medjuck Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 (edited) At the Miles Davis museum exhibit they displayed several Savoy and Dial albums. IIRC the Dial were for colleactions of Bird 78s but the Savoy for various boppers and just titled Be Bop vol 1 etc. and advertised Bird as well as "Izzy Goldberg"-- I guess because Dizzy was under contract elsewhere. (RCA?) I remember that most of the 78s my parents owned were in albums but never thought jazz albums were that common. Was I wrong? Were whole sessions ever released as albums? Edited August 29, 2010 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Considering how much one has seen in jazz 78 rpm albums (containing anything from 2 to 5 78s) through the years without ever being able to afford them there must have been an AWFUL lot. Just have a look at that famous and often-reproduced photo of the storefronot of the Commodore Record Shop that was chock full with jazz (or jazz-ish) albums. And no doubt this was just a TINY fraction of what was available just at the time that pic was taken. And for a more recent glimpse at a little bit of what there was back then, have a look at this and DROOL! http://www.gokudo.co.jp/Record/SPRec/index.htm I am glad I've accumulated a handful 78 rpm albums in the course of the years (including items by the Lamplighter All Stars, Hazel Scott, Mildred Bailey, and a few more) but these are next to nothing compared to what there was. Many of them would be worth acquiring just for their cover artwork! Edited August 30, 2010 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I agree with Steve. The only real jazz album of 78s I've seen was owned by my landlord in the sixties. It was a collection of 78s by Fred Elizalde, a British bandleader, whose band featured that Chicago musician, whose name I can never remember, but who's well known for playing baritone sax, clarinet and hot fountain pen. Some Italian-sounding name, I think. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I agree with Steve. The only real jazz album of 78s I've seen was owned by my landlord in the sixties. It was a collection of 78s by Fred Elizalde, a British bandleader, whose band featured that Chicago musician, whose name I can never remember, but who's well known for playing baritone sax, clarinet and hot fountain pen. Some Italian-sounding name, I think. MG Adrian Rollini? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I agree with Steve. The only real jazz album of 78s I've seen was owned by my landlord in the sixties. It was a collection of 78s by Fred Elizalde, a British bandleader, whose band featured that Chicago musician, whose name I can never remember, but who's well known for playing baritone sax, clarinet and hot fountain pen. Some Italian-sounding name, I think. MG Adrian Rollini? That's the man! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 78 rpm albums were common. Jazz albums were common after 1940 or so. I think the first jazz issue was Chicago Jazz on Decca Followed by Kansas City Jazz and New Orleans . All George Avakian productions. Many 10" lps were issued with the same cover as the 78 issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) I'm into my second year of 78 RPM obsession, and have found that there more 78 albums than I realized - both jazz and otherwise. The jazz albums seem to have been split between sessions designed for album release and reissues - either historical or collections of an artist's most popular sides. Actually, calling the latter kind of collection "reissue" is not always accurate - several Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens were first issued in such albums. Here are a couple of early Columbia albums with great Jim Flora covers. I have the Kid Ory; it's an example of music that was intended for album release - this is the first release of the two sessions involved. Edited August 30, 2010 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 I passed up that Bix & Tram one a couple months ago and to my dying day I will never know why. It was beat up, but was also only $6. Hmph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Many of them would be worth acquiring just for their cover artwork! And the labels. Still think Commodore had the prettiest one. gregmo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 Judging from the number of them I've seen around the Midwest, I'd guess that the best sellers included the RCA and Columbia boogie-woogie sets and Columbia's "Blues by Basie." Honestly, you don't see the Decca "Kansas City" album around Kansas City very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I still have my Dad's 78 album set of "The King Cole Trio" on Capitol, with the pink cover. 4 discs, 8 tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I used to pick up 78 albums from time to time back in the 80's when I was out vinyl and shellac (but mostly vinyl) hunting. I had a Zenith "Cobra-matic", which sounded fantastic. Anyway, finding jazz albums on 78's was relatively rare. I found a lot of singles on a nice variety of labels, but the albums tended to be the more common stuff... Basie, Benny Goodman, etc. I did find a cool 12" 78 album (two discs, as I recall) on Asch, though... The Art Tatum Trio with Tiny Grimes and Slam Stewart. By the way, am I the only one here who ever picked up a 78 album at a garage sale and allowed one of the discs to slide out... four feet above the cement floor? :blush2: It only happened once, thank goodness. This reminds me... I do remember finding quite a few of those albums with discs missing or in pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 I bought the 2 disc (12") original Black, Brown and Beige album and managed to break both discs when I was moving. I kept the album and am trying to figure out a way to frame it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Adrian Rollini played BASS sax... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Adrian Rollini played BASS sax... Ah - it was 1968 when I lived there. You try remembering what instrument someone of minor importance to you was playing 42 years after the event MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 With the 45 rpm album becoming an audiophile format, it's a matter of time before we come full circle and are back to the days of 78 albums. I've written elsewhere: 78s from the 1950s that were recorded on tape and pressed on modern vinyl sound AMAZING when they're played with the right stylus.Also: Not exactly jazz, but I've managed to find intact 78 albums of Cugat's Rhumbas (Columbia), Sam Hoffman/Les Baxter "Music Out of the Moon" (Capitol) and Rozsa's "Spellbound" (forget the label). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bichos Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 With the 45 rpm album becoming an audiophile format, it's a matter of time before we come full circle and are back to the days of 78 albums. I've written elsewhere: 78s from the 1950s that were recorded on tape and pressed on modern vinyl sound AMAZING when they're played with the right stylus. Also: Not exactly jazz, but I've managed to find intact 78 albums of Cugat's Rhumbas (Columbia), Sam Hoffman/Les Baxter "Music Out of the Moon" (Capitol) and Rozsa's "Spellbound" (forget the label). ara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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