Mercury Records Catalog: Limelight 45 rpm 1000/2000/3000/3050 series
Limelight 1000 series (7 inch 45 rpm)
Y 1000 Richard Macadou - These Young Girls c/w Vacations's Over
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Y 1001 Royce Porter - Our Perfect Romance c/w Yes I Do
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Y 1002 Fred Neil - You Ain't Treatin' Me Right c/w Go Downtown
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Y 1003 The Buffalos - Jibber-Jabber c/w Suzy
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Limelight 2000 series (7 inch 45 rpm)
Y 2000 Tony Thomas - Old Enough To Know c/w Stuck On You
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Y 2001 Gary Shelton (Jerry Shelton) - My Hero c/w Don't Send Me Away
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Y 2002 The Harris Sisters - Don't Let Me Fall In Love c/w Happiness
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Y 2003 Paul Wyatt - How Many Moons c/w Be Anything But Don't Be Sorry
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Y 2004 Doug Harden - The Storm c/w Foolin' Me
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Y 2005 The Blanders - Desert Sands c/w Jitterbug
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Limelight 3000 series (7 inch 45 rpm)
Y 3000x45 The Chimes - Cry, Cry Baby c/w Angel Child
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Y 3001x45 Jackie Cray - Maybelle c/w I Want You Baby
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Y 3002x45 The Chimes - Du Wap c/w Stop, Look And Listen
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Y 3003x45 Fox Hall - My Baby Left Me c/w Do The Rock 'N Roll
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Y 3004x45 Teddy Phillips - Melancholy Moods c/w My Memories Of You
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Y 3005x45 Freddie Robinson - Not Like Now c/w Five Feet Of Lovin'
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Limelight 3050 series (7 inch 45 rpm)
L 3051 Dizzy Gillespie - Poor Joe c/w Fiesta Mojo
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) James Moody (ts, fl) Kenny Barron (p) Chris White (b) Rudy Collins (d) Kansas Fields (per)Chicago, IL, November 5, 1964
| 34076 | Poor Joe |
Chicago, IL, November 6, 1964
| 34832 | Fiesta Mo-Jo (45 rpm edit) |
L 3052 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Faith c/w One For Gamal
Lee Morgan (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Gilmore (ts) John Hicks (p) Victor Sproles (b) Art Blakey (d)Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, November 14, 16 & 25, 1964
| 31707 | Faith |
| 31710 | One For Gamal |
L 3053 Chet Baker - Baby Breeze c/w The Touch Of Your Lips
Chet Baker (flh) Frank Srozier (as, fl) Phil Urso (ts, arr) Hal Galper (p) Michael Fleming (b) Charlie Rice (d)NYC, November 14, 1964
| 34085-5 | Baby Breeze |
NYC, November 20, 1964
| 34106-9 | The Touch Of Your Lips |
L 3054 Clifford Brown - Daahoud c/w Embraceable You
Clifford Brown (tp) Harold Land (ts) Richie Powell (p) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d)Capitol Studios, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 1954
| 10880 | Daahoud |
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 20, 1955
| 11124-6 | Embraceable You |
L 3055 Cannonball Adderley - Limehouse Blues c/w Stars Fell On Alabama
Cannonball Adderley (as) John Coltrane (ts -1) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Jimmy Cobb (d)Universal Recorders Studio B, Chicago, IL, February 3, 1959
| 1. 20487 | Limehouse Blues (45 rpm edit) |
| 2. 20488 | Stars Fell On Alabama (45 rpm edit) |
L 3056 Oscar Peterson - March Past c/w Place St. Henri
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)NYC, September 9, 1964
| 33859 | March Past |
| 33861 | Place St. Henri |
L 3057 Milt Jackson - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye c/w Project S
Jimmy Heath (fl, ts) Milt Jackson (vib) McCoy Tyner (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Connie Kay (d)NYC, December 9, 1964
| 35134 | Project S (45 rpm edit) |
NYC, December 28, 1964
| 34777 | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
L 3058 Roland Kirk - A Quote From Clifford Brown c/w Serenade To A Cuckoo
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L 3059 The Three Sounds - Justerini c/w Hittin' The Jug
Milt Bernhart, Gil Falco, Lew McCreary, George Oliver, Tommy Shepherd, Ken Shroyer (tb) Gene Harris (p) Andrew Simpkins (b) Bill Dowdy (d)Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, February 24 & 25, March 25, 1965
| 35801 | Hittin' The Jug (45 rpm edit) |
| 31753 | Justerini |
L 3060 Les McCann - Jack V. Schwartz c/w But Not Really
Les McCann (p, vo) Victor Gaskin (b) Paul Humphrey (d)Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, December, 1964
| 36385 | But Not Really (45 rpm edit) |
