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

[David Lennick]

We're both correct..the spine says SAXOPHOBIA and the front cover and booklet 
have Tenor above the word SAXOPHOBIA. The catalogue says SAXOPHOBIA. In small 
letters on the spine are "Instrumental selections featuring tenor saxophone 
solos".

dl

On 10/9/2010 8:23 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
> Available images of 244 front&  booklet show 'Tenor' printed above Saxophobia
> and subtitle is ... Tenor Saxophone Solos.
> Is there another cover/booklet title?
> Decca gives several "names" to its series.
> 244/246/251/255 are Popular series, but then it changes:
> 249/308/311/324 are 18M series (18000s), and 283/295 are 23M.
> An earlier issue like 113 states 18.000 series on front.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> 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