Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 12:08 am
Eddie TompkinsJerry_Jelinek wrote:Speaking of Lunceford - Does anyone know the vocalist on Nagasaki?
Eddie TompkinsJerry_Jelinek wrote:Speaking of Lunceford - Does anyone know the vocalist on Nagasaki?
Kirk from Seattle introduced me to this by blowing my mind away playing "For Dancers Only" on the dance floor. It goes at 180, not 150, and has LOTS of energy.
I tried two searches, and got an error message each timekitkat wrote:(I have tried to search the Legacy website, but it's a mess...)
Wow, some of those 1948-1949 songs are incredibly hot!! Sneaky Pete is awesome, I'll DJ it next time. Too bad the sound is not that good - it has that typical "dubbed off LP" distorted sound (which probably means that the first tracks are taken from the Dot LP 3487 - Original Orchestra - Jimmie Lunceford (1963).).kitkat wrote: Y'all've gotta listen to his band in the year or two after he died.
It's still so moving...it still swings so hard...
I listen to "Sneaky Pete" and it makes me want to cry, shout, dance, groove, then go back for another shout. And this is after their leading member was murdered!
I'm curious as to this LP. AFAIK, the DOT label would not have had any original Lunceford material. I don't rhink they came into being until the 1950s and I have never seen any reissue materialby anyone on DOT.anton wrote:Too bad the sound is not that good - it has that typical "dubbed off LP" distorted sound (which probably means that the first tracks are taken from the Dot LP 3487 - Original Orchestra - Jimmie Lunceford (1963).).
The discog of Classics' 1948-1949 says that the first seven tracks were on Manor Records, while the following three tracks first appeared on the Dot LP in 1963. According to the The Dot Records Story, the founder of Dot had a 78rpm mail-order business. My guess is that he had gotten hold of some unissued Manor sides that together with the original 78s went on that (most likely unauthorized) album.Eyeball wrote: I'm curious as to this LP. AFAIK, the DOT label would not have had any original Lunceford material. I don't rhink they came into being until the 1950s and I have never seen any reissue materialby anyone on DOT.
All they had in the ay of Swing were bands and vocalists of the 30s and 40s recreating their earlier hits in hi-fi and/or stereo.
Now that DOT is controlled by MCA which also controls DECCA, it's such fun looking at a CD and trying to determine which Basie, Mills Brothers or Andrews Sisters sides are original Deccas or original Dots....among a few other artists that were on both labels.
Do you have any more info on this DOT Lunceford issue?
Yeah....great title for a hot tune.russell wrote: Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass (great title )
Well, Matthew, it's been more than three years since you asked for material, and got great advice from the guys above, so I guess you have a good Lunceford collection by now...Matthew wrote:I'm looking to get into the Jimmie Lunceford business, and I'd like to get the most and best music for the least money. Could you recommend some CDs? Thanks.
Well, if you're lucky, Proper have used the Masters of Jazz series as their "masters".Jonas wrote:My dream would be for someone to get me the complete "Masters of Jazz" collection of Lunceford (I think it's seven cd's, with alternates and all, 1927-1940), but unfortunately they're out of print, and therefore hard to find and often kind of expensive.
Now, our friends at Proper are releasing their four-CD "Strictly Lunceford" [Proper Box #125] in early May, and by the looks of the track listing it covers the years 1927-1945. Of course it's not complete, but for the very low price Proper sells, it's enough if it fills some holes for me. Hopefully, the sound quality will be at least ok, so it's gonna be interesting to compare head-to-head with other releases...