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
34076Poor Joe
Gillespie plays (tp)
Chicago, IL, November 6, 1964
34832Fiesta 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
31707Faith
31710One 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
34085-5Baby Breeze
Bob James (p) Michael Fleming (b) Charlie Rice (d) Chet Baker (vo)
NYC, November 20, 1964
34106-9The 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
10880Daahoud
Clifford Brown (tp) Richie Powell (p) Barry Galbraith (g) George Morrow (b) Max Roach (d) Neal Hefti (arr, cond) 6 violins, 2 violas, 1 violoncello
Fine Sound Studios, NYC, January 20, 1955
11124-6Embraceable 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. 20487Limehouse Blues (45 rpm edit)
2. 20488Stars Fell On Alabama (45 rpm edit)
** reissue of Mercury 71712.

L 3056  Oscar Peterson - March Past c/w Place St. Henri

Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NYC, September 9, 1964
33859March Past
33861Place 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
35134Project S (45 rpm edit)
omit Heath
NYC, December 28, 1964
34777Ev'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
35801Hittin' The Jug (45 rpm edit)
31753Justerini

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
36385But Not Really (45 rpm edit)
36384Jack 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
35824King Of The Road
35825Downtown

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
36787Honeysuckle Rose (edited version from 36294)
36786Tea 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 orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, July, 1965
35834Theme From "Skyscraper"
same personnel
Los Angeles, CA, August, 1965
35840Hot 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
37120Turquoise (45 rpm edit)
37121Name 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
35910Straighten Up And Fly Right
John Frosk, Joe Newman (tp) Ernie Royal, Daniel Stiles (tp, flh) Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, J.J. Johnson (tb) Tony Studd (btb) Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson (tfl, bfl) Jerry Dodgion, Phil Woods (as) Marvin Holladay (bars) Hank Jones (p) Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Barry Galbraith (g) Richard Davis (b) Mel Lewis (d)
A&R Studios, NYC, November 13, 1965
37145When 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. 37168Walk On By
2. 37173Nothing 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
42690El Cordobes (45 rpm edit)
42915Mr. 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
43494Hurdy Gurdy Man (45 rpm edit)
43495Along 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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