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Label Code: LC 0236 / LC LC 00236.
For unofficial releases/counterfeit/bootlegs, please Bob Thiele.
In the 60s, the Canadian versions of the label were manufactured by ABC Impulse! label brand.
It operated until 1979, though new recordings had stopped by 1977; it survived on with reissues.
1979 ABC was bought by MCA Records and Impulse! shut down along with all of the other ABC-d labels.

Impulse is known as The House That Trane Built because of John Coltrane's 1961-67 association with the label.

MCA revived the label mainly as a reissue imprint with a few new releases in the 1980s. It was reactivated as part of MCA-owned Universal Music Group.

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 Verve Label Group

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 The Impulse! Reissue Series, ...

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E-Mail: [at]vervemusicgroup.com

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Impulse! 2220 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA https://www.impulserecords.com/

Manufacturer EU

Universal Music Group Europe 's-Gravelandseweg 80 1217 EW Hilversum THE NETHERLANDS https://discogs.sitiobypass.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="02616d6f6f776c6b6163766b6d6c7142776f77716b612c616d6f">[email protected]

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  • Nick1979's avatar
    Nick1979
    Hi, where could I find a complete list of Impulse! digipak cds released between 1996-1998? thanks
    • littleweasel's avatar
      littleweasel
      Some information I have on Impulse! original vinyl pressings:

      1961 - 1962: AM-PAR Record Corp. (does anyone know which is the last AM-PAR issue? At least A(S)-32 Ballads 1st pressing have Am-Par on label). Orange + black label, laminated gatefold cover
      1962 - 1968: abc Paramount Records (which is the last issue with Paramount text?) Orange + black label, laminated gatefold cover
      1968 - 19xx: abc Records have orange + black label, laminated gatefold cover
      1970's issues have black + red rim label, laminated gatefold cover

      Does anyone have more detailled information, on which point the records company name is changed?

      In addition to these releases there are some Capitol club releases with orange+black label, abc Paramount text. At least Coltrane: Love Supreme and Live at Birdland.
      • DeletedDiscogs
        I love looking at my CD shelf seeing the orange and black spines. Something very aestheticly pleasing about it. From the 60's to the early 70's Impulse! was jazz's hottest label. They had a solid artist, who was Coltrane, but they also kept bringing in jazz's hottest artists at the time as well. Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, Duke Ellington, and Charles Mingus just to name a few. When Impulse! started, glossy gatefold records wasn't a common thing in jazz and this gave them an image that still stands up today. I think they also helped open the worlds eyes to free jazz as well. The reissues that Impulse! has been coming out with are great and often feature great notes about the release and bonus tracks. Defiantly one of my favorite jazz label's and I recommend people check out the book "Impulse!: The House That Trane Built" if they want to know the full history. They spill the beans on everything that went down!

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