chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Lewis-CLIMAX-105-12-78-RPM-Dist-Blue-Note-/170604628705?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item27b8d40ae1 ok, im going to keep it simple. what theHELL is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Can't recall any concrete online sources but remember having read about this label somewhere out there along time ago. So the history must be documented somwhere on the web. Those 78s look like period repressings of BN 78rpm releases to me (maybe a budget line or some license for other markets?) but can't be THAT rare. I remember picking up two (swing-style) Blue Note recordings from the 40s issued on that Climax label at a fairly affordable price a couple of years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 GEORGE LEWIS And His New Orleans Stompers "Dont Go 'Way Nobody" "Careless Love Blues" with Avery "Kid" Howard, Jim Robinson, Lawrence Marrero, Edgar Mosley, Chester Zardis CLIMAX 105, 12" 78 RPM. "Distributed by Blue Note Records, N.Y.C" Can you just put the $1,000,000 into my PayPal account? Let me know if that works for you and I'll provide you with the details. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 The Climax label was created in 1943 during the American Federation of Musicians recording ban. Writer Bill Russell organized a recording session by George Lewis and his musicians in New Orleans but did not take the chance to release the music. He offered the best numbers from the session to Alfred Lion who released them on the newly created label. (Informations from The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz by Barry Dean Kernfeld). Now what's my take on the reward?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 There were only five releases on Climax, all 12 inch 78's, all by George Lewis. Numbered 101-105. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) These were George Lewis's first recordings as leader. Lion thought that the recording quality (they were made on Bill Russell's portable disc cutter at the Gypsy Tea Room in New Orleans) wasn't good enough for the Blue Note label, hence the Climax subsidiary. I'll take twenty bucks. Edited February 18, 2011 by jeffcrom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 There were only five releases on Climax, all 12 inch 78's, all by George Lewis. Numbered 101-105. So what do I have here, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Seems to be of European origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Might well be. The items came from a European seller. But the "Not Licensed for Radio Broadcast" imprint is rather atypical for European pressings. Usually they had the entire "Unauthorized public performance prohibited ..." or "All rights of the owner of the recorded work ..." blurb (or the like) in small print around the outer circumference. Edited February 18, 2011 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 BIEM was my reason for saying that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 So I figured. But still it is odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Lewis-CLIMAX-105-12-78-RPM-Dist-Blue-Note-/170604628705?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item27b8d40ae1 ok, im going to keep it simple. what theHELL is this? For when this e-bay auction expires and disappears, here's the image... Edited February 18, 2011 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I'll just say, you learn something new every day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I've never had a climax... ...record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 i am freaked out by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I will say their choice of font (a rather clunky one, actually) for the letters in CLIMAX -- perhaps coupled with such a long word being spelled out vertically -- is rather freakish looking. And especially because the word has an "I" in the middle of it -- which, frankly, looks like crap when a word is spelled vertically, especially with such a wide letter like "M" immediately following it. C L I M A X So, yeah, I can understand being a little bit freaked out by it -- at least from a design perspective. Any way you look at it, that "CLIMAX" label looks like shit, IMHO, like a very cheap knock-off of Blue Note (VERY cheap). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 this is so weird! its like blue note going crown. the reminds me ive found some really strange crown items lately i never knew existed, too tired to post about it now. will do later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyeSpeech Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 V e r y........i n t e r e s t i n g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted December 30, 2012 Report Share Posted December 30, 2012 A couple of these are up for auction on ebay (set to end today): http://www.ebay.com/itm/78-RPM-RARE-12-INCH-JAZZ-ON-BLUE-NOTE-CLIMAX-105-EE-/390517113662?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item5aeca2433e http://www.ebay.com/itm/78-RPM-RARE-12-INCH-JAZZ-ON-BLUE-NOTE-CLIMAX-102-EE-/251203809367?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3a7ce9f057 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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