Quick question re: Ellington 1920s Brunswick (Decca) recordings

[Mark Stryker]

Gang -- a couple of related questions:

First, does anyone know if Brunswick ever released in the 1950s or early '60s another 12-inch volume (or two) of its 1920s Ellington material that would have been a companion to the "Early Ellington" LP pictured below.  

Second, has anyone heard the early '60s LPs of this material issued in England on the Ace of Hearts label and can offer an opinion about the sound quality/transfers?

Thanks ...

 

 

Edited 20 hours ago by Mark Stryker

[JSngry]

What about these Decca things?

https://www.discogs.com/release/18327259-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Duke-Ellington-The-Beginning-Vol-1-1926-1928?srsltid=AfmBOoot_6FUEzYm1cXfCEzqQTBnKgsp4gr8EZceejOCCNe2QDRJ76sY

https://www.discogs.com/release/6101977-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Hot-In-Harlem-1928-1929-Vol-2?srsltid=AfmBOopB5qWld45AC2PW6BgYZpP1MOi2w6NIEF5svEMBybXI30mbPXOK

https://www.discogs.com/release/1604363-Duke-Ellington-The-Jungle-Band-Duke-Ellington-Rockin-In-Rhythm-Vol-3-1929-1931?srsltid=AfmBOop4faBDbD--o55foegZJNllW0pVglvoy4IhkfiKBkOTnDa9HM8e

Fake stereo though....

 

[Mark Stryker]

15 hours ago, JSngry said:

What about these Decca things?

https://www.discogs.com/release/18327259-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Duke-Ellington-The-Beginning-Vol-1-1926-1928?srsltid=AfmBOoot_6FUEzYm1cXfCEzqQTBnKgsp4gr8EZceejOCCNe2QDRJ76sY

https://www.discogs.com/release/6101977-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Hot-In-Harlem-1928-1929-Vol-2?srsltid=AfmBOopB5qWld45AC2PW6BgYZpP1MOi2w6NIEF5svEMBybXI30mbPXOK

https://www.discogs.com/release/1604363-Duke-Ellington-The-Jungle-Band-Duke-Ellington-Rockin-In-Rhythm-Vol-3-1929-1931?srsltid=AfmBOop4faBDbD--o55foegZJNllW0pVglvoy4IhkfiKBkOTnDa9HM8e

Fake stereo though....

 

Thanks. I am aware of these, but fake stereo is a deal breaker. That's why I was wondering if there was ever a follow up to the 1954 LP "Early Ellington" (Brunswick), which has excellent transfers and, of course, is mono.

FWIW, I have the Complete Decca set on CD, as well as the one-CD best-of. I also have a pair of 10-inch Brunswick that sound pretty damn good. But I'm always interested in hearing the best LP pressings of 78-era Ellington for comparison ...

[JSngry]

My old record player used to have a mini switch. But that's something else that went away. Boo!

[Big Beat Steve]

17 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

Gang -- a couple of related questions:

First, does anyone know if Brunswick ever released in the 1950s or early '60s another 12-inch volume (or two) of its 1920s Ellington material that would have been a companion to the "Early Ellington" LP pictured below.  

Second, has anyone heard the early '60s LPs of this material issued in England on the Ace of Hearts label and can offer an opinion about the sound quality/transfers?

Thanks ...

 

 

What I know about Ellington's discography isn't nearly enough to give a full answer (and squeezed among the Victor and Columbia/Okeh recordings as they are, those early Brunswicks are hard to keep on overview of anyway), but there were a couple more reissues in the early 60s:

I have this one (definitely mono too) on German Coral 97012 LPCM, released in 1959: 
https://www.discogs.com/release/4439629-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Dukes-Best

It was repressed into the mid-60s (identical covers and labels, except that no printing date is given in the small print on the back cover of later reprintings).

And there was another volume (97015 LPCM, released in 1961) which I do not know (but will watch out for in the second hand special offer bins now  ) :

https://www.discogs.com/release/3986364-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra

I've never heard or seen the UK Ace of Hearts reissues.

I suppose the four volumes on French MCA in its "Jazz Heritage" series (catalog nos. starting with 510.xxx) use the stereo reprocessed mastering of the 60s U.S. Decca reissues? I only have two of the four French MCA Jazz Heritages and the stereo effect doesn't bother me unduly but I do see the point of those who object. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Big Beat Steve

[Big Beat Steve]

Re-my above post:
Simce you are wondering about the transfers and just in case you would have asked: I listened to the first few tracks of my Coral LP. Though my copy is definitely not NM the sound is bright and clear and fine. At least to me, and on my non-high end equipment, and it does not sound "remastered to death" either. Just for comparison I played a few tracks from Vol. 2 (1928-30) of the CBS "Complete Duke Ellington" twofers. These tracks do have more background noise (varying between hiss and pops and crackles, apparently in accordance with the source material) and generally sound more "vintage" or "20s-ish" ("muffled" would be too harsh a word, though). Perfectly listenable but I wouldn't use the word "bright" there.