[78-L] West End Blues

[David London]

Yes, it is the Hot 5 version.  Further googling shows much praise for it,
just as you say.

I will treat it carefully and enjoy it.  I don't know where I got it from -
must have been in one of those 'boxes of old records' that I have collected.

Dave

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:

> If you've got the Hot 5 version, you have, in my opinion, one of the
> greatest recordings Armstrong ever made.  It leads my desert island list.
>
> Ron L
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David London
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:06 PM
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> Subject: [78-L] West End Blues
>
> Hi,
>
> I was just playing some old jazz 78s and found one quite interesting.
>  "West
> End Blues" by Louis Armstrong.  As it was on a very old looking 78, I
> thought I'd google it, and was quite surprised and happy to find that it's
> a
> very well known and respected recording.
>
> You guys probably know all about it, but here's one link that goes into a
> LOT of detail
>
> http://dippermouth.blogspot.com/2009/06/81-years-of-west-end-blues.html
>
> btw:  is there a way to search the archives of the 78-L mailing list?
>
> Dave
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