[78-L] Wingy on Columbia

[David Lewis]

Han Enderman wrote:
 
Evidently Bruyninckx errs.
He gives the nr of the EP, but adds the prefix of the LP series.
It is the only Col session, thus complete on EP.

Jepsen gives B-2029 & 40301 as issues.

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>>> Here is the session as given by Bruyninckx.
What is the title of Co CL 2029 ?

Wingy Manone (tp,vcl) Lou McGarity (tb) Hank D'Amico (cl) Charlie Queener (p) Milt Hinton (b) Cliff Leeman (d)
New York, July 26, 1954

CO51753 Oh, Capri (wm vcl) Col CL2029

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Han,
 
Indeed, CL 2029 is Duke Ellington, "Piano in the Foreground." While I don't think I have all of the answers, it appears that Columbia A-xx refers to 10" LPs and B-xx-x to records in 7" 45 rpm sets while B-xxxx were standalone 45 rpm issues. This must have been a real headache to keep track of, as a 45 made from a 78 no matter how old took the 78 issue's number and simply added a "4-" to it, with the 78 issue retaining the whole number. For example:
 
Columbia 4-36096 Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra
(ZSP 6210) Yo Ta Mamora
(ZSP 6211) Anna Boroco Tinde
 
This is identified as a stray belonging to Columbia 45 rpm set B 65 as sides "2" and "7." The set was "Rhumba with Cugat," issued as a 78 album in 1941; 36096 was the number of the 78 within the set. "Rhumba" was also issued verbatim as a very early LP, as CL-6005, in 1948.
  
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