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

[David Lennick]

I know I have the 78 set (A 214) and I know I've seen it a couple of times, but 
whether I currently have an extra, I can't say. It seems to turn up less 
frequently than the Gems of Jazz sets.

dl

On 10/8/2010 12:35 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> 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 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.....
>>
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