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

Randy Watts rew1014 at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 9 21:37:48 PST 2014


There's also an album of square dance pieces in this series, I believe. Do you have that one? If you don't, I'll go downstairs and see if I can find it. I'm pretty sure it's here and not in storage.
 
Randy
 

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TITLES

B-1004  Cab Calloway and his Orchestra In a Group of the Original Recordings That Made Him World-Famous
B-1005  Boogie Woogie Piano: Historic Recordings By Pioneer Blues Pianists Playing Their Own Compositions
B-1015  Bing Crosby: A Collection of Early Recordings: Volume Two
B-1016  Louis Armstrong - Jazz Classics: The King of the Trumpet in Historic Recordings of the Twenties. Louis Armstrong With Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers, Lill's Hot Shots, Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra, Red Onion Jazz Babies
B-1018  Jelly Roll Morton: A King of the Piano - in a Collection of Rare Piano Solo Recordings, Volume One
B-1026  Bobby Hackett -

80060-A  Georgia Bo Bo   B-  Drop That Sack  (Lill's Hot Shots)
80061-A  Static Strut  B- Stomp Off, Let's Go!  (Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra)



Cary Ginell


On Feb 7, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> 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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