[78-L] Br B-1000 album series query #2

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 7 11:52:44 PST 2014


HOUDINI (just happen to have the album right beside me):

Br 80085

A: THE COOKS IN TRINIDAD
B: NO MO' BENCH AND BOARD

Br 80086
A: ARIMA TONIGHT, SANGRE GRANDE TOMORROW NIGHT
B: I NEED A MAN

I have the Crosby, Calloway and Morton sets, but not here. How about the 1945 
Decca catalog?

dl

On 2/7/2014 2:30 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Thanks to David, Cary and Geoffrey and other 78ellers I'm a bit further
> along. There are still missing items but youse guys filled in a bunch of
> info I was missing. I went back and checked to see if the Ruppli Decca
> books had anything but, interestingly enough, even matrices coming from
> Decca did not show the individual record issue numbers or the fact they
> were assigned to albums. I was surprised.
> So, I'm still missing some things, as I said.
>
> Most glaringly it's the album titles I still need clarification on,
> especially for album sets Br B-1004 (Cab Calloway), B-1005 (Blues Piano
> Players), B-1015 (Bing Crosby), B-1016 (Louis Armstrong Bands), B-1018
> (Jelly Roll Morton), and B-1026 (Bobby Hackett). I want full descriptive
> title as they appear on the album cover, such as *Chicago Jazz Classics:
> Benny Goodman and his Boys.*
> I'm also still missing side designations for 2 Louis Armstrong records
> (Br 80060&  80061) and 2 Wilmoth Houdini records (Br 80085&  80086).
> There's also a question about some of the singles after Br 80101. There
> are 4 Ben Pollack sides (Br 80121, 80122, 80148 and 80149) that show
> BP-106 on each label. These would SEEM to indicate that they may be part
> of an album set, but I am not sure of that. Two NORK records (Br 80118&
> 80120) show a similar number, which is BP-102.
> Any ideas or clarifications?
> That's it for now.
>
> Thanks again,
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
> On 2/6/2014 8:36 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>> All should be in the Decca books (except side designations) but mine are (yeah,
>> we know, all together now, "IN STORAGE")..
>>
>> B-1023 is Wilmoth Houdini "Songs of Trinidad" and it's the highest number in
>> the booklet for that album. There's no B-1014 shown. Hmm.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 2/6/2014 1:03 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>> I'm working on a discography which I'll happily share with anyone who
>>> wants it when I'm done. It's a listing of Brunswick 78rpm albums in
>>> their B-1000 series. I am missing album titles, side assignations (-A /
>>> -B) and side in set numbers (1 of 8, 5 of 12, etc.) for these albums:
>>> B-1003, B-1008, B-1013, B-1014, B-1016 and any above B-1017 (I'm unsure
>>> where the series ended).
>>> Further, I'm still missing side assignations (-A / -B) and side in set
>>> numbers (1 of 8, 5 of 12, etc.) for individual recordings on these
>>> records: Br 80007, 80012, 80013, 80014, 80021, 80060, 80061, 80067,
>>> 80072, 80085, and 80086.
>>> I am missing matrix numbers (from the label or the runout) on these
>>> records: Br 80100A (3/6) and 80101B (6/6) both by Bobby Hackett.
>>> The last record I show in album sets is Br 80101 (Bobby Hackett) in
>>> album Br B-1026. I believe that single issues began with Br 80102 and
>>> 80103, but I haven't located either. Br 80104 is a single by the Red
>>> Norvo Sextet.
>>> I believe Br 80083&   80084 are individual releases but have no info on
>>> either.
>>> And finally, album set Br B-1014, if it exists, is odd as it seems to
>>> fall outside the regular issue number sequence. All others in these sets
>>> run from Br 80000 to 80101, consecutively.
>>> Any info helping to complete this little discography gratefully accepted!
>>> Thanks,
>>> Malcolm Rockwell
>>>
>
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