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Identifying first and subsequent pressings

1971-73 address replaced by year of copyright.

Late 1970 Impulse logo becomes registered trademark, adds registered trademark symbol ® bottom left and right of the logo box which is now split into two boxes Ed Michel begins to be credited as producer following departure of Bob Thiele (who takes Van Gelder away with him).

1968-70: black/red ring new label design, maintains ABC Records, Inc.

1963-66: “A PRODUCT OF ABC-PARAMOUNT RECORDS, INC.”.

1960-63: “A PRODUCT OF AM-PAR RECORD CORP.”.

Thus in the period 1960-73 there are five chronological label variations to be found (all dates are approximate)

Hence Impulse! titles issued on the orange/black ring first label can be dated from which of the three company names appears at the bottom of the label. Subsequently the orange/black ring label was replaced by a new design, the black/red ring label, which had two iterations before it was finally replaced in 1973 by the all-black/neon logo label. The Early Impulse! Years (1960-73) Am Par, ABC Paramount and ABC Impulse :ĪBC Paramount’s record division, owner of the Impulse! label, went through a number of name changes during this period.The Am-Par Record Corporation from 1955, changed in 1962 to ABC-Paramount Records, Inc., and then again in 1967 to ABC Records, Inc. Impulse! transition chronologically, from ABC Paramount ownership in 1960 finally to MCA ownership in 1978/9, a magnificent legacy of jazz recordings, found on these five principal label designs: orange/black, black/red rim, black/neon logo, green bullseye, and blue/rainbow:

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