[78-L] EFHJREM

[David Lennick]

Velvet Moon..Lament to Love..My Silent Love..actually there have been quite a 
few reissues of Harry's romantic stuff on LP (and CD?), and the Forrest, Haymes 
and Sinatra sides mostly fall into that category.

dl

Jeff Sultanof wrote:
> There are some really beautiful James sides that will probably never see the
> light of legal reissue, since they are not jazz-oriented. I've always loved
> "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" and "The Love I Long For." The arrangements
> (Jack Mathias?) are excellent.
> 
> Jeff Sultanof
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM, David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Last night at the Jazz Bash I saw a rather unusual sight.  One of the
>> dealers had a large amount of 78s unsold, including some that were still
>> in about a half dozen boxes under the table.  He bequeathed them to
>> Scott Wenzel of Mosaic Records who at first said they would be 50 cents
>> apiece until he looked at them.  In those boxes were EFHJREM -- Every
>> Freaking Harry James Record Ever Made.  HUNDREDS of them.  MANY hundreds
>> of them.  Including sleeves with three or five records in them -- all of
>> the same record.  A few did find other homes, even Dan Morgenstern took
>> a couple of 'em.  I picked up his Eli Eli, always wondered what that
>> sounded like. But when I left there were still a table full of 'em.  But
>> I think we can be well assured that there will not be a Harry James box
>> set coming out of Mosaic.
>>
>> Mike (I wonder if the two Black cleaning guys are interested in Harry
>> James) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
>>
>>
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>> Actually, I wish there would be a Mosaic box of the best James sides - I
>> love his band!
>>
>> Dave W.
>>