[78-L] JATP Albums on Disc and Mercury Label Records

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Jun 22 10:16:13 PDT 2011


On 22/06/11 17:18, 78records at cdbpdx.com wrote:
> I just brought home JATP Vol 4 album on the DISC label.  Inside was a 16 page 'program' talking about JATP albums on Mercury label, Vol 6 - Vol 8.  Is this program original to the DISC album?  You can view scans of the program here:
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> http://78records.cdbpdx.com/JATP/
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> Did DISC make the early JATP albums, then MERCURY made the rest?  Or did Mercury release the originally then DISC re-issue them?  I guess I am confused about the chronology of releases and which labels were used.  Any comments?
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> Thanks!  Cliff
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That'a quite a quality note about JATP--better than the stuff Granz 
would write himself about musicians. JATP is misspelled a couple of 
times as "JAPT"! And it's the first picture I've seen of Tommy Turk, 
looking at odds with his blustery style.

      Julian Vein


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