shrugs Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Have these 1946 - 1947 radio broadcasts seen a complete reissue on cd? I see that AMG has Vol 1 listed as a cd but it appears to be OOP. I have the lp's but am just curious.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisD Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 They were issued in 1992 on a 3-CD set : Hindsight HBCD-501. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrugs Posted July 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 (edited) Thanks, I figured someone released them. I just couldn't find one. But I see now that Tower lists them. I never think of looking there. Edited July 9, 2003 by shrugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrugs Posted July 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 This is a great set indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 Some material on there, such as "Magenta Haze," that I don't think Ellington recorded anywhere else. Magenta Haze was recorded for Musicraft in 1946, but there are indeed several tunes here that weren't recorded commercially. (Eight according to the liner notes.) Others have different arrangements or soloists than the commercial versions. A good chunk of it also captures the Ellington band at a time when it didn't record commercially (between the last Musicraft recordings in December 1946 and the first Columbia recordings in August 1947). And as ghost said, these are studio transcriptions, not broadcasts. These recordings were also issued in a Japanese 5-CD box replicating the original 5 LPs. That's the set I have! Lots of good music here. Definitely recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.D. Posted July 9, 2003 Report Share Posted July 9, 2003 And again.. these recording give a slightly different aspect of Ellington, possibly because as Swede points out, the band was in transition between " big company" recording contracts. Well worth the purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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