Most Underused/Rediscovered CD?

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mousethief · #1 Post by **mousethief** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:02 am

Anyone just blow the dust of an old favorite CD or one that had been laying in your collectin and find gold lately?

Night Train by Oscar Peterson just floored me again this past Sunday.

Kalman

Lawrence · #2 Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:21 am

Night Train is a good one to always come back to. Along similar lines, I rediscovered Jimmy WItherspoon's "Singin The Blues" this week. I had forgotten how many great, seminal Lindy-Blues songs came from this album.

Singin the Blues 1959 (Blue Note)

Thanks to the Lunceford thread, I also rediscovered that Living Era "Rhythm Is Our Business" CD I mentioned in the Lunceford thread that had sat idly in my book for years.

Soupbone · #3 Post by **Soupbone** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 10:50 am

For me it's Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans (chrono classics). I bought it quite some time ago and played a track off of it at one dance, and then kinda forgot about it. This past week I went through my discs to prep for my first DJ slot here in Seattle and rediscovered it.

lindyholic · #4 Post by **lindyholic** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 11:06 am

My 3 Essential Count Basie cds from Columbia. I listen to them ALL the time because the music is just amazing and always forget to dj them.

Harrison

Roy · #5 Post by **Roy** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:08 pm

I was out of town on a business trip this past week, I will leave the town unnamed to protect the innocent, but anyway the DJ was playing all neo-swing, I went up and asked him if he could play a slow blues song, and he said sure pick one out, he showed me everything he had, the only non-neo swing CD he had was "Ella and Louis". The songs were not listed and he had no way to preview them. My memory failed me to remeber which song was which. So I asked him to just play the first song on the CD. It ened up being "they can't take that away from me" and it was awesome compared to the other stuff being played, so I have re-fallen in love with that CD after not listening to it for at least 2 years.

kitkat · #6 Post by **kitkat** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 12:40 pm

Soupbone wrote:For me it's Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans

I finally got this the other day and I love it!

lindyholic wrote:My 3 Essential Count Basie cds from Columbia.

Really? I like them enough to carry around, but they didn't strike me as that special the first time through. Maybe I'll give them another listen.

This doesn't quite stick to the thread header, but I just dug out 4 data CDs with full albums of MP3s a friend gave me when I was an east coast swinger and trying to build my neoswing collection. He decided it'd be easier to give me everything he had. Turns out he's got Disc 3 of the Yale Archives (Goodman), a lot better Ella than I have (other than on my Strictly Jive CD, which I'm a little tired of)

Lawrence · #7 Post by **Lawrence** » Sat Feb 07, 2004 4:15 pm

More Oscar Peterson

(I just re-organized/categorized/compiled all my Oscar Peterson. Amzing stuff, and amazing to find what I already owned but did not carry with me!!)

dana · #8 Post by **dana** » Sun Feb 08, 2004 12:59 pm

I just found 7 cds of mp3s (burnt as data, so ~50 albums) of stuff I archived a long time ago. Tons of Ella, Dinah, Fletcher Henderson and so on.. I can't wait to dig in!

d.

Yakov · #9 Post by **Yakov** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 1:33 pm

rediscovered as i upgrade to a bigger binder:
complete decca basie
complete decca ella (two sets)
benny goodman archives vol. 5, with jimmy rushing

mousethief · #10 Post by **mousethief** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:52 am

I'm not crazy about "We Get Requests" but I'll give it another listen.

I absolutely love the Complete Decca Basie. It is a must-have, must-DJ item for everyone. I played 3 tracks from it last Saturday evening.

Kalman

Yakov · #11 Post by **Yakov** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 12:52 pm

yes, and the proper set, as i found out, is NO SUBSTITUTE for having the complete decca and complete rca (the latter is only available from europe). too bad there is no complete columbia, but you can get the "essential" sets (first-gen reissues)...

#12 Post by **JesseMiner** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:46 pm

Yakov wrote:too bad there is no complete columbia

Complete Columbia Recordings 1936-1941
Complete Columbia Recordings 1941-1951

How much more complete do you want than these?

Yakov wrote:complete rca (the latter is only available from europe)

I've seen the Complete Original American RCA-Victor Recordings, as well as the above Columbia sets, available in many music stores I frequent.

Jesse

Shorty Dave · #13 Post by **Shorty Dave** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:27 pm

mousethief wrote:I'm not crazy about "We Get Requests" but I'll give it another listen.

Great cd! I still remember when D&E was played at the after hours at ALX in 2002 (Lawrence was that you?) It was the *perfect* song at the perfect time. I also like These Days of Wine and Roses.

Swifty · #14 Post by **Swifty** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 8:32 am

JesseMiner wrote: Complete Columbia Recordings 1936-1941
Complete Columbia Recordings 1941-1951
Complete Original American RCA-Victor Recordings

Have I said lately how much I love Disconforme?

mousethief · #15 Post by **mousethief** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:39 am

Hell, yes. I'm adding them the must-have list.

Kalman