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The Scottish Hep label has released two Claude Hopkins CDs with material recorded in 1933-1935. Monkey Business 1935 Transcriptions

Probably 10 according to Mosaic.

Ah yes, but as I posted on that other thread, will it also leave out the vocals? There were some great ones in Duke's band during this period--Ivie Anderson for sure, and Al Hibbler too I think. Inquiring minds want to know! Not that I won't get it, of course! greg mo The Ellington set will have Ivie Anderson vocals, but, since the set is limited to Ellington's 1930s Brunswick/Columbia recordings, no Al Hibbler vocals - he didn't join until the 1940s.

Sadly, I can't even think of Shaw's vocalists right now from the 1938-1945 period outside of Helen Forrest...Tony Pastor? And there were a couple of others, I think...Billie Holiday too, of course, for 1938, but she's documented only on "Any Old Time". I'd guess the Ellington set will have Ivie. (Hope they do, esp. since those two Hep volumes are so hard to come by these days; in the meantime, I think there's quite a lot of Ivy on that great 4-CD DKE 1930s import.) Al came later, in the 1940s. Correct, the Ellington set will have Ivie.

As I posted elsewhere on the forum I just heard from Mosaic's Scott Wenzel that the Ellington 1930s big-band set is scheduled for release in late 2010. It will contain only Brunswick/Columbia material.

As I posted in Ghost's Artie Shaw Mosaic thread I just heard from Mosaic's Scott Wenzel that the Ellington 1930s big-band set is scheduled for release in late 2010.

Just heard from Mosaic's Scott Wenzel that the Ellington 1930s big-band set is scheduled for release in late 2010.

Hep 1936-1938 Artie Shaw CDs

From Ghost's article on the Night Lights site (see his first post): "The Shaw should be a fascinating set–covering the late-1930s "Begin the Beguine" period, the early-1940s big-band-with-strings (including sides such as "Evensong" and "Suite #8″ that seem to anticipate the Third Stream) and the clarinetist's exciting, underrated 1944-45 orchestra." The Shaw big band I'm thinking of is the 1936-1937 version, the one he formed after the all-star big band concert at the Imperial Theatre in May 1936. I have a crummy comp of that band, I guess it would be his "anticipating-the-anticipating-the-thrid-stream-band of 1944-45," and I'd like to hear everything by the 36-37 band. Ah, I see. The 1936-1937 band-with-strings recorded for Brunswick and I'm guessing that it falls outside the scope of the Mosaic set, which will probably be limited to Shaw's Bluebird dates. (edit) Just saw Ghost's reply

From Ghost's article on the Night Lights site (see his first post): "The Shaw should be a fascinating set–covering the late-1930s “Begin the Beguine” period, the early-1940s big-band-with-strings (including sides such as “Evensong” and “Suite #8″ that seem to anticipate the Third Stream) and the clarinetist’s exciting, underrated 1944-45 orchestra."

Sad news (again...)

Nothing. Some of their other sets (the Beiderbecke/Trumbauer/Teagarden set, for instance) have lots of vocals. Why don't you ask them why they're leaving out the vocals on this one? The reasoning on the Goodman set was that almost all of the vocal material had been issued separately by Collectors' Choice or other labels. I haven't really checked on how much of the Helen Forrest etc. from Shaw's band is available elsewhere...but I'm guessing that including the vocals would make either the Shaw or Goodman boxes 12-13 CDs, which might be a bit unwieldy for cost/price/economic purposes in the present climate. The Jamal box and Ellington 1930s big-band set (with Sony-owned material only) will be 9 or 10 CDs each, if they ever come out.

Nothing. Some of their other sets (the Beiderbecke/Trumbauer/Teagarden set, for instance) have lots of vocals. Why don't you ask them why they're leaving out the vocals on this one?

"Veröffentlicht 12/1899", or "released 12/1899". This must be something special

I don't believe that it actually exists. There's the JRVG that you've heard before...plus a couple of TOCJ reissues from 2005 and 2007 (6500 & 7000 series???) No DD in that 4000 Series. Jackie McLean's Demon's Dance was never issued in the "Blue Note Works" series, so TOCJ-4345 does not exist.

Shipping for this set to Europe, in Canadian dollars: Priority Worldwide INTL, 115.09 XPressPost International, 60.87 Small Packets Air, 48.39 Parcel Surface, 33.26 Small Packets Surface, 20.01 The cheapest option is still Canadian $20.01...

I'd say bad masterings, with boosted higher frequencies.

I had quite a few Fantasy hybrid SACDs. I never heard the SACD layers, so I can't comment on those, but I wasn't impressed by the CD layers on the ones I've listened to. The Gil Evans Chuck mentioned is an exception, though; wonderful music and excellent mastering. Highly recommended!

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My set shipped today, with the replacement disc.

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Yes, it is the start of something, it's like a junkie's first shot of heroin, a smoker's first cigarette, an alcoholic's first drink... Enjoy your select(I have that one and it's great), and I'm sure you'll buy many more. Welcome to the club! My first cigarette made me sick and so did my first drink, so I don't think the analogy is quite right... (Glad I quit smoking 20 odd years ago )

According to Keith Spera, music writer of The Times-Picayune, former Louis Prima saxophonist Sam Butera died in Las Vegas on Wednesday, June 3 at age 81. I don't have further details.

It was postponed until 2010. Some of the tapes could not be found. This info was posted in this thread (post #48) months ago.