[78-L] Chick Webb / Ella Fitzgerald

[David Lennick]

No joy here on Canadian pressings either..the reversed B is on 25354, which 
shows cat. # 1061 in the dead wax. And no Madhouse of any description here.

dl

On 3/7/2012 10:32 AM, Scott wrote:
> Thanks Han. The sunburst Decca that I have is -B, however, the B is reversed
> ! According to the list of metal parts that Universal Music has, there is a
> -A. The trouble is I can't get at them because they now reside at the
> Library of Congress and they haven't sorted and cataloged them yet (and who
> knows how long that is going to take).
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> Scott
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> From: Han Enderman [mailto:jcenderman at solcon.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:32 PM
> To: 78-L
> Cc: Scott Wenzel
> Subject: [78-L] Chick Webb / Ella Fitzgerald
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> The orig. issue of Decca 1061-A "Darktown Strutter's Ball" has the sunburst
> label.
>
> I have a single label image of the later pressing with the block label.
>
> On this the mx is badly visible, but it looks almost like 61422A.
>
> So can anyone confirm the take for the block label issue?
>
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> han enderman
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>>>> Does anyone out there have Decca 1061 by Ella Fitzgerald&  her Savoy
> Eight -
> "Darktown Strutter's Ball" with take -A? (the common take is actually -B).
>
> And does Chick Webb's "Midnite In A Madhouse" on Australian Decca Y5208
> exist with -A? The common US Decca uses -B and even though the Decca Jazz CD
> of the 1990s ("Spinnin the Webb") claims it uses -A it's really -B.
>
> Thanks !
> Scott Wenzel
> Mosaic Records
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