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philippecrhk wrote:I beg to disagree each type of song has its place.

And here we learn the importance of punctuation.

I can't make heads or tails of the rest, but let me point out that vocals, sweet, and novelty are three different things. One particular track may be any one, any two, or all three of those things. I don't see anyone in this thread (up to this bizarre points in our proceedings) arguing against vocals or sweet music. Now whether you think arguing against novelty is worthwhile or not is a different question.

philippecrhk wrote:I beg to disagree each type of song has its place.

Perhaps I should offer a clarification:

This set has many sweet, vocal tracks that I'm unlikely to ever play at a modern swing dance event.
It also has hot instrumentals, catchy novelty songs and other vocal numbers that I'd happily DJ.

Here's a bit of a behind-the-scenes insight into the making of a Mosaic set by Ricky Riccardi. He's working with Mosaic records on the upcoming Louis Armstrong live set:

http://dippermouth.blogspot.com.au/2013 ... pdate.html

Some more behind-the-scenes info from Ricky Riccardi about the making of the upcoming Louis Armstrong live set:

http://dippermouth.blogspot.com.au/2014 ... atest.html

I find this stuff fascinating.

Andreas Meyer making the tape transfers:

Hey, that blog has a great picture of George Avakian, swing dancer & DJ Greg Avakian's dad! Can anyone get ahold of Greg and make sure he sees http://dippermouth.blogspot.com.au/2014 ... atest.html ? I'm not sure how to reach him anymore now that PHPBB boards are so seldom logged into by many in our community.

I just sent him a link to your post via FB

Thanks!

Pre-orders for The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (#257) begin tomorrow (April 30) for a June 1 release.

Well - there it is. How mucho?

9 CDs - $149.00

trev wrote:9 CDs - $149.00

Danke!

trev wrote:9 CDs - $149.00

Here it is!

http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.a ... =257-MD-CD

Ordered.

trev wrote:Ordered.

Let us know.

My own reservation was even though Louis was sill playing well most of the time, the 50s were - I dunno - not groundbreaking and that much of the material he was doing, he had done before. Like Benny Goodman in the latter parts of his career. He began re-creating his recordings in the early 1950s!

The 60s is where LArm is really hit and miss.

I agree completely, but then it's Louis Armstrong recorded live, in great sound.