[78-L] National Records

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

An important Lp of live recordings by the Billy Eckstine band made in  
February and March 1945 was issued in 1972 on 12-inch (E) Spotlite 100. 
The original issue was 100 copies. Tony Williams, proprietor of 
Spotlite, then pressed a general issue of the album as he began to 
reissue Dial 78 recordings on LP i a 100 series. Savoy two-disc package 
SLJ  2214 dubbed “Mr. B and the Band” was issued in 1976. If I recall 
correctly, it includes some alternate takes of certain recordings but 
not all of them. Also left out were certain breakdowns that Savoy had 
but chose not to issue.