[78-L] VJM article: British Jazz Albums of the 1930s and 1940s

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

The Beiderbecke Memorial Album was released by Victor July 30, 1936, so 
it falls between the two Classic Swing albums (March and April 1936) 
and the Elizalde album released in December 1936. Recordings for 
American Brunswick’s “Blackbirds of 1928” album were made between 
December 1932 and the end of January 1933, so the recordings could not 
have been issued in Britain in 1932. In 1968, Columbia released an LP 
album entitled “Blackbirds of 1928” (OL-6770) as a 40th anniversary 
homage to the original 1928 show. The packaging and notes are first 
class and the music enjoyable.