Media Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Good Plus (G+)
Country: US
Released: 1954
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing, Bop
Comments:
ON SALE! - Vinyl is clean with only minor wear, jacket has many seam splits, much discoloration from age, tearing along bottom of back cover.
Notes:
Only a partial compilation. Six of these tracks were previously issued as ten-inch 78 RPM records in 1945/46 on Keynote.
A1: [matrix HL 121-2 recorded 16 February 1946, Los Angeles;
A2: [matrix HL 122-4 recorded 16 February 1946, Los Angeles;
A3: [matrix HL 123-2 recorded 16 February 1946, Los Angeles;
A4: [matrix HL 124-3 recorded 16 February 1946, Los Angeles;
B1: [matrix HL 90-2 recorded 2 May 1945, Los Angeles;
B2: [matrix HL 91-5 recorded 2 May 1945, Los Angeles;
B3: [matrix HL 92-5 recorded 2 May 1945, Los Angeles;
B4: [matrix HL 93-2 recorded 2 May 1945, Los Angeles.
A2 and A3 originally released as Keynote K-629 as by The Keynoters;
B1 and B4 originally released as Keynote K-620 as by Willie Smith And His Orchestra Featuring Les Paul (note side B was then titled, "Willie..." instead of "Willow";
B2 and B3 were originally released on disc in 78 RPM multi-record set Keynote Album K-143;
A1 and A4 apparently were not released prior to this LP.
While drummer [a330704 is credited on the jacket front, he is not among the performers credited in Ruppli and Novitsky's "The Mercury Labels," discography, Volume 1, which is the source of all the other musicians named on this page.
A1. I Cant Believe That You're In Love With Me
A2. The Way You Look Tonight
A3. Airiness A La Nat
A4. My Old Flame
B1. September In The Rain
B2. You Ought To Be In Pictures
B3. Moten Swing
B4. Willow Weep For Me
Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout MG 26000 A
Matrix / Runout MG 26000 B
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Record Company Mercury Record Corporation
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