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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:42 am
by kitkat
I'm a little confused.
For those of you who've heard both the Retrieval and the Hep discs, which sounds better?
Or are they equal?
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:15 pm
by trev
The Retrieval and Hep releases were both remastered by the same guy (
John R.T Davies), so I would assume they are equally good.
The hard-to-find Chronogical Classics discs would be of varying or lesser quality.
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:54 pm
by trev
Bob the Builder wrote:Toon Town Dave wrote:You can also try
A & B Sound (a Western Canadian retailer).
Wow, They have some real Classics Stuff. How reliable have you found them?
Brian
Just an update - A & B Sound are 'upgrading' their online store, and have closed it down indefinately, cancelled all pending special orders. So i guess i'm not going to get that Classics MBRB 36-37 from them!
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:30 pm
by Eyeball
WHich MBRB titles do you need?
I have quite a few MBRB LPs.
All I need is a CD burner.
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:16 am
by trev
I don't need anything, but I am looking for the last lot of recordings they made from 1936-1937. Things like St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm, Barrelhouse, Big John's Special, Algiers Stomp, Callin' Your Bluff, Jammin for the Jack-Pot etc
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:09 pm
by AlekseyKosygin
trev wrote:I don't need anything, but I am looking for the last lot of recordings they made from 1936-1937. Things like St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm, Barrelhouse, Big John's Special, Algiers Stomp, Callin' Your Bluff, Jammin for the Jack-Pot etc
hey mate,
those first 5 songs ARE still in print on the Retrieval discs...just sayin'
alex
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:32 pm
by trev
Yes my mistake - I have the Retrieval discs on the way.
Still lookin'
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:34 pm
by Lars
Still looking.
Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:30 pm
by glenn
I can give you a copy if you want one.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:51 am
by Bob the Builder
This is really interesting.
A live recordings of Mills Blue Rhythm Band. The sound quality is really bad, but you can hear how great a band they were.
All Star Broadcasts - Bunny Berigan on the Compilation, Live label.
Tracks 15-17
Brian
Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 7:25 am
by trev
Good find, bob!
Apparently the MBRB were also featured in their own musical short film. Details at
IMDB. I'd love to get a copy but it looks hard to come by.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:44 pm
by SpuzBal
AlekseyKosygin wrote:I'm still looking for the Three Peppers on Classics, that's some holy grail shit right there...
If you're interested to know, I found that a few years ago in the department store Ludwig Beck in Munich (though I think the store is a chain). It was €18 or so, which is certainly better than that $70 price on Amazon. Dunno how well they keep it in stock.
Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:32 am
by AlekseyKosygin
trev wrote:Good find, bob!
Apparently the MBRB were also featured in their own musical short film. Details at
IMDB. I'd love to get a copy but it looks hard to come by.
They did a vitaphone short which I have, it's great seeing them play live but there's a lot of ugly stereotyping in it which definetly hinders the short from being something i'd recommend...
Alex
Re: Still lookin'
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:55 pm
by trev
Lars wrote:
Still looking.
There's a copy on Gemm.com for the bargain price of $71 !!
But good news: I've heard that Chronological Classics have a new distributor, and it's likely that some, if not all of the out-of-print discs will eventually be re-issued. Here's hoping!
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:44 am
by Bob the Builder
The funny thing is that for a while I had two of this CD.
I gave one to a good friend from a local radio station.
Brian