[78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

So there was a 40's set of this which got reissued in the 50's & 60's? Wow, I 
didn't know that. Do you know the original 30's record numbers? Sounds silly but 
I'd like to track down both 40's & 50's sets as well as a full set of the 30's 
issues one day.

Would your 40's era 78 rpm album set ever go up for sale? If not then thats 
fine. I'll just try Ebay.....




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 11:18:42 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?


From the 1942 catalog (which saved me going down the hall and getting the 
album down):

18121: 627 Stomp (Pete Johnson)/Piney Brown Blues (Joe Turner)
18122: Baby Dear/Harmony Blues (Mary Lou Williams)
18123: The Count/Twelfth Street Rag (Andy Kirk)
18124: South/Lafayette (Hot Lips Page)
18125: Good Morning Blues/Doggin' Around (Count Basie)
18126: Moten's Swing/I Want a Little Girl (Eddie Durham)

One of many great anthology albums Decca issued in the early 40s. Dave Dexter 
Jr wrote about instigating that series when he was still too young to vote.

dl

On 10/8/2010 12:09 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I've got a mid 60's lp issue of this which was originally put out in the 50's.
> It's 12 tracks have Count Basie, Eddie Durham, Pete Johnson, Andy Kirk, Hot 
>Lips
> Page, Joe Turner and Mary Lou Williams as the artists with all the recordings
> made sometime in the 30's for Decca. Have never found the original 50's lp nor
> the 78 rpm set of this record which was also issued in the 50's. I just wonder
> if they are really that rare or have I just been unlucky in my hunting for 
them
> all these years. Sometime I might dig that album up then post the track 
>listings
> with the artists so that someone here could give me the original 30's Decca
> record numbers&  tell me which track is an A side or a B side plus whats on 
the
> other side of the original 30's issue records. Maybe one day I might be able 
to
> track them all down. Not that I'm keen about any type of jazz (I'm really not)
> but some of the tracks on that lp are pretty good so finding the 50's 78 rpm
> reissue discs or better yet the original 1930's issues might be fun!!
>
> The only one I know about is Decca 18125-B which is Doggin Around by Count 
>Basie
> &  His Orchestra with no idea whats on the A side as I've never seen that 
>record.
> Anybody know?
>
> I dug up the record&  here is the track listing.
>
> South
>
> Lafayette
> Oran Hot Lips Page
>
> Good Morning Blues (Vocal by James Bushing)
>
> Doggin Around
> Count Basie&  His Orchestra
>
> Moten's Swing
>
> I Want A Little Girl
> Eddie Durham&  His Band
>
> 627 Stomp
> Pete Johnsons Band
>
> Piney Brown Blues
> Joe Turner&  His Fly Cats
>
> Baby Dear
>
> Harmony Blues
> Mary Lou Williams&  Her Kansas City Seven
>
> The Count
>
> Twelfth Street Rag
> Andy Kirk&  His Clouds Of Joy.
>
> Just found the 50's LP issue on Ebay. Yay!! Now to hunt down the 50's 78 rpm
> reissue set plus the original 30's 78's.....
>