I'm in the process of looking at my early Basie recordings (pre-1942)
There are the albums I've got or am looking at getting to date:
The Count Basie Story [Proper] link
The Complete Decca Recordings (1937-1939) link
Cutting Butter (The Complete Columbia Recordings 1939-1942) - Count Basie.
link
Count Basie & His Orchestra 1937/Chick Webb & His Orchestra 1936
link
Is there any other early Basie Albums worth looking for?
Is it worth getting:
Rock-A-Bye Basie: Live in '38 & '39 ?link
Count Basie pre-1942
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- Bob the Builder
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Great minds think alike BTB - I was just searching for a thread to post my question when up came your thread. A question along a similar line - how much overlap is there between "Cutting Butter" set mentioned above and the
"Americas No 1 Band : The Columbia Years" link
Is it worth possessing both?
"Americas No 1 Band : The Columbia Years" link
Is it worth possessing both?
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None of the live recordings on CD4 of Americas No 1 Band : The Columbia Years" is on the Cutting Butter CD., and there are several other songs that are not on both.
I would say may be 40% of the songs on Americas No 1 Band CD are not in the Cutting Butter CD.
I love this CD Russell, in particularly the live recordings.
Brian
I would say may be 40% of the songs on Americas No 1 Band CD are not in the Cutting Butter CD.
I love this CD Russell, in particularly the live recordings.
Brian
Re: Count Basie pre-1942
imho, no... not even for a dollar. Well, maybe a dollar.Bob the Builder wrote: Is it worth getting:
Rock-A-Bye Basie: Live in '38 & '39 ?link
Cafe Society Uptown 1941
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Akccyxdab2old
is strong to quite...
Mike Marcotte