[78-L] re-issues

[Julian Vein]

David Lennick wrote:
> Thomas Stern wrote:
>> What were the first 8 track per side LPs ?
> 
> Not claiming that these are the first, but RCA LPM 1364 (Duke Ellington: In a 
> Mellotone) and LPM 1503 (Fats Waller: One Never Knows, Do One) have 8 tracks 
> per side. Issued in 1956 and 1957 respectively. I don't know why I associated 
> Grauer and Keepnews with these..they were producing RCA reissues, but on "X" 
> and for the 10-volume alphabetical Encyclopedia of Jazz.

> 
> dl
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There was also the Muggsy Spanier Ragtimers on RCA LPM1295. Willis 
Conover used to play this incessantly at the time. French RCA were 
issuing 8 tracks per side on their "Horizons du Jazz" series, but not 
sure when they started.

      Julian Vein


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