Guide to Mercury, EmArcy and Limelight Records (Jazz Label Guide No. 8; Episode 376)

The series of videos focusing on individual jazz record labels continues with an eighth episode. In this instalment Allan discusses Mercury Records, the all-purpose music label created by Irving Green, Art Talmadge and Berle Adams in 1945 which became a Chicago institution and which released many of the finest jazz records ever produced. Plus attention to Mercury's important sub-imprints EmArcy Records and Limelight Records, and the usual tips for new collectors.

00:00 Introduction to Mercury Records
02:43 Part 1: The Founding of Mercury Records
07:27 Part 2: The Early Years at Mercury
09:27 Part 3: Norman Granz, John Hammond and Mercury's Jazz Division
13:21 Part 4: Bob Shad and the Creation of EmArcy
25:32 Part 5: Quincy Jones, Limelight, and Mercury in the 1960s
33:10 Part 6: The End of Mercury Jazz
35:24 Part 7: Detail on Collecting Mercury, EmArcy and Limelight Jazz
51:41 Part 8: Tips for Collectors and Concluding Thoughts

See also:

- https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress...
- https://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-rec...
- Various interviews and blog posts on Marc Myers' JazzWax site, at https://www.jazzwax.com
- Matsubayashi Kohji's Mercury site at https://microgroove.jp/mercury/

Check out the channel's home page and subscribe for weekly record reviews, label guides, special episodes and much more.