[78-L] Jan August, Piano magic: album, series, catchphrase?

[David Lennick]

I think I have two Jan August albums on Diamond..will check. The set really 
worth finding on that label is by Harry The Hipster Gibson, which I've had 
(discs only, no album) once complete and once missing a disc.

Odd that Jan August would end up on Mercury which also issued a disc by Feb 
September (who was really Liberace).

dl

Glenn Longwell wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>  
> I have this same album.  Mine came with 2010 in it.  It also says Piano Magic on the disc.  As for other Diamond Jan August discs I have 2009, 2032 (came separately), 2069 and 2078.  All say Piano Magic on them.  So would appear to be a catch phrase for Jan August discs. Rhythm Stylists is also below his name on all the discs.  I only have one other Diamond and it's of Jerry Cooper "Voice with a heart."
> 
> Regards,
> Glenn
> 
> --- On Mon, 2/9/09, Stephen Davies <SDavies at mtroyal.ca> wrote:
> 
> From: Stephen Davies <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
> Subject: [78-L] Jan August, Piano magic: album, series, catchphrase?
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 2:44 PM
> 
> I won an eBay auction for "Jan August: Piano magic"; it's an album
> from 
> Diamond Discs "with tones that sparkle" (Cat# D5).  The masters later
> 
> appeared on Mercury.
> 
> The album cover clearly states that the three records inside are:
>     1. "Tea for two" b/w "A pretty girl is like a melody"
> (Cat# 2010)
>     2. "Make believe" b/w "My melancholy baby" (Cat# 2030)
>     3. "Ol' man river" b/w "Some of these days" (Cat#
> 2031)
> 
> But instead of disc 1, I received: "My shawl" b/w "Without
> you" (Cat# 
> 2032)
> 
> It seems, numerically, to belong to this album, but the problem is that 
> all four discs have something like a series title "Piano magic" next
> to 
> the spindle hole.
> 
> My questions are:
>     1) Was this album released in different versions, with one disc 
> substituted in the later edition? Or, is the cover just a misprint?
>     2) Was "Piano magic" a catchphrase that appeared on all of Jan 
> August's discs, or is it exclusively this album's name?
>     3) To what does the phrase "Rhythm Stylists" refer, appearing
> below 
> Jan August's name on each disc?
> 
> 
> See photos at: http://bigband-smallband.blogspot.com/
> Thanks for any help in resolving this.
> 
> - Stephen D
> Calgary
> 
>