Sing Along With Basie

Reissue of Roulette Birdland Series, Sing Along With Basie on created budget label by Roulette in 1974. Yellow EMUS labels with black text, one of three logo variant labels, which were all in use at the same time. Original release date confirmed by BSN pubs, 1974. Whether this pressing of the release is 1974 is not as clear; the address on the jacket is the company's address until 1977. Roulette repeatedly pressed the same records at the same or different pressing plants between 1974 and 1975. The address for EMUS Record Corp. is the same for Roulette Records Inc. Pressed by Bestway Products Inc. identified by the matrix suffix bw on the labels. Also by the etched BESTWAY in the deadwax. Lacquers were cut by Joe Brescio, whose signature looks like Sre. see profile images. Joe Brescio worked at Bell Sound Studios until 1975. A label variant of the other US release in the database, Sing Along With Basie. The label logo is different font, this is bold serif block font.