Prestige Swingville

Short-lived sublabel of Prestige, releasing 41 albums between 1959 - 1963 (SVLP 2001 - SVLP 2041), focusing on Mainstream jazz played by some of the most outstanding soloists of the swing era, but who in the early 60s were "on the periphery of jazz attention" (Nat Hentoff), having little opportunity to record. Mono red or green labels with silver lettering cat#: SVLP Stereo purple labels with silver lettering cat#: SVST 1965 stereo reissues have dark blue label with the Prestige "trident" logo on the right.