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

[David Lennick]

My copy of A-244 says Saxophobia, and the 1942 Decca catalogue calls it 
Saxophobia. Curiously, A-246 isn't listed in the numbering sequence at the 
front, nor is A-249, but other numbers up to A300 are there. Does this mean 
that Decca was assigning album numbers long before actually producing the sets?

I forgot about Blackstick, sorry! Likewise the two Boogie Woogie albums.

So, adding the new titles:

A-137 Boogie Woogie Music (3382-3387)
A-235 Boogie Woogie Music Volume 2 (3830-3834)
A-240 Blackstick (3861-3865)

The format I'm using (A-) is as shown in the Decca catalogue, whether or not it 
matches the albums or labels.

dl

On 10/8/2010 10:03 PM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Also
> 137 Boogie Woogie
> 235 Boogie Woogie v.2
> 240 Blackstick (feat. clarinet solos)
> 244 is actually Tenor Saxophobia, and
> 246 is Alto Saxology (without Charlie Parker !)
> 249 Gems Of Jazz 4
> 324 Gems Of Jazz 5,
>
> and try to get 284 Hoagy Carmichael.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Volumes 1&  2 of "Gems of Jazz" are the most common, in my experience, and
> almost always broken up..all the Bunny Berigans in one place, the Mildred
> Baileys in another, and so forth. These are real gems because they're from the
> sides originally produced by John Hammond for English Columbia and Parlophone,
> recorded by Columbia in New York, and not issued in the States originally.
> Ironic that they'd end up on Decca, but that was through Decca's permanent link
> with Parlophone and Odeon.
>
> And of course there's Five Feet of Swing (A-131, 15013 + 15038/41, twelve-inch).
>
> dl
>
> On 10/8/2010 4:56 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>> Thanks again!! Now I know what to hunt for.....
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 3:10:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?
>>
>> It doesn't give album titles, though.
>>
>> GEMS OF JAZZ VOL. 1 (A-200, 18108/13)
>> GEMS OF JAZZ VOL. 2 (A-201, 18114/9)
>> GEMS OF JAZZ VOL. 3 (A-242, 18167/72)
>> CHICAGO JAZZ ALBUM (A-121, 18040/45)
>> NEW ORLEANS JAZZ (A-144, 18090/95)
>> ANTHOLOGY OF COLORED JAZZ (A-182, 3516/21)
>> ANTHOLOGY OF WHITE JAZZ (A-183, 3522/27)
>> SAXOPHOBIA (A-244, 3881/5)
>> DRUMMER BOY (A-216, 3683/7)
>>
>> There are two more volumes of "Gems" but not in this catalog (1942)..I'll check
>> the 1945 book later.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 10/8/2010 3:58 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>>> Thanks again for the info!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Han Enderman<jcenderman at solcon.nl>
>>> To: 78-L<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 2:25:59 PM
>>> Subject: [78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?
>>>
>>> Re. question:
>>> The most common album is Chicago, 121.
>>> New Orleans is 144. Only other city album is KC.
>>> Contents of these&    other jazz anthologies can be found in Ty's Decca 18000
>>> list,
>>>
>>> which gives album nrs.
>>> http://www.78discography.com/Dec18000.htm
>>>