Vinyl pressings
by Jimmy Smith · 1959
The Sermon! was first pressed on vinyl in 1959. Every vinyl pressing is listed below with its label, catalog number and runout codes, so you can tell an original from a reissue.
2 pressings came out in 1959, the album's first year. Compare the label and catalog number on your copy, then the codes etched or stamped in the runout groove (the dead wax around the label): they are the surest sign of an early pressing.
BN-LP-4011-A RVG P 9MSide A runout
BN-LP-4011-B RVG P 9MSide B Runout
BN 4011-ASide A label matrix
BN 4011-BSide B label matrix
BN-ST-4011 A 84011 ASide A Runout Etching
BN-ST-4011 BSide B Runout Etching
RVG STEREORunout Stamp - Both Sides
Not sure how to read the runout? See matrix numbers, runout and dead wax and how to tell a first pressing.
By decade, oldest first. Open a pressing for its full label, barcode and runout details.
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | US | Blue Note BST 4011First yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1959 | US | Blue Note 4011 / Blue Note BLP 4011First yearLP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| 1962 | US | Blue Note 4011 / Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Repress, Mono · Mono |
| 1962 | US | Blue Note 4011 / Blue Note BST 4011LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1962 | US | Blue Note BST 4011LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1962 | US | Blue Note BST 4011LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo · Colored vinyl |
| 1962 | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1965 | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| 1966 | Japan | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1966 | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono | LP, Album, Mono, Reissue · Mono |
| 1966 | US | Blue Note BLP 4011 / Blue Note BLP-4011LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo |
| 1967 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1967 | US | Blue Note BST 4011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | US | Blue Note BST 84011 / Blue Note BLP-4011/84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1970 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1971 | France | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | South Africa | Blue Note BNTJ(M) 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1973 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1975 | South Africa | Blue Note BLC 84011LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1977 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Reissue, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| 1977 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Repress · Colored vinyl | LP, Album, Reissue, Repress · Colored vinyl |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Japan | Blue Note GXK 8210LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1984 | Netherlands | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1985 | France | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1985 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
| 1985 | US | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1985 | Japan | Blue Note BNJ 71051 / Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue | LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue |
| 1985 | Japan | Blue Note BST 84011 / Blue Note BNJ 71051LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo · Promo | LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo · Promo |
| 1987 | France | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Japan | Blue Note 84011 / Blue Note ST-48011LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited | LP, Album, Stereo, Reissue, Limited Edition · Limited |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Spain | Blue Note 4011 / Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2012 | France | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| 2012 | France | Blue Note 4011 / Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2013 | Europe | Down at Dawn DAD101 / DoxyLP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo · Unofficial | LP, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo · Unofficial |
| 2013 | Europe | DOL DOL1055HGLP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 2018 | Europe | Vinyl Passion VP 90075LP, Album, Remastered, Stereo | LP, Album, Remastered, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | France | Blue Note BST 84011LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | France | Blue Note BST 84.011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| ? | Japan | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo | LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| ? | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Reissue, Mono · Mono |
| ? | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
| ? | US | Blue Note BST 4011 / Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| ? | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mispress, Stereo, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mispress, Stereo, Mono · Mono |
| ? | US | Blue Note BLP 4011LP, Album, Mono · Mono | LP, Album, Mono · Mono |
46 vinyl pressings of The Sermon! are listed here, from 7 countries, released between 1959 and 2018.
The earliest pressings are from 1959, in US. One of them is Blue Note 4011, released December 1959.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use 4011, BST 4011) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, BN-LP-4011-A RVG P 9M and BN-LP-4011-B RVG P 9M. Later reissues often keep the catalog number but change the label design or the runout codes.
It depends on which pressing you have and on the condition of the record and its sleeve. Early pressings from the album's home country in near mint condition are usually worth the most; common later reissues are worth far less. Scan your copy with VinylLens to see its value for every grade.