| 36384 | Jack V. Schwartz (45 rpm edit) |
L 3061 Gerry Mulligan - King Of The Road c/w Downtown
Gerry Mulligan (bars) Pete Jolly (p) Johnny Gray (g) Jimmy Bond (b) Hal Blaine (d)Los Angeles, CA, July 22, 26, 27 & 28, 1965
| 35824 | King Of The Road |
| 35825 | Downtown |
L 3062 Oscar Peterson - The Smudge c/w Lovers' Promenade
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L 3063 Chet Baker - There Is No Greater Love c/w You're My Thrill
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L 3064 Earl Hines - Tea For Two c/w Honeysuckle Rose
Earl Hines (p) George Tucker (b) Oliver Jackson Jr. (d)"Village Vanguard", NYC, March 14, 1965
| 36787 | Honeysuckle Rose (edited version from 36294) |
| 36786 | Tea For Two (edited version from 36296) |
L 3065 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Soul Finger c/w Buh's Bossa
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L 3066 Les McCann - Green, Green Rocky Road c/w The Great City
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L 3067 not used
L 3068 The Three Sounds - Theme From "Skyscraper" c/w Hot Cha
Gene Harris (p) Andrew Simpkins (b) Bill Dowdy (d) Julian Lee (arr, cond) unidentified large orchestraLos Angeles, CA, July, 1965
| 35834 | Theme From "Skyscraper" |
Los Angeles, CA, August, 1965
| 35840 | Hot Cha |
L 3069 Milt Jackson - Turquoise c/w Name Sake
James Moody (fl, vo) Milt Jackson (vib) Cedar Walton (p) Ron Carter (b) Otis "Candy" Finch (d)"Museum Of Modern Art", NYC, August 12, 1965
| 37120 | Turquoise (45 rpm edit) |
| 37121 | Name Sake (45 rpm edit) |
L 3070 Roland Kirk - Mystical Dream c/w ???
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L 3071 Dizzy Gillespie - The Chains c/w The Sword
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L 3072 Oscar Peterson - Straighten Up And Fly Right c/w When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b)Hollywood, Los Angeles, October 28, 1965
| 35910 | Straighten Up And Fly Right |
A&R Studios, NYC, November 13, 1965
| 37145 | When My Sugar Walks Down The Street |
L 3073 Roland Kirk - Nothing But The Truth c/w Walk On By
Virgil Jones (tp) Martin Banks (flh) Garnett Brown (tb, arr) Roland Kirk (ts, mzo, str, cl, fl, bagpipes, picc, bars, siren) Horace Parlan (p, cel -1, vib -2) Eddie Mathias (b) Sonny Brown (d) Montego Joe (cga) Manuel Ramos (per) Coleridge Perkinson (cond -2) unidentified choir (-2)NYC, November 16 & 17, 1965
| 1. 37168 | Walk On By |
| 2. 37173 | Nothing But The Truth |
L 3074 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers - Buttercorn Lady c/w The Theme
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L 3075 The Three Sounds - Downtown c/w Mohair Sam
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L 3076 Dizzy Gillespie - Winchester Cathedral c/w The Song Is Ended
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L 3077 Les McCann - Bucket Of Grease c/w All
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L 3078 Les McCann - Caper Of The Golden Bulls c/w Loves Of July
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L 3079 Dizzy Gillespie - Don't Throw Your Back Outa Whack c/w N.A.T.R.A.
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L 3080 not used
L 3081 Les McCann - The Shout, Pt. 1&2
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L 3082 The Hip Sound - Too Much c/w Far Out
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L 3083 The Mecki Mark Men - Sweet Movin' c/w Love Feeling
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L 3084 Childe Harold - Brink Of Death c/w Anne, With Love
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L 3085 The Electrosoniks - ???
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L 3086 Paul Bley - Mr. Joy c/w El Cordobes
Paul Bley (p) Gary Peacock (b) Billy Elgart (d)University Of Washington, Seattle, WA & Audio Recorders, Seattle, WA, May 10 & 11, 1968, May 12, 1958
| 42690 | El Cordobes (45 rpm edit) |
| 42915 | Mr. Joy (45 rpm edit) |
L 3087 Electronic Concept Orchestra - ??? c/w ???
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L 3088 The Sound Of Feeling - Hurdy Gurdy Man c/w Along Came Sam
Joe Roccisano (fl, ss, as, per) Gayle Levant (harp) Emil Richards (vib, per) Paul Beaver (syn) Fred Katz (cello) Ray Neapolitan, Dave Parlato (b) Maurice Miller (d) Gary David (vo, p, arr) Alyce Andrece, Rhae Andrece (vo, arr)November, 1968 or January, 1969
| 43494 | Hurdy Gurdy Man (45 rpm edit) |
| 43495 | Along Came Sam (45 rpm edit) |
L 3089 Melvin Jackson - Funky Skull, Pt. 1&2
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L 3090 Electronic Concept Orchestra - Aquarius c/w Grazing In The Grass
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L 3091 Electronic Concept Orchestra - Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus c/w Rock Me
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