First-year pressing
Hard Bop 1957 US Pressing (CL 1040)
Hard Bop by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Mono
- Artist
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- Title
- Hard Bop
- Label
- Columbia CL 1040
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1957
- Format
- LP, Album, Mono
- Format notes
- Microgroove
Runout and matrix codes
Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.
- XLP41646-1G HSide A runout, variant 1
- XLP41647-1B HSide B runout, variant 1
- XLP41646-1C HSide A runout, variant 2
- XLP41647-1C HSide B runout, variant 2
- XLP41646-1C HSide A runout, variant 3
- XLP41647-1B HSide B runout, variant 3
Other US pressings of Hard Bop
- 1957Columbia CL 1040LP, Album, Mono
- 1957Columbia CL 1040LP, Album, Promo, Mono
- 1980Columbia PC 36809LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono
- 2013Columbia CL 1040 / Sony Music Commercial Music Group 88725451051LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Mono
- 2022Columbia CL 1040 / Sony Music Commercial Music Group 88725451051LP, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Mono
- ?Columbia CL 1040LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition