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

[David Lennick]

No idea where "Bushing" came from..not me!

dl

On 10/13/2010 7:19 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> I got the 1954 LP of this in the mail today&  it's almost near mint plus sounds
> much better than the more worn 60's issue of the LP which I've had for many
> years. Also found Gems Of Jazz all 5 volumes on Ebay (some are the 78rpm sets&
> others are the LP issue)  which should arrive soon. And Steven is right about
> the spelling. It is James Rushing. Guess I'll search Ebay for the New Orleans&
> Chicago City Jazz sets. Don't know if they will turn up as LP's, 78's or
> both......
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> ________________________________
> From: Steven C. Barr<stevenc at interlinks.net>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 6:04:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kansas City Jazz (Decca DL-8044) 78 rpm set info?
>
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>> Good Morning Blues (Vocal by James Bushing)
>>>>
> Correct the above to "James *R*ushing!"
>
> Also, I have three or so of these sets; they were album sets (usually SIX
> 78's)
> and the discs were all in Decca's 50-cent 18### series. They were generally
> NOT "reissues" of earlier Decca singles...but seem to have been recorded
> for the album issues.
>
> Steven C. barr
>