US
August 1968- Label and catalog number
- Project 3 PR 5024SD
- Format
- LP, Album, Stereo · Gatefold
- Runout / matrix
PR-5024-S-A-2S rLSide A runout
PR-5024-S-B-2S rLSide B runout
Vinyl pressings
by Urbie Green · 1968
21 Trombones Rock Blues Jazz was first pressed on vinyl in 1968. 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 1968, 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.
PR-5024-S-A-2S rLSide A runout
PR-5024-S-B-2S rLSide B runout
PR-5024-SDA-1S I VISide A stamped
PR-5024-SDB-1S I VISide B stamped
PR 5024 SD-ASide A label
PR 5024 SD-BSide B label
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | US | Project 3 PR 5024SDFirst yearLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1968 | US | Project 3 PR 5024SDFirst yearLP, Album | LP, Album |
| 1969 | Australia | Calendar Records SR66-9,756 / Calendar Records SR66-9756LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1969 | Canada | Project 3 PR 5024SDLP, Album, Repress, Stereo | LP, Album, Repress, Stereo |
| 1969 | Italy | Project 3 PR 5024 SDLP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Netherlands | Project 3 SHCD 5024LP, Album, Quadraphonic | LP, Album, Quadraphonic |
| 1973 | US | Project 3 PR 5024 SDLP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| 1973 | US | Project 3 PR 5024 CD4LP, Album, Quadraphonic | LP, Album, Quadraphonic |
| 1973 | US | Project 3 PR 5024 QD / Project 3 PR 5024 CD4LP, Album, Quadraphonic | LP, Album, Quadraphonic |
| 1973 | US | Project 3 PR 5024 QDLP, Album, Quadraphonic | LP, Album, Quadraphonic |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | US | Project 3 PR 5024LP, Album, Reissue | LP, Album, Reissue |
| Year | Country | Label and catalog number | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Australia | Project 3 SPJL-933,046LP, Album, Stereo | LP, Album, Stereo |
| ? | Netherlands | Project 3 33.021LP, Album | LP, Album |
13 vinyl pressings of 21 Trombones Rock Blues Jazz are listed here, from 5 countries, released between 1968 and 1984.
The earliest pressings are from 1968, in US. One of them is Project 3 PR 5024SD, released August 1968.
Check the catalog number on the label (first-year pressings use PR 5024SD) and the codes etched in the runout groove, then compare them with the pressings listed above; for example, PR-5024-S-A-2S rL and PR-5024-S-B-2S rL. 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.