[78-L] Basie-Deucey

[Taylor Bowie]

I think part of the problem with the Basie Deccas is the very poor recording 
quality on most of them...they sound kind of flat and often muffled.  And 
those lovely Decca pressings...yuk.

I'm sure I'll get it for this,  but I prefer the Goodman Columbia of Jumpin' 
At The Woodside to the Basie version on Decca,  even with Prez,  etc.    The 
Goodman just sounds better,  and you can hear all the parts which are so 
muddy on the Decca.

The Basie Vocalions,  Columbias and Okehs...now  we're talkin'  I can play 
9:20 Special until the cows come home...whatever time that is.

Taylor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung78 at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Well EXCUUUUUUSE MEEEEE!!!


> Several years ago I played my first Bull Moose Jackson on King and it was 
> a
> ballad that I stopped about thirty seconds in.  And so for a long time 
> that
> was my impression of Bull Moose Jackson.  And I was so very wrong.  So now 
> I
> try very hard not to judge a performer by a single side or a single label 
> or
> single decade. The same applies to genres.
>
> I know almost nothing about classical 78s and not much more about Edisons
> and I plan to start my exploration of them after I am done with blues and
> bebop and hokum and big band and gospel and western swing and cajun
> and.............well, it may be a while).  But I can't see the point in
> making a pronouncement about something I don't know much about.   I make
> enough mistakes talking about stuff I think I do know.  I recently learned
> to spell accordian correctly.
>
> Julian,
> The Basie Columbias and Clefs are better as a whole than the Deccas but 
> the
> Deccas do have Shorty George and Jumping at the Woodside and One O'clock
> Jump.  There are some good sides there.
>
> I can't really speak to Moten but I do think Ella did some wonderful sides
> (the simplicity of It's Only a Paper Moon or the spunk of Ain't Nobody's
> Business in her duet with Louis Jordan).  I think Ella was incredibly
> over-exposed and that her Decca 78s contained an incredible number of 
> poorly
> chosen songs.
>
> I started down my list of country 78s and blues 78s to give you some
> suggestions and just started laughing because of the incredible variety of
> styles and because of the incredible cross overs between the two genres.
> Lonnie Johnson.  Jimmy Reed.  T-Bone Walker.  Magic Sam.  Tampa Red. 
> Merle
> Travis.   All different styles within the same genre.  Maybe you just
> haven't gone as deeply into this as you have with other genres or
> performers.
>
> And Cary could have mentioned Milton Brown who truly blurs the lines among
> many genres and who never, ever whined and who I think you would like.
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You will need to listen more then - try Red Foley, Eddy Arnold, Marty
>> Robbins, Johnny Cash, Elton Britt, the Sons of the Pioneers, and many 
>> others
>> - none of whom possessed the stereotyped "nasal whine" you speak of. I 
>> have
>> found Robbins to be the least repetitive of any country singer - he could
>> and did sing anything, from straight country to Hawaiian, blues, pop,
>> rockabilly, Jimmie Rodgers blue yodels, folk songs, western story songs, 
>> and
>> much more.
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>> >
>> > Country Music. I'm not hostile--I have some in my collection, but I do
>> > find much of it repetitive, not just from track to track, but within an
>> > individual performance. And a little nasal whine goes a long way!
>> >
>> >
>>  > Julian Vein
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