WHAT'S NEW

ADDITIONS TO PERMANENT PAGES OF LONDONJAZZCOLLECTOR

June 2013

• Article about LJC published in Connected magazine, Summer 2013, (uploaded scan 3 pages June 5, 2013)
• Candid Records added to the Guide to Record  Labels (June 1, 2013)

May 2013

• Major improvements to coverage of the Impulse label guide (May 31, 2013)

April 2013

• Coltrane Impulse releases on UK HMV – LJC collection (added April 19, 2013)
• Pacific Jazz added to the Guide to Record Labels (added April 6, 2013)

March 2013

• Untangling the story of the European distribution of Columbia records, based on extensive research (added March 30, 2013)
• Guide to the Columbia labels – major overhaul ( March 21, 2013)
•  Guide to Riverside label - major overhaul (updated March 14th, 2013)

February 2013

• Numerous improvements to the Columbia Guide to Record Labels (added February 26th, 2013)
• Photogallery from the Flinterman Collection of original Disques Vogue (added February 18, 2013)
• Guide to Record Labels – RCA ( added February 17, 20123)
• Blue Note: how to read a blurred ebay photo (added February 11, 2013)
• How Jazz Record Collecting Happened – an illustrated guide ( February 4, 2013)
• If you hadn’t spotted it, the LJC banner photo gets a subtle makeover, the Avid Volvere turntable in the corner is replaced by the Avid Sequel, and everything is now  mounted on a new Atacama Eco hifi support system

January 2013

• Guest post on Disques Vogue, and American Jazz in Paris, by Rudolf Flinterman (added January 28, 2013)
• The Esquire Catalogue added to the Record Label Guide for Esquire Records, pictures courtesy of Rudolf and Vera (added January 26, 2013)
• The LJC Gallery presents the  Equire Record Collection “Art Gallery” (added January 22, 2013)
• Results of a study of the back covers of Esquire, the UK licensee for Prestige which released those all-important titles between 1956 and 1964 (added January 21, 2013)
• Recipe for home brew record cleaner for use in vacuum-based record cleaning machines – the audiophile’s most important equipment after the turntable (added January 14, 2013)
• Additions to the Impulse label Guide, filling in the gaps of reissue labels from the late Sixties onwards. Photo’s courtesy of Joe L. (Added January 8, 2013)

December 2012

• Verve label guide  extended to include Clef, Verve and MGM, photos courtesy of JoeL Chicago IL (added December 28, 2012)
• The Blue Note  Liberty Years 1966-70 (added December 22, 2012)
• Atlantic record labels Cheat Sheet covering the main variations 1950′s-70′s (added December 18th, 2012)
• Listing of known Prestige Metronome editions added to the Prestige in Europe pages, courtesy of Rudolf (added December 7th, 2012)
• Photography special: covers labels and runouts – the LJC photo-technique exclusive(added expanded and  updated December 4th, 2012)
• LJC’s 350-record Guide to Blue Note First Pressings Free! (added December 2nd, 2012)

November 2012

• Milestone Records added to Guide to Record Labels (27th November, 2012)
• Guide to the Blue Note catalogue number seen on the back cover (added November 10th, 2012)
• New label guide started for Columbia (added November 5th, 2012)
• More additions to Prestige label Guide – Europe, with new ”Cheat Sheet”, new, Holland’s Artone in the LJC new, all-in-one, label and runout “forensic view” (added November 3rd, 2012)

October 2012

• Guide to the Prestige Label Guide – major update (October19, 2012)
• Blue Note Guide to the Deep Groove (added October 17, 2012)
• Audiophile tip – cone madness: mounting equipment on cones makes a big difference (added 8/10/12)
• Significant update of the Blue Note Labels chronology, with both original mono and stereo exibits and additional United Artists editions not previously included. (added 6/10/12)
• For Vinyl owners: sound improvements from precise adjustment of  the Vertical Tracking Angle of your turntable tonearm, a short illustrated how and why (added 6/10/2012)

