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What made you pick out this one, of all Kenton albums? Opinions?  According to Discogs and the description on YT this is a sort of "Best Of" of the 1950-52 band. There are quite a few compilations of that time period around, so  if you fancy that period of his bands this one should be as fine as any. 

Wow, fantastic reissue. It exceeds my expectations.

Does Mosaic qualify as ‘boutique label’? 😉

I understand your needs and agree that "Both Sides Now" doesn't meet these needs. And yes, there are many cobbled-up pseudo-discographies on the 'web these days.  Yet I find your statement inappropriate for sites such as Both Sides Now. This site, in particular, does fill a need and a gap, despite the gaps it still has and those label listings that seem to remain unfinished. I am glad this site still is up.  OTOH just look at certain among the typical discographies in the stricter sense of the word (both online and in print). How many of them give truly comprehensive listings of the EPs (or other 45s) that were released alongside the LPs, and how many give at least the ALBUM TITLES (and ALL of them) that were compiled from the sessions so the discographically interested collector isn't forced in each and every case to jump between the discographies and reference works such as the Goldmine Jazz Album price guide (or Discogs, for that matter) to identify the respective album by its title? Jazzdisco.org is a commendable exception but other "typical" discographies fall short (if not to say "fall flat on their faces") in that respect.  Just to give an example of the gaps that Both Sides Now fills, in early 2025 I took out the "King labels" and "Aladdin/Imperial labels" discographies by Ruppli from our regional State libray and ran almost the entire books through my photocopier at home. And then I printed out the respective Both Sides Now listings of "King/Federal/Deluxe/Queen" as well as the Aladdin and Imperial Album listings and filed them in the respective binders alongside the Ruppli discographies. A combination that is as perfectly complementary for reference as it could possibly be! 

I take it, then, that "boutique label" means COLLECTOR label, right?