[78-L] Deluxe, was TW Musicraft N7 set

[Jeff Sultanof]

Precisely why I treasure the Jubilee broadcasts of the Eckstine band. They
are beautiful and swing like crazy. Budd Johnson was delighted when I told
him I had them; he wrote the arrangement for "Air Mail Special."

Jeff Sultanof

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:

> Is there anything worse in the 40s (for record quality)  than the Billy
> Eckstine Orch sides on Deluxe?  I have stuff on every crap-ola label from
> the 20s on....but not even the worst Grey Gulls drive me as bat-shit as do
> those Deluxe sides.
>
> I've never been able to decide which is worse...the recording quality or
> the
> surfaces.   What kind of ground-up crud were those things pressed
> from!?!?!?
>
> Of course I love the music on the damn things,  but not even tweaked-up
> reissues sound any good.
>
>
>