Limelight

Limelight on vinyl: Mercury’s jazz label

In short: In the sixties Limelight was the jazz label of Mercury Records. Besides new recordings it also released older Mercury sessions – and collectors regard it as a label with particularly elaborate sleeves. The Vinyl Room currently has 6 records on Limelight.

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Records on Limelight

→ Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · Mercury · Hard bop · Jazz on vinyl

What makes Limelight special?

Hard bop from the mid-sixties: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers are represented with “'S Make It” and “Soul Finger”, vibraphonist Milt Jackson with “In A New Setting”.

Older Mercury recordings came out again on Limelight: “Cannonball & Coltrane” brings together Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane from Miles Davis’s sextet, “Pre Bird” shows Charles Mingus with a larger line-up.

FAQ

What is Limelight? The jazz label of Mercury Records in the sixties.

Who plays on “Cannonball & Coltrane”? Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, both members of Miles Davis’s sextet at the time.

Are these all new recordings? Not all – Limelight also released older Mercury sessions, such as Charles Mingus’s “Pre Bird”.

Which editions do you have? Editions from the sixties and eighties – 6 records in all.