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Blue Note · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Black Orchid

Black Orchid cover
RecordedMar 7-8, 1962
LabelBlue Note
CatalogBLP 4155
Released1962
Discogsmaster 202468

The record

The Gene Harris-led Three Sounds doing what kept jukeboxes and Blue Note's ledgers happy -- polished, blues-rooted piano-trio sides.

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 15 pressings on file.

1964Blue Note · BLP 4155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono earliest on file · deep groove; RVG stamp
1964Blue Note · ST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Plastylite Pressed · deep groove; RVG stamp; Plastylite ear
1964Blue Note · ST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, DG Side 1 · deep groove (one side)
1964Blue Note · ST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Deep Groove · deep groove; Plastylite ear
1973Blue Note · BST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo · RVG stamp
1994Blue Note · TOCJ-4155 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1994Blue Note · TOCJ-4155 — CD, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1998Blue Note · 7243 8 21289 2 2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1998Blue Note · CDP 7243 8 21289 2 2 — CD, Album, Reissue
2015Blue Note · UCCQ-5104 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, SHM-CD
Blue Note — STEREO
Blue Note · BST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Blue Note · BST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Blue Note · BST-84155 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo