Lester Young on Old Town Records

[medjuck]

I typed "Lester Young " into Spotify to listen while I finally cleaned my room a bit and was shocked by just how much they had: not just all the Verves, Columbias, Commodores, Savoys etc but many of the live sets on  Storyville and other European labels.   Just as I was putting some books away  I suddenly heard someone singing about "Barfootin' Time in Chinatown".  I looked over and Spotify was playing "Lester Young on Old Town Records", a record tucked in between a couple of Prez classic albums.  But when I Shazammed it confirmed that I was indeed listening to "Barefootin' Time in Chinatown" by Lester Young.  After trying to figure out why Spotify and Shazam would make the same mistake  I did some research on line and found that there was a soul singer named Lester Young who recorded for Barry records:

https://www.discogs.com/Lester-Young-Barefootin-Time-In-Chinatown-Stop/release/8384647

 

I don't know where Old Town records came into it but here he is:  http://www.45cat.com/record/nc852384us

 

 

 

 

[Big Beat Steve]

The Discogs entry seems to have the answer: Old Town was the distributor for this record, i.e. (probably) for the Barry label.

So whoever entered the label credits on Spotify got it all wrong.

But your topic title did have me puzzled (like everyone else, I guess): Had I missed some discographical detail? What was Prez doing among Bob Gaddy, Hal Paige and all the bluesmen on Old Town?

Edited April 15, 2020 by Big Beat Steve

[JSngry]

Too bad they were never able to get Prez on an Arthur Prysock record.

[Chuck Nessa]

This reminds me of discovering a new Don Cherry record on Monument Records, the home of Boots Randolph and his Yakety Sax!!