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

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

Whenever you have time Dave. Ty's site? I don't know about it.....




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From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thu, October 7, 2010 11:22:56 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?

Of course this still doesn't answer your other question, about the original 
issue numbers. That's for another day. Or maybe they're cross referenced on 
Ty's site..takes too long and the presence of 2 or 3 volumes of the Decca Books 
to look them up that way.

dl

On 10/8/2010 12:18 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>
>    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.....
>>