Latest Updates - The Castle Jazz Band

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Comment by han enderman:

Castle 9 - images of the original label type ('Castle Records' #1) added (should be moved up). And A-side image of a later variant (#2) with title in larger font (as on the very last type).

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Comment by han enderman:

Castle 6 - After Castle Records 13 the label name was changed into Castle (without Records). A few repressings of earlier issues also have this last Castle label, including Castle 6. Good images of the first issue of Castle 6 are on discogs. These have "No. 6" positioned more inwards (on HF-13 "No." placed above the 'E' of 'Love'). - Added are 2 images of the original label type: a later printing of the A-side (with title/credit printed as on the last type) and the first printing of the B-side (as on discogs).

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Comment by han enderman:

Castle 4 - 2 label variants added. On the first four Castle issues (i.e., before No. 5) the label type and layout are aberrant on the early pressings. Castle 1-4 omit the catnr on the original issues, but nrs 2-4 show the mx.nr at 3. Later pressings have the mx at 9 and show the cat.nr at 3. The catnr can be positioned more inwards or near the rim. Here I guess that "No. 4" was first printed in the same way as "HF-10" before (i.e. above the word BLUES), and that on later printings it was moved outwards, so it was positioned at 3 in the same way as the mx was printed at 9.

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Comment by LaurenceD SUBS:

International Musician (July 1949): "the Castle label was owned cooperatively by the members of the Castle Jazz Band"