[78-L] Coleman Hawkins on Sonora

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat Sep 28 06:37:59 PDT 2013


On 28/09/13 14:27, Han Enderman wrote:
> Jepsen lists only a single version of Bean, issued on Sonora, Esq (78 & EP) & Selmer.
> Bruyninckx, in the 1980s paperback Swing dg, omits all 78s except the original.
> However, he lists 2 takes for Bean, both on Sonora 3024 and -1 also on the Esq EP.
> Pres. this EP take had been reported somewhere.
> I doubt if Bruyninckx had any info about -1 on Sonora 78, and only assumed it had
> to be om it as orig. issue.
> Lord copied Bruyninckx, and evidently still never checked if there was additional info in Jepsen.
>
> Sonora 3024-B shows mx 1858-2 on label & in wax.
> If -1 was on Sonora, it was a mispressing.
> My guess would be that Bruyninckx invented -1 on Sonora, and that Esquire got a
> stamper or test of unissued -1, pres. by error.
> Does the EP state it is (unissued) -1 ?
>
> Bean was also issued on Esq 10-132 (78). Only mx, no take, printed on label.
> Is this 78 also -1 ??
>
> han enderman
>
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Han,
The Esquire EP doesn't specify takes etc. And I'd forgotten about the 
Esquire 78--don't have information on which take was used.

       Julian Vein


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