Limelight Records was a jazz record label and subsidiary of Mercury Records started in 1962. The catalogue included music by Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Milt Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, and Oscar Peterson.
Originally headed by Quincy Jones, its activities were directed by the producer Jack Tracy. Though mainly a jazz label, it also released rock, experimental, electronic, and Indian music.
The label's masters are now controlled by Verve Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group, which has reissued some of the Limelight releases on CD.
The Limelight label was renowned for releasing artistically ambitious gatefold albums with full-colour full-page illustrated inserts, sometimes with die-cut pages, making each album a unique visual as well as audio document.
Discography Albums # Artist Album 86001 Blakey, Art 'S Make It 86002 Various Artists I/We Had a Ball 86003 Baker, Chet Baby Breeze 86004 Mulligan, Gerry Butterfly with Hiccups 86005 Gibbs, Terry El Nutto 86006 Jackson, Milt In a New Setting 86007 Gillespie, Dizzy Jambo Caribe 86008 Kirk, Roland I Talk with the Spirits 86009 Adderley, Cannonball & John Coltrane Cannonball and Coltrane 86010 Peterson, Oscar Canadiana Suite 86011/12 Brown, Clifford The Immortal Clifford Brown 86013 Dolphy, Eric Last Date 86014 Three Sounds, The Three Moods 86015 Mingus, Charles Mingus Revisited 86016 McCann, Les But Not Really 86017 Various Artists Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert 86018 Blakey, Art Soul Finger 86019 Baker, Chet Baker's Holiday 86020 Hines, Earl Grand Reunion 1 86021 Mulligan, Gerry If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em! 86022 Gillespie, Dizzy The New Continent 86023 Peterson, Oscar Eloquence 86024 Jackson, Milt Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art 86025 McCann, Les Beaux J. Pooboo 86026 Three Sounds, The Beautiful Friendship 86027 Kirk, Roland Rip Rig and Panic 86028 Hines, Earl Grand Reunion 2 86029 Peterson, Oscar With Respect to Nat 86030 Mulligan, Gerry Feelin' Good 86031 McCann, Les Beaux J. Pooboo 86032 Adderley, Cannonball & Nat Them Adderleys 86033 Kirk, Roland Slightly Latin 86034 Blakey, Art Buttercorn Lady 86035 Peterson, Oscar With Respect to Nat 86036 McCann, Les Live at Shelly's Manne-Hole 86037 Three Sounds, The Today's Sounds 86038 Blakey, Art Hold On, I'm Coming 86039 Peterson, Oscar Blues Etude 86040 Mulligan, Gerry Something Borrowed - Something Blue 86041 McCann, Les Les McCann Plays the Hits 86042 Gillespie, Dizzy The Melody Lingers On 86043 McCann, Les Bucket o' Grease 86044 Peterson, Oscar Soul Español 86045 Jackson, Milt Born Free 86046 McCann, Les Live at Bohemian Caverns - Washington, DC 86047 Various Artists Images Fantastiques 86048 Various Artists Panorama Electronique 86049 Henry, Pierre Le Voyage 86050 Dissevelt, Tom & Kid Baltan Songs of the Second Moon 86051 The Percussions Of Strasbourg The Percussions of Strasbourg 86052 Hambraeus, Bengt Constellations and Interferences 86053 Bhattacharya, Deben Classical Ragas of India 86054 Mecki Mark Men Mecki Mark Men 86055 Badings & Raaijmakers Evolutions and Contrasts 86056 Khan, Lateef Ahmed Ragas: Streams of Light – Three North Indian Ragas 86057 Various Artists Santur, Tunbuk, and Tar: Music and Drum Rhythms from Iran 86058 White, Ruth Seven Trumps from the Tarot Card/Pinions 86059 Henry, Pierre Variations for a Door and a Sigh 86060 Bley, Paul Mr. Joy 86061 Various Artists Response/Electronic Music from Norway 86062 Fifty Foot Hose Cauldron 86063 Sound of Feeling, The Spleen 86064 Percussions of Strasbourg, The Signals 86065 Henry, Pierre Mass for Today/The Green Queen 86066 White, Ruth Flowers of Evil 86067 Robertson, Don Dawn 86068 Mecki Mark Men Running in the Summernight 86069 Beaver & Krause Ragnarok - Electronic Funk 86070 Electronic Concept Orchestra, The Moog Groove 86071 Jackson, Melvin Funky Skull 86072 Electronic Concept Orchestra, The Electric Love
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