Blue Moon Records--Need Info

[jazzmantom2004]

Anybody heard of this lable. I had a helluva time finding them on the web.

If you know of them, what can you tell me?

Thanks,

Hal

[Big Wheel]

See http://www.freshsoundrecords.com . Blue Moon is one of their sub-labels. Blue Moon/Fresh Sound has something of a mixed reputation...they put out things that are very hard to find in the States, but sometimes in the past they issued material for which they had not paid licensing fees. At least, I think that's what the story is--there are a bunch of labels in Southern Europe that do similar things, and it's hard to sort out the ethical ones from the less-kosher among them.

[Brad]

I believe Big Wheel is right. I seem to recall that they had issued the Vee-Jay material that was later reissued by Mosaic (the Shorter/Morgan and the Chambers/Kelly set) and apparently they weren't licensed to issue some of this material. Mosaic had a reference on their site on the Chambers set:

"This discography includes the original album issues as well as subsequent LPs and CDs that have contained alternate takes. In many cases, these alternate takes have been not identified as such. This discography is an attempt to sort out these performances accurately. Straight LP or CD reissues of the original albums or individual tracks used on compilations are not included. Also CDs on Blue Moon, which are not authorized or licensed by Vee Jay, are not included at the company's request." (emphasis added)