First-year pressing
Plays The Blues 1953 US Pressing (RLP 1001)
Plays The Blues by Louis Armstrong
Mono
- Artist
- Louis Armstrong With Ma Rainey, Trixie Smith, Grant & Wilson
- Title
- Plays The Blues
- Label
- Riverside Records RLP 1001
- Country
- US
- Released
- January 1953
- Format
- LP, 10", Compilation, Styrene, Mono
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.
- RLP 1001 - 1A label
- RLP 1001 - 2B label
- RLP 1001-1 16I GR LP 1 AA etched. GR LP 1 A, raised stamp
- RLP 1001-2 16I GR LP 1BB etched, GR LP 1B, raised stamp