Label Guide: Limelight
Limelight Records was a subsidiary label of Mercury Records, launched in 1965 and originally headed by Quincy Jones. A total of 71 albums were released on Limelight between 1965 and 1969, orginally only jazz recordings, but the label diversified into other genres in the late 1960s.
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1. Label Variation
first Limelight label (1965 - 1968)
This is the original green label for all Limelight releases until at least LS-86046, probably well into the LS-86050s. There are different shades of green for the background, some labels come in a very dark tone.
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2. Label Variation
second Limelight label (late 1968 - 1969)
The pink label was introduced in 1968 and used as the original label for the last about 15 releases on Limelight, but also for re-pressings of earlier albums.