September 2012

• Guide to Record labels: Contemporary Records major update, splitting US from European and Japanese releases, now with the Stereo history in sequence (30/09/12)
• LJC before HiFi reminisces on the Dansette portable record player, circa 1965 (added 20/09/12)
• Contemporary Records Label Guide updated with early “Stereo Records”, courtesy of photos by LJC poster Anders (16/09/12)
• A little Blues Memorabilia added to LJC Before Jazz page (10/09/12)
• Mosaic Limited Edition Collections added to Guide To Record Labels (added 1/09/12)
• LJC crosses 100,000 page views in its first year! Visitor Profile by country of origin for the last six months here. We know where you live! (added 29/08/2012)

August 2012

• United Artists Label Guide additions to show Plastylite pressings and European/US label variation from Fifties and Sixties (28/08/12)
• Housekeeping – simplifying the permanent information pages under the banner,- fewer top levels, more navigation options (23/8/12)
• LJC Exclusive Tips for buying records online, successfully (added 6/08/12)
• Bringing a whole new meaning to “VG plus” posted in Ebay Lowlights (2/08/12)

July 2012

• United Artists Jazz added to Guide to record labels (27/07/12)
• Technical notes on record photography added 14/07/12
• Blue Note Frame Cover (Kakubushi”) added 7/7/12 to Blue Note
• Miles Monk Trane “writing on cover” added to the virtual Museum (1/7/12)

June 2012

•  Fontana added to the Guide to Record Labels (addd 23/06/12)
• Record dating by UK Purchase Tax codes (added 22/06/12)
• Hints on examining vinyl records - The Vinyl Inspector  (added 17/06/12)
• Prestige recordings in Europe – Metronome Scandinavia (added 14/06/12)
• Hi fi improvement – just a few wires. (added 3/06/12)

May 2012

•  MP3 rip “Devilette” and cover inversion added to Dexter Gordon’s Clubhouse (2/05/12)
• Significant updating to the Riverside Record Label page, identifying the source of pressing plant and country of origin.(7/05/12)
• London Records added to Record Label Guide, with labels and partial jazz catalogue Listing (18/5/12)
• Jazz musicians public image as seen through their record covers (23/05/12)
• Public Health approved record covers -  occasional series (24/05/12)
• Blue Note “Division of United Artists” (1970-3) - the flower in the reissue desert (added 28/05/12)
• Contribution from Stefano, uncovering a rogue series of “Division of United Artists 1975″, added to the page above (added 1/06/12)

April 2012

• Addition to Guide to Record Labels, contributed by Cristian to Riverside, and a German Liberty Blue Note starting a new Blue note section Blue Note – Europe(06/04/12)
• Pictured, the upgrade to my Avid Volvere turntable with new external power supply and more substantial frame  My thanks to Conrad Mas, turntable designer extraordinaire (08/04/12)
• Long sought after record arrives “damaged in Transit” added in eBay Lowlights (14/04/12)
• New page under Blue Note, on inner sleeves (14/04/12)
• Atelier Sawano Japanese hyper-real replica Blue Notes, to Blue Note _ Japan (25/04/12)

March 2012

• Started a “Whats New” page in the menu bar
• The Categories sidebar expanded to list artists with a record posted in the blog. Click on artist name in Categories to bring up just the records posted for that artist. The alternative,”Search” box, returns all mentions of the artist in any post, including all the catalogue listings.
• The Blue Note Addresses including a surprise New York landmark
• The Blue Note Vinyl Detective Kit  now with extra clues.
• New book “Jazz on Record” added to reading recommendations
• Plastylite Spaceship hovers over New Jersey in search of home
• New Blue Note labels “Cheat Sheet” (10/03/12)
• Scorpio’s 304 Park Ave South  label added to the end of the Blue Note Labels Guide
• All the Blue Note Addresses as they appear on the rear slick of the covers (11/03/12)
• Blue Note Vinyl Detective Squad called out in the middle of the night to examine a suspected first pressing (16/03/12)
• Link added in “About LJC” to spoof TV “Jazz Club” (26/03/12)
• Charts of dead and alive jazz musicians by age update in Jazz Trivia (28/03/2012)