A Guide for Identifying Original Pressings by Fred Cohen of The Jazz Record Center
Complete Blue Note Book by Jazz Critique
Uncompromising Expression by Richard Havers
Blue Note Records: A Story of Modern Jazz
The Business of Making Blue Note Records by LondonJazzCollector
The Definitive Guide to the Blue Note Label by LondonJazzCollector
Blue Note Typography and Typesetting by LondonJazzCollector
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As of 2026, a look at some of the catalog's most sought after titles in near mint condition as mono first pressings:
1517/ GIL MELLE - Patterns in Jazz
1524/ KENNY DORHAM - ‘Round Midnight at the Café Bohemia
1530/ JUTTA HIPP - S/T
1533/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - Introducing
1535/ KENNY DORHAM - Afro-Cuban
1536/ J.R. MONTEROSE - S/T
1537/ LOU DONALDSON - Sextet
1538/ LEE MORGAN - Indeed
1540/ HANK MOBLEY - Sextet
1541/ LEE MORGAN - Vol. 2
1549/ CLIFF JORDAN - Blowing in from Chicago
1550/ HANK MOBLEY - Quintet
1557/ LEE MORGAN - Vol. 3
1559/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - A Blowing Session
1560/ HANK MOBLY - Sextet
1564/ PAUL CHAMBERS - Quintet
1565/ CLIFF JORDAN - S/T
1567/ CURTIS FULLER - The Opener
1568/ HANK MOBLEY - S/T
1570/ SONNY CLARK - Dial ’S’ for Sonny
1572/ CURTIS FULLER - Bone & Bari
1573/ JOHN JENKINS with Kenny Burrell
1574/ HANK MOBLEY - Peckin’ Time
1575/ LEE MORGAN - City Lights
1576/ SONNY CLARK - Sonny’s Crib
1577/ JOHN COLTRANE - Blue Train
1578/ LEE MORGAN - The Cooker
1579/ SONNY CLARK - Trio
1580/ JOHNNY GRIFFIN - The Congregation
1582/ CLIFF JORDAN - Cliff Craft
1583/ CURTIS FULLER - Vol. 3
1584/ LOUIS SMITH - Here Comes Louis Smith
1588/ SONNY CLARK - Cool Struttin’
1590/ LEE MORGAN - Candy
1594/ LOUIS SMITH - Smithville
1596/ KENNY BURRELL - Blue Lights Vol. 1
1597/ KENNY BURRELL - Blue Lights Vol. 2
4006/ DIZZY REECE - Blues in Trinity
4013/ JACKIE MCLEAN - New Soil
4018/ WALTER DAVIS JR. - Davis Cup
4022/ DUKE PEARSON - Profile
4023/ DIZZY REECE - Star Bright
4028/ HORACE PARLAN - Movin’ & Groovin’
4031/ HANK MOBLEY - Soul Station
4032/ SONNY RED - Out of the Blue
4033/ DIZZY REECE - Soundin’ Off
4034/ LEE MORGAN - Lee-Way
4035/ DUKE PEARSON - Tender Feelin’s
4037/ HORACE PARLAN - Us Three
4040/ FREDDIE HUBBARD - Open Sesame
4041/ TINA BROOKS - True Blue
4043/ HORACE PARLAN - Speakin’ My Piece
4045/ FREDDIE REDD - Shades of Redd
4046/ DUKE JORDAN - Flight to Jordan
4047/ ART TAYLOR - A.T.’s Delight
4048/ DONALD BYRD - Byrd in Flight
4051/ JACKIE MCLEAN - Jackie’s Bag
4057 STANLEY TURRENTINE - Blue Hour
4058/ HANK MOBLEY - Roll Call
4059/ KENNY DREW - Undercurrent
4062/ HORACE PARLAN - Headin’ South
4063/ KENNY DORHAM - Whistle Stop
4064/ GRANT GREEN - Grant's First Stand
4073/ FREDDIE HUBBARD - Hub Cap
4080/ HANK MOBLEY - Workout
4083/ DEXTER GORDON - Dexter Calling
4098/ IKE QUEBEC - Blue & Sentimental
4112/ DEXTER GORDON - Go
4114/ IKE QUEBEC - Bossa Nova Soul Samba
4133/ DEXTER GORDON - A Swingin' Affair
4140/ JOE HENDERSON - Page One
4147/ HERBIE HANCOCK - Inventions and Dimensions
4152/ JOE HENDERSON - Our Thing
4154/ GRANT GREEN - Idle Moments
4173/ WAYNE SHORTER - Night Dreamer
4176/ DEXTER GORDON - One Flight Up
4182/ WAYNE SHORTER - Juju
4187/ LARRY YOUNG - Into Somethin'
4189/ JOE HENDERSON - Inner Urge
4191/ DUKE PEARSON - Wahoo
4194/ WAYNE SHORTER - Speak No Evil
4195/ HERBIE HANCOCK - Maiden Voyage
4198/ BOBBY HUTCHERSON - Dialogue
4205/ PETE LA ROCA - Basra
4227/ JOE HENDERSON - Mode For Joe
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