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How to tell dates of Blue Note records?

I've recently begun collecting Blue Note records and love the sound of them. However, its difficult for me to tell the difference between the originals and the multiple re-issues. Is there a rule of thumb or guideline to telling which records are from which era?
mikeyc8
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chashmal
605 posts
 
You could call Fred at JRC:

http://www.jazzrecordcenter.com/
mikeyc8 OP
174 posts
 
Yeah, I've heard the Japanese were paying huge bucks for them a few years ago.... now they're all out of circulation here in North America.
hevac1
812 posts
 
Chashmal,
Me either.
chashmal
605 posts
 
I'm not selling mine!
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mikeyc8 OP
174 posts
 
where I have most difficulty is in determining the age of the re-issues, eg., are they from the 1980's, 1990's or 2000's as they all pretty much have the same label and look the same to me.
starcon
98 posts
 
a handy reference is the Record guide from goldmine which has a section in the front which lists most of the labels and explains which ones are from which dates such as capitol -rainbow green orange red etc. available at most book stores Barnes and Noble for ex.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
kleene.ss.uci.edu/~rmay/Bluenote.html
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