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  3. Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra/Big Band Afro (aka Manteca)

    in Discography

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    9 hours ago, romualdo said:

    yes, I'm attempting to do that - just have to track down a copy or burn of the EP set - feelers are out at present

    I confirmed quite a few errors with that method during my research for the Cal Tjader Discography. Tracks that were attributed to the wrong sessions, mistitled, that were different takes on various issues. etc- Everything is possible, including takes listed somewhere that probably never existed. 

    But Lord or whoever supports him with data, or the authors of label discographies, never can have listened to every existing issue, simply too much for a complete overview jazz discography. That is for the specialists. Basic rules are: 1. always consult a second independent source and 2. Listen to it yourself, whenever possible. 

    E.G. I once got me a shellac record at an auction, had it transferred to digital, and in the studio during playback it turned out Tjader doesn't even play on it! Further investigation got me a tape from a fellow forum member that confirmed the 78 I had was a reissue of an earlier issue from a different session without Tjader. You never know until you listened yourself.

  9. Last art exhibition you visited?

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    7 hours ago, medjuck said:

    Some were so small you could barely see them.  The museum offered magnifying glasses which were useful for the Songs of Innocence and Experience. 

    So I guess I am lucky to have bought an original size facsimile reprint in th 1970's. The (very small) publishing company even offered single leaf facsimiles for framing of which I bought two that have been on my bedroom wall ever since. He was an enlightened man.

    Just got a free ticket for this tomorrow:

    https://www.staedelmuseum.de/en/holbein

    Kampagne_Motiv-online_1_neu.jpg

     

  21. Nina Simone - Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings 1959-1963

    in Re-issues

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    Thanks for posting that link. They added the bonus tracks in a different oder and to different albums than the reissues I have. The single edits are not different takes, just edits. Maybe they now have better discographical info, which would explain their changes in bonus track order. Being a big Nina fan, I'm tempted.

    German retailers list it at € 64 to 70.

  22. Nina Simone - Blackbird: The Colpix Recordings 1959-1963

    in Re-issues

    Posted · Edited by mikeweil

    I have the seven single CDs that EMI/Parlophone issued in 2005, all with bonus tracks, remastered, and new liner notes. Folksy Nina was included on the Carnegie Hall CD as they come from the same session. I want to read track lists before I go for this new box.

    The tracks on my seven CDs add up to 107 also, so I don't expect new material.

  25. Dizzy Gillespie's Orchestra/Big Band Afro (aka Manteca)

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    1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    My initial thought was that the Chico O'Farrill 6/8 was accidentally listed as the additional track.

    The two versions from the Afro Cuban Suites have different master numbers.

    A "Finale" is the last part, always - O'Farrill's other suites always have the 6/8 part somewhere in the middle. 

    A corrected track list would be:

    Manteca Theme

    Contraste - Bolero-Son

    Jungla - 6/8

    Rhumba - Finale

    As I said, the "6/8" may just have been misplaced in the layout.

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