WORLD PACIFIC 45 RPM 77800 SERIES

PART FOUR – 77861 / 77880

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The 77800 45 single series began when the release designation for the 400 45 single series was reassigned to a matrix series with the release of 77800 that carried matrix numbers WP-429-B and WP-430. The second release in the 77800 series, 77801, had matrix numbers WP-432 and WP-433.  The 77800 series would be the final 45 RPM single series for the World Pacific/Pacific Jazz/Aura line and would be a mixed bag of musical genres, drawing from the new Pacific Jazz PJ series, the World Pacific 1400 and 1800 LP series, the Aura LP series and random single releases not drawn from an LP release. 

The artists represented in this third group of releases include: Walter Wanderley, The Rainy Day Friends, The Mariachi Brass with Chet Baker, The Hard Times, Bob Lind, The Sandals, Gil & Johnny (Johnny Cole & Gil Garfield), Jack Carroll, Ravi Shankar & Bud Shank, Ravi Shankar, Vince Donofrio, Jack Tracey, George Tipton, Ray Pohlman, The Marketts, Johnny Tame, The Meditations, The Joyride, Mort Garson and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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PACIFIC JAZZ 12” LP – NEW PJ SERIES

PART NINE - ST-20161 / ST-20175

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This group of releases in the new PJ series completes the use of the ST-20000 numerical sequence, all releases in stereo.  Label logos in this last group of releases exhibit three variations. ST-20164 was not assigned in this series.

An earlier version of the “World Pacific Jazz” [WPJ] logo had been used in the previous group of releases where it was simply “World Pacific” [WP].

Jazz artists represented in this group of releases include:  Wilbert Longmire, Joe Sample, Freddy Robinson, Monk Higgins, Richard “Groove” Holmes, The Jazz Crusaders, Les McCann, Gerald Wilson, Klaus Doldinger, Jean-Luc Ponty, George Duke, The Buddy Rich Big Band, Bud Shank, The Bob Alcivar Singers, Bob Alcivar, Richard “Groove” Holmes & Ernie Watts, Jean-Luc Ponty & Frank Zappa and The Gerald Wilson Orchestra.

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WORLD PACIFIC 12” LP – 1800 SERIES

PART FIVE – WPS-21881 / WPS-21904

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This fifth group of releases in 1800 series concludes use of that numerical series by World Pacific.  All of the releases were stereo or mono reprocessed to simulate stereo, all release numbers with a “2” prefix that had been used when mono releases in the series needed to be distinguished from stereo releases. Several numbers were not assigned or used in this group: WPS-21885, WPS-21901, and WPS-21902.

Artists represented on this group of releases include: J. P. Rags, Harper & Row, Billy Larkin & The Delegates, The Sandals, Shakey Jake, George Smith, Roy Harper, Lord Buckley, Sunnyland Slim, Billy Larkin, The Groundhogs, The Carnival, Peter Sarstedt, The Craig Hundley Trio, Big Joe Williams, Dr. K’s Blues band, The Fortunes, and The Rockin’ Berries.

Steve LaVere and Pete Welding produced a series of four albums in a series entitled “BLUESMAKERS”  that have not been reissued on CD.  Given the popularity of the blues market it would seem that the four albums would make a handsome 2 CD set complete with the original liner notes by Pete Welding.

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