[78-L] Yale U Music Library CDs, BG

[David Jessup]

The Yale U Music Library CDs were the result of an arrangement between Goodman (and his Estate) and Yale. To help defray the cost of maintaining and preserving Goodman’s Park Recording Company tapes, memorabilia, and so on, Yale was allowed to release material that BG owned and hadn’t been previously sold to other companies. 

Volumes 1 – 4 were originally issued directly by MusicMasters/Amreco; BMG took over distribution from volume 5 to 10. MusicMasters eventually dissolved. The Music Heritage/Jazz Heritage Society issued the double CD Volumes 11/12 a dozen years after volume 10.

For the early volumes CDs and LPs were issued either simultaneously or nearly so. (Volume 1 was issued in 1988.)

The Park Recording source material is why most of the music is from 1955 and after. Volume 11/12 is the major exception; mostly sourced from NBC transcriptions (1936-43) that Yale eventually acquired.

Russ Connor’s “Wrappin’ It Up” and my own book cover the details of all twelve releases.

Nimbus has reissued almost all the CDs in the series.

-- David Jessup


> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:20:19 -0600
> From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yalel U Music Library CDs, BG
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> What was on the earliest CDs? I assume recordings from the 20s and 30s?
> 
> joe salerno
> 
> On 2/19/2013 4:56 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> > On 19/02/13 22:00, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> >> kinda off topic, but BG did make 78s, as we all well know.
> >>
> >> I recently acquired several CDs of BG, Vol 7 Florida Sessions & 8
> >> Private Collection. Very nice sound. Music Masters Jazz, pressed by BMG.
> >> (it is sooooo haqrd not to write "RCA")
> >>
> >> So I am wondering if Yale U ML produced any other series? Or any
> >> classical series?
> > =============
> >
> > They did BG up to Vol.9. I have 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
> >
> >        Julian Vein
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> -- 
> Joe Salerno

> From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yalel U Music Library CDs, BG
> 
> From: "neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com" <neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com>
> > What was on the earliest CDs? I assume recordings from the 20s and 30s?
> > joe salerno
> 
> They were LPs in the Music Heritage Society club.  Most of the
> recordings were live performances from the 1950s and 60s.  They were put
> out as CDs years later.
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 2/19/2013 4:56 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> > On 19/02/13 22:00, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> >> kinda off topic, but BG did make 78s, as we all well know.
> >>
> >> I recently acquired several CDs of BG, Vol 7 Florida Sessions & 8
> >> Private Collection. Very nice sound. Music Masters Jazz, pressed by BMG.
> >> (it is sooooo haqrd not to write "RCA")
> >>
> >> So I am wondering if Yale U ML produced any other series? Or any
> >> classical series?
> > =============
> >

> Joe Salerno

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> 

> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:44:46 -0500
> From: David Weiner <djwein at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Yalel U Music Library CDs, BG
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> Actually the early volumes were material from the 50s and 60s.
> 
> Dave Weiner
>