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Limelight

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Daughter of Mercury, inaugurated to commission jazz works by well-known artists, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Milt Jackson etc. Also including the Limelight Series statement on some covers & labels on European releases.

The label also set new standards in packaging, expanding the concept of the traditional record cover with hitherto unseen constructions, many of these designed by Daniel Czubak (releases 86001-86046).

The policy changed abruptly to electronic and avant-garde music from LS 86047 onward. This was also expressed by a change in label design (see scans). The last few releases tried to incorporate rock within the electronics strategy, at times producing some erratic results.
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Mercury
Sites:
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Releases:
220 019 LMY Roland Kirk Quartet, The Featuring Elvin Jones Rip, Rig & Panic (LP, Album) 1965
220 031 LMY Art Blakey Hold On, I'm Coming (LP, Album) 1966
510 439-2 Oscar Peterson Soul Español (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2002
522 429-2 Louie Bellson & His All-Star Orchestra Duke Ellington: Black, Brown & Beige (CD, Album) 1994
818 844-2 Oscar Peterson Blues Etude (CD, Album) 1990
820 808-2 Fuse One Fuse One: The Complete Recordings (CD, Comp) 1989
844 279-2 Stanley Turrentine More Than A Mood (CD, Album) 1992
844 400-2 Al Kooper Rekooperation (CD, Album) 1994
0602517686298 Milt Jackson At The Museum Of Modern Art (CD, Album, RE, RM) 2008
B0012555-02 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* Soul Finger (CD, Album, RE) 2009
DJL 3084 Childe Harold Brink Of Death (7", Promo) 1968
DJL 3086 Paul Bley Mr. Joy (7", Promo) 1969
EJD-1003 Chet Baker Baker's Holiday (CD, Album, RE, RM) 1989
EXPR-1015 Charlie Mingus* Pre Bird (LP, Album, RE) 1965
EXPR1023 Dizzy Gillespie Jambo Caribe (LP, Mono, Album) 1964
EXPR-1024 Three Sounds, The Three Moods (LP, RE)  
L 3052 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Faith / One For Gamal (7") 1965
L-3057 Milt Jackson Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye / Project "S" (7", Promo) 1964
L 3070 Roland Kirk Once In A While / Mystical Dream (7", Single) 1966
L-3071 Dizzy Gillespie The Chains / The Swords (7") 1965
L 3075 Three Sounds, The Downtown / Mohair Sam (7", Single) 1966
L 3085 Kid Baltan Song Of The Second Moon (7", Ltd, Mono) 1963
L-3089 Melvin Jackson Funky Skull - Part 1 / Funky Skull Part 2 (7", Promo)  
LLDJ-1 Sound Of Feeling, The Hurdy Gurdy Man (7", EP, Promo) 1968
LM 82001 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 'S Make It (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM 82003 Chet Baker Baby Breeze (LP, Mono, Album) 1964
LM 82005 Terry Gibbs El Nutto (LP, Mono, Album) 1964
LM 82007 Dizzy Gillespie Jambo Caribe (LP, Album, Mono) 1964
LM 82008 Roland Kirk I Talk With The Spirits (LP, Album, Mono)  
LM 82010 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Canadiana Suite (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM 82014 Three Sounds, The Three Moods (LP, Mono, Album) 1965
LM 82015 Charles Mingus Mingus Revisited (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM 82016 Les McCann Ltd. But Not Really (LP, Mono) 1965
LM 82018 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* Soul Finger (LP, Mono, Album) 1965
LM 82022 Dizzy Gillespie And The Big Band The New Continent (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM 82023 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Eloquence (LP, Mono, Album) 1965
LM 82024 Milt Jackson At The Museum Of Modern Art (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM-82027 Roland Kirk Quartet, The Featuring Elvin Jones Rip, Rig & Panic (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM-82029 Oscar Peterson Trio, The With Respect To Nat (Vinyl, Mono) 1966
LM 82030 Gerry Mulligan Feelin' Good (LP, Mono, Album) 1965
LM 82033 Roland Kirk Slightly Latin (LP, Mono, Album) 1966
LM 82034 Art Blakey & The New Jazz Messengers* Buttercorn Lady (LP, Mono, Album) 1966
LM 82039 Oscar Peterson Blues Etude (LP, Mono, Album)  
LM 82040 Gerry Mulligan Something Borrowed - Something Blue (LP, Mono, Album)  
LM-82041 Les McCann Les McCann Plays The Hits (LP, Mono) 1966
LM 82042 Dizzy Gillespie The Melody Lingers On (LP, Mono, Album) 1966
LM 82043 Les McCann Ltd. Bucket O' Grease (LP, Mono) 1967
LM 82044 Oscar Peterson Soul Español (LP, Mono, Album) 1966
LM 82045 Milt Jackson Born Free (LP, Album, Mono) 1968
LM 82046 Les McCann Live At Bohemian Caverns - Washington, D.C. (LP, Mono, Album) 1967
LM 86020 Earl Hines Trio, The Grand Reunion (LP, Album, Mono) 1965
LM 86036 Les McCann Ltd. Live At Shelly's Manne-Hole (LP, Album, Mono) 1966
LML 4015 Roland Kirk Quartet, The Featuring Elvin Jones Rip, Rig & Panic (LP, Mono) 1965
LP 4000-A Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron (LP, Album)  
LS 82043 Les McCann Ltd. Bucket O' Grease (LP) 1967
LS 86001 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 'S Make It (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86002 Various I/We Had A Ball (LP) 1964
LS-86003 Chet Baker Baby Breeze (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 1964
LS 86004 Gerry Mulligan Butterfly With Hiccups (LP, Album) 1964
