Bol Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Any recommendations as to which issues on vinyl of Fats Waller & Rhythm you'd recommend? Not 78's, but 12" LP's. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 The RCA Victor Ain't Misbehavin' LP was released in the 1950s and stayed in print for decades. Should be easy to find one in decent shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles65 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 (edited) French RCA issued a complete 34-43 series on 24 LP's. Bluebird issued a number of 2 LP sets covering the same material. But I don't know if they went all the way to vol. 12. Discogs only listes 3. Edited January 1 by miles65 typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 On 1/1/2024 at 11:05 PM, miles65 said: French RCA issued a complete 34-43 series on 24 LP's. Bluebird issued a number of 2 LP sets covering the same material. But I don't know if they went all the way to vol. 12. Discogs only listes 3. Careful ... There seems to be more than that. What French RCA reissued (in their Black & White single-LP series released prior to their Black & White twofer series) was made up of the 24 LPs of his "Complete Recordings" that you mention but it appears that these were COMPLEMENTARY to TWO 5-LP box sets (Fats Waller Memorial Vol. 1 and Vol. 2). I have never done a track-by-track comparison between all these LPs but the fine print on the individual LPs says: "Fats' Complete Works will not include the same tracks as the ones on the two sets 730.570/574 and 731.054/058." For those who can do with a smaller helping there also was a 4-LP set "Fats Waller & His Rhythm - The Last Years 1940-1943" on RCA NL90411. This set roughly duplicates Vols. 19 to 23 of the individual B&W LPs (minus certain alternates). I cannot recall having ever seen any Bluebird twofers on Fats Waller (though these 60s Bluebirds invariably caught - and still catch - my attention) so they cannot have covered his entire output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted January 14 Report Share Posted January 14 I used to have the Bluebird Fats Waller twofers and I thought that they made it to volume 4 plus a twofer of piano solos, but I don’t own them any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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