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I've grown to quite like this . I want too sure at first but it works pretty well .

Allen Eager-------- Swingin' with Allen Eager------(Marshmallow) MMLP-102 Low-fi broadcasts from NY in 1951 & 1953. Sidemen include Howard McGhee (1953) and Fats Ford (1951) on trumpet. Not heard of the latter, a pseudonym? Both sessions worth hearing but I'd not spend too much getting these sides given the sound.

Happy Birthday to Jim, our kind host !!!!!

Spotify streams at 160kbps on your computer. So yes, you should notice a big difference between it and CD quality. If you get their premium subscription you get streaming at 320kbps. In that case, you shouldn't hear any difference at all if the file was properly encoded. It's the premium service I use. It must depend then on the quality of the mastering / encoding.

I've become pretty good at tracking down these anonymous 1920s dance bands. Because recordings showed up on various labels using various pseudonyms, it's usually a pretty convoluted process, using Rust's American Dance Band Discography, Steven Barr's Almost Complete 78 RPM Record Dating Guide, and Online 78 RPM Discographical Project. Your record is actually by Bill Perry's Entertainers, vocals by The Radio Imps, recorded for the Plaza group of labels in early January, 1927. Unfortunately, the personnel is not known, except that the Radio Imps/Melody Twins were Ed Smalle and Jerry Macy.Oriole was one of the "dime store labels"; during that period it was pressed by Plaza for McCrory's stores (which I remember from my childhood). Banner was Plaza's main label; they also made Domino and Regal.If you're interested in the steps I went through to find the source of this record:1. I looked up Oriole 828 on the 78 discography site. Beside "Ted White's Collegians," it had a "BP" in parentheses. It also listed a matrix number (7032) a control number (681, visible on your label), and a recording date of January, 1927. The control number is a "false" matrix number assigned by another company (like Oriole).2. Looked up Oriole in the Barr book and was reminded that it was pressed by Plaza, and that Banner was their main label.3. Went to the appropriate Banner listing on the 78 discography site and did a search for "crazy words." Side A of Banner #1922, by Bill Perry's Entertainers, matched the title, approximate date, and matrix number. Bingo!4. Looked up Perry in the Rust discography. The Oriole issue is not listed, but that's not uncommon when recordings were leased to and issued by several different labels. This recording was also issued on Banner, Domino and Regal in the U.S., Apex and Starr in Canada, and Imperial in the U.K.This one was a pretty easy one to track down - it took about five minutes. Because the information in all of the sources I listed is incomplete, sometimes I have to go through a lot more steps to find the source of a record from the 1920s. I spent half an hour this morning trying to find the source of a Rudy Wiedoeft record on the obscure Cleartone label, but I mostly struck out, except that it's probably from 1921 or 1922. I'd forgotten about this when I recently picked up..... Perry's Entertainers----------Crazy Words -Crazy Tune/. High High Up in the Hills-------(Puritan) 11498 I can confirm that CWCT version is exactly the same as on Oriole 828 (Ted White's Collegians). Full marks to Jeff for detective work. C minus to me for forgetting.

When I compared CD to Spotify I noticed CD was always noticeably better. Having said that Spotify ( no idea what bit-rate they offer) serves it's purpose to allow sampling of music and generally sounds good enough.

Hurrah for Ra.

True, not even in Tokyo. The vinyl is pristine, I think I'll be spinning this for the rest of the week. I have the Sony Master Sound cd set too so I'll be able to check if they tweaked the sound or not. Just out of interest I checked my copy of Dark Magus it's ; 28AP 2165 6 , can't work out if this is a reissue etc. Discogs no help. Anyone know?

I like Spirit but I'd agree that the connection is loose and STH is hugely different in many more respects.

Mine's mid-Atlantic I think.. I'm sure you'll love it. Calling it Dixieland just doesn't seem right. It's classy music. I'm not sure why I left it so long as this set was on my radar to some extent for years. Nothing like 'last chance' to galvanise me into action.

So glad I bought this ( minutes before it vanished). Such a great set , could do with more vocals by Mr T but what's there is excellent. Great sound too.

No problems of this nature here . Loud and Clear here in Edinburgh have catered for my every need. Highly recommended for sensible advice what ever your budget or needs.

Prompted by your query I played the whole disc tonight, it sounded great, I wasn't especially listening out for Pee Wee but he gets decent amount of space.

Seconded

Chicago sound of Condon etc. Spirited as much of this music is often described. I'm not enough of an expert to know where it sits with Condonites but it's solid , swinging stuff

Looking forward to this one. It's 'in the post'. Although I've had this set sine release , the last 3 discs were still sealed until today. Disc IX spinning right now. Excellent transfers which are faithful to original issues .

Yes, thanks ; really makes me want to hear the music. I've a lot of time for Mats.

Whilst awaiting CJ's Uptown disc I've been spinning half a dozen sides of his Chubby Jackson-------Lemon drop/ Crying sands---- --- ( Esquire) fine early bop.

Two tracks only. No bonus material

Paal Nilssen-Love/ Mats Gustafsson----------Sin Gas--------(Bocian) Excellent noise.

Love his playing , Wilder N' Wilder is a favourite.

Yamashita Yosuke - Inner Space Masahiko Sato - Trinity I received these two. Sound wise both are fine but perhaps a little forceful , which I take as a sign of loudness. The music is excellent

still on a Marion Brown kick.... Marion Brown Quartet---------(Fontana- ESP-Disk) 60s UK pressing confusingly titled as far as I can hear all three tracks feature more than 4 musicians. IIRC there are two versions of this LP with a different track on side 2. Mine's got Exhibition on label and cover with Bennie Maupin featured.

I bet you smiled when you came across them..... I'd love to have a copy of 'Juba Lee'] In fairness the 'dealer' had travelled to Japan with my wants list which included these plus dozens of others. These were the only ones he managed to get , no luck with various Japanese free jazz and Steve Lacy items I'd been interested in. Still I consider myself very lucky.

From a record fair last Saturday my first opportunity to hear these two. Mint Japanese reissues from mid 1980s. Great Marte Roling covers of course an added attraction. New York contemporary Five-------Consequences------(Fontana) Marion Brown---------------------------Juba Lee--------------(Fontana)