LS 86006 Milt Jackson In A New Setting (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1964
LS 86007 Dizzy Gillespie Jambo Caribe (LP, Album) 1964
LS 86008 Roland Kirk I Talk With The Spirits (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1965
LS 86009 Cannonball* & Coltrane* Cannonball & Coltrane (LP, Album, RE) 1964
LS 86010 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Canadiana Suite (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86013 Eric Dolphy Last Date (LP, Album) 1964
LS 86014 Three Sounds, The Three Moods (LP) 1965
LS 86015 Charles Mingus Mingus Revisited (LP, Album, RE) 1965
LS 86016 Les McCann Ltd. But Not Really (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86017 Various 3/27/65 Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86018 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* Soul Finger (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86019 Chet Baker Baker's Holiday (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86020 Earl Hines Trio, The Grand Reunion Volume One (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86021 Gerry Mulligan If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86022 Dizzy Gillespie And The Big Band The New Continent (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86023 Oscar Peterson Trio, The Eloquence (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86024 Milt Jackson At The Museum Of Modern Art (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86025 Les McCann Ltd. Beaux J. Pooboo (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86026 Three Sounds, The Beautiful Friendship (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86027 Roland Kirk Quartet, The Featuring Elvin Jones Rip, Rig & Panic (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1965
LS 86028 Earl Hines Trio, The Grand Reunion Vol. Two (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86029 Oscar Peterson Trio, The With Respect To Nat (CD, Album) 1998
LS 86030 Gerry Mulligan Feelin' Good (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86031 Les McCann Ltd. Beaux J. Pooboo (LP, Album) 1965
LS 86032 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley* / Nat Adderley Them Adderleys (LP, Album) 1966
LS 86033 Roland Kirk Slightly Latin (LP)  
LS 86035 Oscar Peterson Trio, The With Respect To Nat (LP, Album) 1966
LS 86036 Les McCann Ltd. Live At Shelly's Manne-Hole (LP) 1966
LS 86037 Three Sounds, The Today's Sounds (LP, Album) 1966
LS 86038 Art Blakey Hold On, I'm Coming (LP, Album) 1966
LS 86039 Oscar Peterson Blues Etude (LP, Album) 1966
LS-86040 Gerry Mulligan Something Borrowed - Something Blue (LP, Album) 1966
LS 86041 Les McCann Les McCann Plays The Hits (LP) 1966
LS 86045 Milt Jackson Born Free (LP, Album) 1968
LS 86046 Les McCann Live At Bohemian Caverns - Washington, D.C. (LP) 1967
LS 86047 Various Images Fantastiques: Electronic Experimental Music (LP) 1968
LS 86048 Various Panorama Électronique: Electronic Experimental Music (LP) 1968
LS 86049 Pierre Henry Le Voyage (LP) 1968
LS 86050 Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan Song Of The Second Moon: The Sonic Vibrations Of Tom Dissevelt & Kid Baltan (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1968
LS 86051 Percussions (Of Strasbourg), The* / Ohana* / Kabelac* 4 Etudes Choreographiques / 8 Inventions Opus 45 (LP, Album)  
LS 86052 Bengt Hambraeus Constellations & Interferences (Album) ◄ (2 versions) 1968
LS 86053 Unknown Artist Classical Ragas Of India (LP, RE)  
LS 86054 Mecki Mark Men Mecki Mark Men (LP, Album) 1968
LS 86055 Badings* / Raaijmakers* Evolutions & Contrasts (LP) 1968
LS 86056 Mrinal Sen Gupta / Lateef Ahmed Khan / Surendra Kamat / Viram Jasani Ragas Streams Of Light (LP)  
LS 86057 Unknown Artist Santūr, Tunbūk, And Tār (LP)  
LS 86058 Ruth White 7 Trumps From The Tarot Cards And Pinions (LP) 1969
LS 86059 Pierre Henry Variations For A Door And A Sigh (LP) 1968
LS 86060 Paul Bley Mr. Joy (LP, Album) 1968
LS 86061 Various Response: Electronic Music From Norway (LP) 1970
LS-86062 Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron (LP, Album, Unofficial)  
LS 86062 Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron (LP, Album, Unofficial)  
LS 86062 Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron (LP, Album) 1968
LS 86063 Sound Of Feeling, The Spleen (LP, Album) 1968
LS 86064 Peter Schat / Makoto Shinohara / Milan Stibilj - Percussions Of Strasbourg,The* Signals (LP)  
LS 86065 Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier Mass For Today / The Green Queen (LP) 1969
LS 86066 Ruth White Flowers Of Evil (LP, Album) 1969
LS 86067 Don Robertson Dawn (LP, Album) 1969
LS 86068 Mecki Mark Men Running In The Summer Night (LP) 1969
LS 86069 Paul Beaver And Bernard L. Krause* Ragnarök (LP, Album) 1969
LS-86070 Electronic Concept Orchestra Moog Groove (LP, Album) 1969
LS 86071 Melvin Jackson Funky Skull (Album) ◄ (3 versions) 1969
LS-86072 Electronic Concept Orchestra Electric Love (LP, Album) 1973
LS 86011/12 Clifford Brown The Immortal Clifford Brown (2xLP, Comp) 1965
LSD 50 Various Limelight Dealer Demonstration Record (LP, Promo)  
PAT 1051 Eric Dolphy Last Date (LP, Album, RE) 1974
PHCE-3073 Eric Dolphy Last Date (CD, Album, RE, RM, Ltd) 1997
UCCM-9097 Dizzy Gillespie And The Big Band The New Continent (CD, Album, LP )  
Y-3037 Otis Leavill Don't Let Me Down / Jane Girl (7")  

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