w/ booklet
LM-82005		El Nutto	Terry Gibbs		darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover w/o booklet
	LS-86005				darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover silver sticker w/ booklet
LM-82006	LS-86006	In A New Setting	Milt Jackson		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82007	LS-86007	Jambo Caribe	Dizzy Gillespie		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82008	LS-86008	I Talk With The Spirits	Roland Kirk		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82009	LS-86009	Cannonball And Coltrane	Cannonball Adderley & John Coltrane		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet reissue of MG-20449 / SR-60134
LM-82010	LS-86010	Canadiana Suite	Oscar Peterson	-	-
LM 2-8201 (LM-82011) (LM-82012)	LS 2-8601 (LS-86011) (LS-86012)	The Immortal Clifford Brown	Clifford Brown		green Limelight gatefold cover silver sticker w/ booklet promo copy
LM-82013		Last Date	Eric Dolphy		green Limelight 1st issue gatefold cover w/ booklet
	LS-86013				green Limelight 1st issue gatefold cover w/ booklet
	LS-86013				(pink Limelight) later issue diff cover
LM-82014	LS-86014	Three Moods	The Three Sounds		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82015		Mingus Revisited	Charles Mingus		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet promo copy reissue of MG-20627
	LS-86015			-	green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet reissue of SR-60627
LM-82016	LS-86016	But Not Really	Les McCann		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82017	LS-86017	Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert	Various Artists		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82018	LS-86018	Soulfinger	Art Blakey	-	-
LM-82019	LS-86019	Baker's Holiday	Chet Baker		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet promo copy
LM-82020	LS-86020	Grand Reunion 1	Earl Hines	-	green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82021	LS-86021	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em	Gerry Mulligan	-	-
LM-82022	LS-86022	The New Continent	Dizzy Gillespie	-	green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82023		Eloquence	Oscar Peterson	-	darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
	LS-86023				(pink Limelight) later issue
LM-82024	LS-86024	At The Museum Of Modern Art	Milt Jackson		darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82025	LS-86025	Beaux J. Poo Boo	Les McCann	-	-
LM-82026	LS-86026	Beautiful Friendship	The Three Sounds	-	-
LM-82027	LS-86027	Rip Rig And Panic	Roland Kirk	-	-
LM-82028	LS-86028	Grand Reunion 2	Earl Hines	-	darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82029	LS-86029	With Respect To Nat	Oscar Peterson		darkgreen Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet promo copy
LM-82030	LS-86030	Feelin' Good	Gerry Mulligan		green Limelight gatefold cover w/ booklet
LM-82031	LS-86031	Beaux J. Pooboo	Les McCann	-	(special release for Columbia Record Club)
LM-82032	LS-86032	Them Adderleys	Cannonball Adderley & Nat Adderley	-	-
LM-82033	LS-86033	Slightly Latin	Roland Kirk	-	-
LM-82034	LS-86034	Buttercorn Lady	Art Blakey	-	-
LM-82035	LS-86035	With Respect To Nat	Oscar Peterson	-	2nd issue of LM-82029 / LS-86029
LM-82036	LS-86036	Live At Shelly's Manne Hole	Les McCann	-	-
LM-82037	LS-86037	Today's Sounds	The Three Sounds	-	-
LM-82038	LS-86038	Hold On, I'm Coming	Art Blakey		green Limelight
LM-82039	LS-86039	Blues Etude	Oscar Peterson	-	-
LM-82040	LS-86040	Something Borrowed, Something Blue	Gerry Mulligan	-	-
LM-82041	LS-86041	Plays The Hits	Les McCann	-	-
LM-82042	LS-86042	The Melody Lingers On	Dizzy Gillespie	-	-
LM-82043	LS-86043	Bucket O' Grease	Les McCann	-	-
LM-82044	LS-86044	Soul Espanol	Oscar Peterson		darkgreen Limelight
LM-82045	LS-86045	Born Free	Milt Jackson	-	-
LM-82046	LS-86046	Live At Bohemian Caverns - Washington, D.C.	Les McCann		green Limelight
-	LS-86047	Images Fantastiques	Various Artists	-	-
-	LS-86048	Panorama Electronique	Various Artists	-	-
-	LS-86049	Le Voyage	Pierre Henry	-	-
-	LS-86050	Songs Of The Second Moon	Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan	-	-
-	LS-86051	The Percussions Of Strasbourg	The Percussions Of Strasbourg	-	-
-	LS-86052	Constellations And Interferences	Bengt Hambres	-	-
-	LS-86053	Classical Ragas Of India	Deben Bhattacharya	-	-
-	LS-86054	Mecki Mark Men	Mecki Mark Men	-	-
-	LS-86055	Evolutions And Contrasts	Badings & Raaijmakers	-	-
-	LS-86056	Ragas: Streams Of Light - Three North Indian Ragas	Lateef Ahmed Khan et al.	-	-
-	LS-86057	Santur, Tunbuk, And Tar - Music And Drum Rhythms From Iran	Various Artists edited by Deben Bhattacharya		pink Limelight gatefold cover
-	LS-86058	Seven Trumps From The Tarot Card / Pinions	Ruth White	-	-
-	LS-86059	Variations For A Door And A Sigh	Pierre Henry	-	-
-	LS-86060	Mr. Joy	Paul Bley		pink Limelight gatefold cover promo copy
-	LS-86061	Response - Electronic Music From Norway	Various Artists		pink Limelight
-	LS-86062	Cauldron	Fifty Foot Hose	-	-
-	LS-86063	Spleen	The Sound Of Feeling		pink Limelight
-	LS-86064	Signals	The Percussions Of Strasbourg		pink Limelight
-	LS-86065	Mass For Today / The Green Queen	Pierre Henry	-	-
-	LS-86066	Flowers Of Evil	Ruth White	-	-
-	LS-86067	Dawn	Don Robertson	-	-
-	LS-86068	Running In The Summernight	Mecki Mark Man	-	-
-	LS-86069	Ragnarok - Electronic Funk	Beaver & Krause	-	-
-	LS-86070	Moog Groove	The Electronic Concept Orchestra	-	-
-	LS-86071	Funky Skull	Melvin Jackson		pink Limelight
-	LS-86072	Electric Love	The Electronic Concept Orchestra	-	-