Mosaic: Chu Berry

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trev · #1 Post by **trev** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:13 pm

Curse you Mosaic and your awesome box sets!

Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions
Limited Edition 7 CD Box Set - $119

7 CD box set includes Berry's work with Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Wingy Manone, Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Hill, Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson & Mildred Bailey and his sides as a leader. Sound restoration is by Ted Kendall, who worked closely with the late John RT Davies.

kitkat · #2 Post by **kitkat** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:20 am

Does it have a standardized serial number? I'm trying to find out if any libraries are carrying it. I believe for CD sets the serial number I'm looking for is an ASIN, but I'm not sure of that.

trev · #3 Post by **trev** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:09 pm

There are still a few more weeks before it it released.

Jonas · #4 Post by **Jonas** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:03 am

Oh man, that's a must have! Gotta go spend some money again...

/Jonas

Haydn · #5 Post by **Haydn** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:54 am

Thanks Trev. This seems a good time to try these fabled Mosaic sets.

trev · #6 Post by **trev** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:04 pm

I just recieved this set in the mail and I am in love with Chu! I'm into the second disc so far and it's SO good.

anton · #7 Post by **anton** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:34 pm

trev wrote:I just recieved this set in the mail and I am in love with Chu! I'm into the second disc so far and it's SO good.

Arghh... My set was delivered to my friend's house in Boulder CO a week ago but I won't go there until June.

djstarr · #8 Post by **djstarr** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:32 pm

anton wrote:Arghh... My set was delivered to my friend's house in Boulder CO a week ago but I won't go there until June.

i'm going to be in Denver for their exchange mid-May and at my Mom's house in Longmont which is close Boulder. Can I go borrow it?

russell · #9 Post by **russell** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:16 am

My set arrived today. Looking forward to exploring it.
Any favourites so far Trev?

trev · #10 Post by **trev** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:33 am

russell wrote:Any favourites so far Trev?

Um.. all of it?

kitkat · #11 Post by **kitkat** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:17 am

Does it have a standardized serial number? I'm trying to find out if any libraries are carrying it. I believe for CD sets the serial number I'm looking for is an ASIN, but I'm not sure of that.

trev · #12 Post by **trev** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:10 am

There is nothing listed as an AISN, but the set has some serial numbers on each disc:

MD7-236
A 706534 to A 70657 (different number per case)

and the discs are labelled as:
A 689040-A to A 689040-G

I Hope that helps.

anton · #13 Post by **anton** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:18 am

I've finally retrieved my box from the US and am currently going through the first couple of discs. It's nice but not super - I had many of the tracks before and the sound is not a great improvement. (I might even like the Classics sound better for some of the Fletcher Henderson tracks.)

Anyway, joining two threads here, when I came to track 25 on disc 1 - "Swing Is Here" by Gene Krupa's Swing Band (available on many other collections as well) - I thought I recognized the riff starting at 2:20. It's actually quite similar to the riff heard in the Keep On Punchin clip. A few of the previous sections also bear some resemblance. I'm not saying that the band in Keep On Punchin' was playing "Swing Is Here" (they were probably just riffing) but perhaps they were influenced by this track?

anton · #14 Post by **anton** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:10 pm

anton wrote:It's nice but not super - I had many of the tracks before and the sound is not a great improvement.

After some further listening, I have to correct myself here - many of the tracks sound much better...

Jonas · #15 Post by **Jonas** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:14 pm

anton wrote:Anyway, joining two threads here, when I came to track 25 on disc 1 - "Swing Is Here" by Gene Krupa's Swing Band (available on many other collections as well) - I thought I recognized the riff starting at 2:20. It's actually quite similar to the riff heard in the Keep On Punchin clip. A few of the previous sections also bear some resemblance. I'm not saying that the band in Keep On Punchin' was playing "Swing Is Here" (they were probably just riffing) but perhaps they were influenced by this track?

Listen to "Light Up" with Buster Bailey from 1932, that's another one very close one (predating both Swing Is Here from 1936 and the Keep Punchin' clip). But as you're saying, it's probably just riffin' in general...

/Jonas