Wing 60000 Series

Wing label started its life as one of the subsidiary labels of Mercury, and 60000 series (from MGW-60000 to MGW-60005) was used for Jazz releases (12000 series was for Popular releases). However, Wing label itself ceased its release in a short period, then all 60000 series titles were re-issued as EmArcy series (from MG-36091 to MG-36096). So as for these six LPs in Wing 60000 series, Wing is the original issue. Later, Wing label re-started for releasing re-issues at low prices.

According to the Ruppli's discography, there is a catalogue number MGW-60007 which was probably unreleased (MGW-60006 was not assigned). The album which should become MGW-60007 later released as Mercury MG-20231 (matrix stamps on the dead wax may prove the evidence). BTW I am not certain why MGW-60007 was released not from EmArcy (like other Wing Jazz releases), but from Mercury.

Catalogue numbers of this series have or MGW prefix.

In preparing this page, Mr. Masaya Hasegawa contributed at his best, and provided me a number of cover/label photos from his own collection. We must thank him for his great contribution!

Label Variations

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Jacket Design Variations

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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)	Title	Artist(s)	Jacket	(Note)
MGW-60000	Introducing Nat Adderley	Nat Adderley		blue Wing MF2/MF2 same as MG-36091
MGW-60001	Paul Bley	Paul Bley		blue Wing MF2/MF1 same as MG-36092
MGW-60002	The Jazz School	Various Artists (Clark Terry, Paul Gonsalves, Joe Gordon, Art Mardigan)		blue Wing MF1/MF1 same as MG-36093
MGW-60003	Boogie Woogie On The 88	Freddie Slack		blue Wing MF1/MF1 same as MG-36094
MGW-60004	Can't Get Started With You	Jackie Paris		blue Wing MF2/MF2 same as MG-36095 1st jacket
MGW-60004	Songs By Jackie Paris			blue Wing MFS2/MFS2 same as MG-36095 2nd jacket
MGW-60005	Thelma Gracen	Thelma Gracen		blue Wing MF3/MF1 same as MG-36096
MGW-60006	(NOT USED?)
MGW-60007	Morgana King Sings The Blues	Morgana King	-	UNRELEASED transferred to MG-20231
MGW-60008	(NOT USED?)
MGW-60009	Bernie's Tunes	Bernard Peiffer	-	UNRELEASED transferred to MG-36080