[78-L] New Armstrong set - Jazz Times review

[David Jessup]

No - judging from posts around the 'net including Ricky Riccardi, it is the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces releases for the first seven discs, the relevant "Complete RCA Victor Recordings" for the last two... and the eighth disc is the one that bridges those two sets and shoulda been released two decades ago (and is missing from my accumulation), dad gum it!

- Dave Jessup

> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:53:04 -0500
> From: David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] New Armstrong set - Jazz Times review
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> Surely they used the Schapp transfers from the Columbia Hot Fives & Sevens
> set that came out  a decade ago.
> 
> Dave Weiner
> 
> On 12/15/12 12:19 PM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> >What did they do, use the 1950s lp masters? Unbelievable.
> >
> >dl
> >
> >On 12/15/2012 12:10 PM, Tim Huskisson wrote:
> >> "The first two discs (containing the Hot Five and Seven material) are
> >> mastered off-pitch, a half-tone low."
> >>
> >> This is outrageous. How does such carelessness still happen?
> >>
> >> Tim Huskisson
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> >> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Cary Ginell
> >> Sent: 15 December 2012 17:04
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Subject: [78-L] New Armstrong set - Jazz Times review
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> >>http://jazzlives.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/a-box-of-blessings-slightly-mix
> >>ed-
> >> 
> >>louis-armstrong-the-okeh-columbia-and-rca-victor-recordings-1925-1933-son
> >>y-m
> >> usic/
> >> Cary Ginell 		 	   	
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