V-Disc Big Band Set Is Coming!!!

[Big Beat Steve]

36 minutes ago, scooter_phx said:

It's worth the wait.  You'll dig it.

Dig it? Out of the snow? 

[jazzbo]

I know I'll enjoy it.

The big ass storm has stopped. We seem to have a few day respite against us.

[scooter_phx]

22 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Dig it? Out of the snow? 

Funny man.  Shame it didn't come just prior to the weather going nuts.  Jazzbo could have just sat down with an adult beverage and enjoyed.

[Big Beat Steve]

3 hours ago, scooter_phx said:

Funny man.  Shame it didn't come just prior to the weather going nuts.  Jazzbo could have just sat down with an adult beverage and enjoyed.

Winter has been upon us over here more than "usual" these past weeks too. But with your post and the weather reports (including from the US) this quip about "digging" just was unavoidable, wasn't it?  Of course you are right about sitting down and enjoying. That's what I did every now and then after my early morning snow-shoveling workouts - working off my stack of unlistened-to recent arrivals in my record room. 

[jazzbo]

Well, jazzbo doesn't drink "adult beverages," and I did do plenty of listening after snow shoveling as we decided not to go anywhere, and had stocked up earlier, knowing this was coming. Like Steve I chipped away at the recent arrivals. Still just a tracking number today, no shipping notice.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

USPS acknowledges receiving the package and gave a delivery date of monday.  Looking forward to it.  Meanwhile on with my Freddie Hubbard Mosaic and Chron Andy Kirk festivals!

[jazzbo]

12 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

USPS acknowledges receiving the package and gave a delivery date of monday.  Looking forward to it.  Meanwhile on with my Freddie Hubbard Mosaic and Chron Andy Kirk festivals!

Yes I just checked again and mine was just picked up and given a Monday delivery date. 

[AaronG]

No word from Mosaic on my order yet. 

[Chuck Nessa]

1 hour ago, AaronG said:

No word from Mosaic on my order yet. 

Same here.

[Ken Dryden]

No shipping notice from UPS or Mosaic's expediter.

[Fred]

My set "departed FedEx hub" in Memphis, TN today at 5:28. Hope to have it in Italy into the next week. I can't wait.

[JSngry]

No updates from anybody, but using the Google Internet to look up my tracking #, I can see that the item has been Delayed In Dallas, which is understandable 

[Fred]

The set landed just now in Italy, after crossing storm, delays, and the monsters of italian customs! Wow!

[JSngry]

It have done been gotten here it has!

[Fred]

I would like to point out the omission of a track on disc 5. The exact order is:

DISC V

HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA

1. James spoken introduction (X) 0:09

2. Blue Lou (X) 2:43

(I. Mills-E. Sampson)

3. Charmaine (X) 1:49

(L. Pollack-E. Rapee)

4. The Sad Sack (X) 3:16
(Harry James)

5. Mexico City (X) 4:12

(W. Donaldson-M. Greene)

6. Sierra (X) 3:45

(J. Matthias-S. Russell)

7. Too Marvelous For Words (X) 3:13

(J. Mercer-R. Whiting)

HARRY JAMES AND HIS ORCHESTRA

8. September In The Rain (Y) 3:15

(A. Dubin-H. Warren)

9. 920 Special (Y) 2:44
(Earle Warren)

10. Rose Room (Y) 4:14

(A. Hickman-H. Williams)

11. Eight Bar Riff (Part 1) (Y) 4:07
(Harry James)

12. Eight Bar Riff (Part 2) (Y) 3:20
(Harry James)

CLAUDE THORNHILL AND HIS ORCHESTRA

13. Easy Does It (Z) 3:18

(T. Young-S. Oliver)

 

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

14. Yeah Man (AA) 2:43
(Count Basie)

15. Rhythm Man (AA) 2:40
(Count Basie)

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

16. Kansas City Stride (BB) 4:12
(Dicky Wells)

17. Beaver Junction (BB) 3:41
(Harry Edison)

18. Circus In Rhythm (BB) 3:40
(Earle Warren)

19. Aunt Hagar's Country Home (BB) 3:20
(unidentified)

20. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (BB) 4:09

(A. Razaf-D. Redman)

21. Basie Strides Again (Along Avenue C) (BB) 3:00
(Buck Clayton)

22. Call Me Darling (feat. Thelma Carpenter)

23. Playhouse No. 2 Stomp (Variations on I Got Rhythm) (BB) 3:17
(George Gershwin)

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA

24. Kansas City Stride (alt tk) (BB) 3:45

(Dicky Wells)

[Ken Dryden]

Still crickets from Mosaic about my copy.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

22 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:

Still crickets from Mosaic about my copy.

Did you check the status of your order on the Mosaic website? Sometimes the email notifications get lost.

[Ken Dryden]

I did and no record of it existed, though I am positive that I submitted it. Evidently an internet outage happened, as I never was charged on my credit cards (I checked them all) nor did I find a confirmation from Mosaic. Scott is taking care of me, so all is well.

 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

Well, my copy arrived today and I got it all ripped to lossless files and listened to the Basie stuff, which is about an hour and 22 minutes, and the Lionel Hampton section, which is 30 minutes.  I have nothing to compare besides public domain sources on the internet but the sound does seem quite excellent here.  The content is, as you know, splendid.

[medjuck]

Got mine yesterday via USPS.  Started reading the booklet which has a long quote from Tony Janak in which he explains that the recordings were sent out on 12 inch discs with as many as 60 tunes on a double sided disc.  Does anyone know what the playback speed was?  

[Big Beat Steve]

SIXTY tunes on ONE disc? That cannot have been the actual discs.

I am no expert on these at all but AFAIK most often the V-Discs had 4 tunes per record (sometimes only 2, sometimes 3).  That's what the discographies say, and that's what is on the handful of original V-Discs that I have. They all play at 78 rpm.

[Dub Modal]

Which ones were 16" then? I mistakenly thought all V-Discs were that size. 

[Big Beat Steve]

Wasn't 16" the typical diameter of transcription discs for radio use?

[Stompin at the Savoy]

38 minutes ago, medjuck said:

Got mine yesterday via USPS.  Started reading the booklet which has a long quote from Tony Janak in which he explains that the recordings were sent out on 12 inch discs with as many as 60 tunes on a double sided disc.  Does anyone know what the playback speed was?  

Here is the quote in question.  I think it is likely Janak meant the 15 records or 30 sides all together had 40-60 tunes. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Stompin at the Savoy

[Big Beat Steve]

15 records that yield a total of 30 to 60 tunes (i.e. 2 to 4 per disc), that makes sense indeed. So 40 to 60 tunes would make "about 2.5 on average" to 4 per disc. A possible total too.

Edited 1 hour ago by Big Beat Steve