Squatty Roo Records - What Kind Of A Bootleg Label Is This?

[JSngry]

I see a few Ellington (and other) things that look, shall we say, interesting. But is this total POS bootleg, or is there at least a little love in there? Nothing I see has been grey-marketed before to my knowledge, so is this just rips of torrents, or, again, is there a little love in there?

And what's up with that (those?) live Wild Bill Davis side(s)?

[kh1958]

I've noticed some Ellington on this label that tempts me, but I have the same qualms.

[Joe]

Dunno, and the intertubes are singularly unhelpful here thus far. But just searching "Squatty Roo Records" on Google did turn up this pretty cool thing...

http://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/memorabilia/duke-ellington-squat-squatty-roo-handwritten-score-for-the-true-jazz-fan-few-vintage-documents-would-make-a-more-spect-total-1-item-/a/648-23022.s

[Don Brown]

I have three of the Ellingtons. They're pretty amateurish productions and they're CDRs.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

And what's up with that (those?) live Wild Bill Davis side(s)?

Just had a look at Squatty Roo records but couldn't find any Wild Bill Davis.

Could you provide a link to where you saw them, Jim?

MG

[JSngry]

http://wwX.emusic.cXm/browse/album/all/label:1042149/?sort=downloads

Please keep in mind that the above is NOT an exact link to the site, as that would be against board policy. So, just...you know, improvise.

[hopkins]

I am looking for the CD "Duke Ellington’s Sound Of Space" which is a bootleg of a Sun Ra concert 

https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/6825693?ev=rb

If anyone here has it and may be willing to sell it (or a copy - it's a bootleg, after all...) please PM me. 

[Ken Dryden]

Squatty Roo is a piece of shit bootlegger recycling a lot of old audience recordings. I made the mistake of buying 2 or 3 of the LPs years ago, issued in cheaply produced jackets by The Old Masters, two of which had some of the last live recordings of Johnny Hodges with Duke Ellington (Duke Ellington Opens The Cave). The graphics and paper quality of Squatty Roo CDs look like the cheapskate owner printed them on his home printer. Don’t waste your money.

[hopkins]

Thanks. Had not seen that the tracks are available in this video, so that will satisfy my curiosity.