Lou Donalson on Argo/Cadet - How Much Is There...

[JSngry]

Could this work? Maybe a tad big for a Select...too small for a "big box" set...so what to do?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i have a possum head white label promo!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

These are Lou's Argo/Cadet LPs

1 Signifyin'

2 Possum head

3 Coleslaw

4 Rough house blues

5 Musty Rusty

6 Fried buzzard

7 Blowing in the wind

8 At his best

1 and 2 feature BJP and were recently reissued in Europe on the Groove Hut label (Andorra) - a twofer.

5 and 8 feature Billy Gardner and were recently reissued in Europe on the Jazz Beat label (Andorra again) - a twofer.

4 was issued on CD in Japan by Universal Victor (now out of print)

6 was issued on CD in the US by MCA (now out of print)

3 and 7 feature the One and Only Herman Foster and I reckon it's a good bet that the Andorrans will come out with a twofer of these before too long.

4, despite Oliver Nelson arrangements, is the one I find least interesting.

6 is a BMF. "And making his first apperance in the United Sataes of America, from New Orleans, Louisiana, Leo Morris!" (Well, they're all great albums except 4.)

As far as I know, no unreleased tracks were recorded for Chess. The total running time is not long, but at four and three quarter hours would need four CDs to cover. And who would do it considering the Andorrans are making a decent job of it? Are these pirate issues? Dunno. Honestly, don't care. Universal clearly doesn't care about its stack of Soul Jazz albums and I do.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ah, I see you've been listening to "Rough house blues". What do you think of it?

MG

[Michael Weiss]

Fried Buzzard has some of the best Bill Hardman on record.

[JSngry]

Ah, I see you've been listening to "Rough house blues". What do you think of it?

MG

It's good, but could have been better...recorded kind of harshly, I think.

[Dan Gould]

It might interest some that -8- has Grant Green.

[Brad]

Isn't the beauty of a Select that Mosaic doesn't have to make it complete?

[Bluerein]

I think we might not see any new selects in the near future........ A small Mosaic set is a better bet but the Blue Note set is quite recent so don't hold your horses.

[David]

I have Rough House and Blowin in the Wind on MVCJ Japanese releases and Signifyin' on a UCCJ mini-lp Japanese release. All are quite enjoyable and sound fine to these ears.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I have Rough House and Blowin in the Wind on MVCJ Japanese releases and Signifyin' on a UCCJ mini-lp Japanese release. All are quite enjoyable and sound fine to these ears.

Ah, I didn't know "Blowin' in the wind" had come out on a Japanese MVCJ.

MG

[king ubu]

I think we might not see any new selects in the near future

Sad if that is so, I love the Selects and think they were a great idea!

[John L]

These are Lou's Argo/Cadet LPs

1 Signifyin'

2 Possum head

3 Coleslaw

4 Rough house blues

5 Musty Rusty

6 Fried buzzard

7 Blowing in the wind

8 At his best

What was this one, an alternative release of Musty Rusty?

[Dan Gould]

A double LP compilation. I got it originally because it was the first chance I had to hear any of the tracks with Grant Green.

[David Ayers]

Fried buzzard was issued on CD in the US by MCA (now out of print)

In fact it seems to still be available.

[monkboughtlunch]

Could this work? Maybe a tad big for a Select...too small for a "big box" set...so what to do?

I wonder if some of the Lou Donaldson Argo/Cadet masters burned up or got water-damaged in the 2008 Universal fire:

Edited May 25, 2010 by monkboughtlunch

[jazzbo]

I have Rough House and Blowin in the Wind on MVCJ Japanese releases and Signifyin' on a UCCJ mini-lp Japanese release. All are quite enjoyable and sound fine to these ears.

Hmmm. . . I wonder if you sent copies of those to the right person if we'd see an "Andorran" version on cd shortly thereafter.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I have Rough House and Blowin in the Wind on MVCJ Japanese releases and Signifyin' on a UCCJ mini-lp Japanese release. All are quite enjoyable and sound fine to these ears.

Hmmm. . . I wonder if you sent copies of those to the right person if we'd see an "Andorran" version on cd shortly thereafter.

The two that the Andorrans would put out - which would fit together beautifully and also fit into their methodology, would be the two with The One and Only Herman Foster - "Coleslaw" and "Blowin' in the wind". No one seems to think "Coleslaw" was ever put on CD, however.

MG

[Swinging Swede]

Cole Slaw is indeed the only one that hasn't been put on CD (if we include Andorran needle drops). It has however appeared in blogland.

There is also an unissued album recorded in July 1965. Most but not all of the tunes were repeated on later Cadet albums:

Lou Donaldson (as) + others

New York, July, 1965

14121 Greasy papa (unissued) Cadet

14122 The thing -

14123 Fried buzzard -

14124 The best things in life are free -

14125 Stella by starlight -

14126 The wig blues -

14127 Just friends -

14128 Over the rainbow -

Then there are a few additional unreleased tracks:

Tommy Turrentine (tp) Lou Donaldson (as) Big John Patton (org) Roy Montrell (g) Ben Dixon (d)

New York, July 17, 1963 [signifyin' session]

12553 Bossa nova [Lou's new thing] (unissued)

Lou Donaldson (as) Herman Foster (p) Sam Jones (b) Leo Morris (d) Richard "Pablo" Landrum (cga)

New York, September 7, 1966 [blowin' In The Wind session]

15116 Untitled (unissued)

15118 Blues no. 1 -

15119 Chasin' a fox -

All of this may have perished in the Universal fire.