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That's one album that should always be available! It looks like Amazon has it available in mp3 format, but that shouldn't really count.

Alan Dawson was the first call drummer in Boston for years when visiting artists came to town without a rhythm section. He didn't like the road, so he spent many years in Boston. He was an exquisitely sensitive and subtle drummer, and I had the distinct pleasure of sitting at arm's length from him on many occasions. He's much missed.

Treasure, Mount Vernon Music, Fortuna, and Goosey Gander were all connected. There was something schlocky at best and perhaps shady (references to lawsuits for copyright infringement) about their operations. I had started to try to compile lists of their releases a year or so ago out of curiosity. My recollection is that many of their releases made use of pseudonyms for the artists. I'll try to pull out my notes sometime if I can find them.

Have you tried ordering from Barnett at www.abar.net? His website suggests that all his CDs are available.

The notations in parentheses are indications of the tempo. F means fast. M means medium, and S means slow. The combinations follow the same pattern, so, for example, MF means medium fast. If you go to the website, the format and methodology are explained.

The Mills Blue Rhythm Band (as the Blue Rhythm Boys) versions of "Low Down on the Bayou" and "Blue Rhythm" as well as the MBRB version of Heat Waves are all on CD on Hep 1008. In the notes, Nat Leslie is described as the band's arranger. Thanks. What's available on recording? I have Fletcher's Tidal Wave, which has a lot of Don Redman's stuff also.

12, but you appear to be missing addition signs at the end of each of the first two lines.

Discography and links to other information here: http://www.bobmover.com/discography.php

Look at page 297 for Laserlight 15798. At least some of it is from a September 7, 1957 concert at the Orpheum Theater in Seattle, Washington. It took maybe 15 seconds to find this with a search engine which will bring you to that page in a Google book preview. It looks like it's available as an e-book, which might be electronically searchable. See here: https://books.google.com/books?id=-W7YAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA297&lpg=PA297&dq=laserlight+15798&source=bl&ots=x3izXcxxRc&sig=3rcEgXE7feHJcjS8pyrO6yIoYAc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GVI5VYGVNcbloAT18oHgAQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=laserlight%2015798&f=false

It's actually quite a nice discography, although not perhaps for your purposes. I've found it to be quite useful. Sometimes publishers restrict the length of books in a way that precludes the inclusion of indices.

Happy birthday Allen!

Good point, except there's: