Covers

Added are images of Philips A 00107 R (record labels only) and A 00779 R.

The page Minigroove now gives more details on the standard covers used by Philips in the Minigroove years.

Recent observations led me to think Philips 07XXX series (for jazz, big band and other more popular genres) were released according to the following scheme:

070XX Most releases before 10/1956
071XX Released from 1956 onwards
072XX Released later than 9/1956
073XX Released later than 9/1956
074XX Non-existent
075XX Released later than 9/1956
076XX Most releases before 10/1956
077XX Most releases before 10/1956
078XX Non-existent
079XX Non-existent

This means that the 070XX, 076XX and 077XX ranges were released first, than came 071XX, to be followed by 072XX, 073XX, 075XX.

Sources: My own collection, Discogs and especially the Philips catalog “Amerikanische Serie, Hauptcatalog 1956/57”, which lists releases published before Sept. 30, 1956. When going through the pages all I can find are issues from the 070XX, 076XX and 077XX ranges and a few from the 071XX range.

More research is needed though.

Philips began issuing the 10 inch Favourites-serie (or Favoriten-Serie) in 1954 and not in 1956. Before, I was assuming both the 10 and 12 inch series started in 1956, but that’s not correct as can be seen in this ad from “Algemeen Handelsblad”, Sept. 17, 1954. The ad announces it as a new series.

Early album covers are made of one piece and have flaps which fold over the back cover to be glued in place. This was the common construction used for early Philips albums until probably early to mid 1955. From c. mid 1954 until early to mid 1955 Philips also issued an increasing number of these covers with lamination – both the front and the back covers were laminated (while later covers were constructed differently and had lamination on the front cover only). All early first pressings in the Favourites-series (until c. S 06040 R) are fully laminated. Philips probably started using lamination for this series.

Another album in the “Mozart Jubilee Edition 1756 – 1956”. This album was released in 1956, probably later in that year.

Click on the image above to see a complete set of larger images and more details.

Navigation buttons have been added to all pages of the Classical Favourites 7inch series, except for “Ballettmusik” (because it currently has only release).

Scans of another Mozart LP have been added: A 00166 L. And also added: front cover scans for all remaining issues in Classical Favourites, etc. (7 inch). Only a few had been added before, it has now been completed. Navigation buttons will be added soon.

Added are images for two Mozart LP’s, both from the Mozart Jubilee Edition. Click on the images below to see all images (larger).

Because of Mozart’s 200th birthday in 1956 (January 27), Philips decided to release a series of Mozart recordings in the preceding years. The series continued in and maybe even after 1956. If so, only just a couple of albums were released in 1957. Most were compiled and edited under the supervision of Mozart connaisseur and conductor Bernhard Paumgartner.

On several of the LP’s in this series it says that Philips started the Mozart Jubilee Edition in 1951. 1951 is quite early, but it’s possible that Philips launched the initiative back then. However, releases that actually mention the Mozart Jubilee Edition, seem non-existent before 1954 (except for stickers that were likely used later for left-over copies).

The following issues are mentioned (in the same order) in the “Mozart Jubileum Editie“, a booklet from early 1956 (I added the years and comments):

S 06100 R – 1956; 10inch in linen box with booklet mentioning January 1956, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo
S 05904 R – 1955; 10inch album without the Mozart Jubilee logo
S 06027 R – 1955; 10 inch album, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00614 R
A 00112 R*
A 00724 R
N 00656 R – 1953/54; 10 inch album, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00232 L
S 06031 R – 1955; 10 inch album, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00211 L
A 00676 R*
A 00696 R*
400 005 AE*
A 00283 L*
A 00239 L – 1955; LP, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00753 R – 1955; 10 inch issue, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00752 R – 1956?; 10 inch issue, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00698 R – 1954; 10 inch issue, cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00166 L – 1954 probably, LP cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00199 L – 1954; this LP won a prize in 1955, LP cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00258 L – 1955; LP cover shows the Mozart Jubilee Edition logo
A 00167 L
A 00657 R
A 00740 R
A 00197 L
A 00121 L – 1954; most likely issued late 1954; LP cover shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00260 L
400 003 AE
A 00280-82 L*
A 01125 L
A 00111 R
A 01600 R – 1953; this album does not show the Mozart Jubilee logo, but there are copies with the logo on a sticker
A 01142 L*
400 004 AE – 1955; this 7 inch EP does not show the Mozart Jubilee logo

This listing is incomplete, as the series continued after the release of the booklet – see the following unmentioned issues (most were issued in 1956):

Unmentioned:
A 00184 L* – A 1954 album, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo – should have been listed in the booklet!?
A 00207 L
A 00259 L
A 00274 L
A 00290 L
A 00305 L* – A 1956 album, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00306 L*
A 00307 L*
A 00313 L
A 00315 L
A 00318 L* – A 1956 album, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00319 L*
A 00338 L
A 00339 L – A 1956 album, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00340 L – Probably a 1957 album, showing the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00343 L
A 00357-9 L
A 00367 L
A 00375 L
A 00392 L*
A 00398 L
A 00417-19 L
A 00691 R
A 00758 R*
A 00771 R
A 00758 R – 1956 release showing the Mozart Jubilee logo, probably issued Feb. 1956
A 00778 R
A 00779 R – 1956-57; this album shows the Mozart Jubilee logo
A 00781 R
A 00997 R
S 06158 R

The record sleeve that comes with the 1956 box “Mozart Miniatuur” (S 06100 R), predicts the series will include 60 albums in 1956. 63 albums are currently listed above.

Some releases do not bear the Mozart Jubilee logo, though in some cases stickers were used to drag these issues into the series, probably pasted on left-over covers at a later moment.

Note that in the US the Mozart Jubilee Edition was issued on Epic (a Columbia subsidiary label).

Numbers marked with a asterisk are in my collection, but the albums still need to be scanned.

This EP was on the website already, with images of the pressing meant for the Dutch market. Added is the pressing meant for the German market.