[78-L] National Records

[Julian Vein]

Geoffrey Wheeler wrote:
> 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. 
>   
> _______________________________________________
I find Eckstine's singing tedious in the extreme. As I recall, he was no 
great shakes on valve-trombone. I had all the Emarcy 12" LP reissues at 
one time, and got rid of them. I have one Japanese Mercury LP of the 
better stuff. Savoy reissues of National sides were never as good as the 
12" Emarcys (e.g. Joe Turner and Charlie Ventura).

      Julian Vein


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