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GOODMAN, BENNY
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I'M NOT COMPLAININ'
(Stock on hand: 13) |
CD: $8.98 (US) - ($8.08 with *discount) |
EMPRESS - UK
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12/25/1999 |
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BIG BAND:
22 tracks w. His Band, feat. vocalists Peggy Lee, Helen Forrest, Cootie Williams & the tracks "Clarinet a la King", "My Old Flame" & "Cornsilk"
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WEEMS, TED & HIS ORCHESTRA
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MORE 1940 BEAT THE BAND SHOWS
(Stock on hand: 284) |
CD: $14.98 (US) - ($13.48 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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4/6/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
17 tracks from the "Beat The Band" broadcasts, featuring vocals by Perry Como & whistling by Elmo Tanner. Also includes a bonus track, "When It's Twilight On The Trail," recorded in 1945 at the Supper Club.
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SHERWOOD, BOBBY & HIS ORCHESTRA
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1942/45 LIVE BROADCASTS WITH ZOOT SIMS
(Stock on hand: 55) |
CD: $14.98 (US) - ($13.48 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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4/6/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
16 track compilation features the underrated band leader performing at five separate locations, including Glen Island Casino; Terrace Room in Newark, NJ; Casino Gardens in Ocean Park, CA; and two shows in 1945 for a band spotlight. Features Bobby's two major hits, "The Elk's Parade" & "Sherwood's Forest."
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HAMPTON, LIONEL & HIS ORCHESTRA
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1944-45 BROADCASTS
(Stock on hand: 412) |
CD: $14.98 (US) - ($13.48 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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12/7/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
Vocalist Dinah Washington joins vibe king Lionel Hampton on broadcasts made during the "recording ban" period in the mid-1940s. Included are such swingin' tunes as "Overtime," "Lady Be Good" & "Rockin' In Rhythm". Also features Herbie Fields & Arnett Cobb.
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JAMES, HARRY & HIS ORCHESTRA
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1942-43 BROADCASTS WITH HELEN FORREST
(Stock on hand: 123) |
CD: $14.98 (US) - ($13.48 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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12/7/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
This remote pickup broadcast from the Astor Hotel features vocalist Helen Forrest as well as Chesterfield shows that include the previously unrecorded tunes "Nevada," "Godd For Nothing Joe," "It Can't Be Wrong" & "Chelsea Bridge".
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LUNCEFORD, JIMMIE & HIS ORCHESTRA
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1943-45 BROADCASTS
(Stock on hand: 295) |
CD: $14.98 (US) - ($13.48 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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12/7/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
These are excellent rare live recordings made during the Jubilee Command Performances. Also includes a live remote pickup from the Casa Manana Club in Culver City, California.
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
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VICTORY PARADE OF SPOTLIGHT BANDS - 1943-45 WARTIME BROADCASTS
(Stock on hand: 739) |
CD: $19.98 (US) - ($17.98 with *discount) |
SOUNDCRAFT
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9/20/2002 |
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BIG BAND:
2-CD set (42 tracks total) contains 6 songs from Tommy Dorsey & Orch. with Buddy Rich & Skip Nelson; 5 songs from Charlie Barnet & Orch. with Al Killian & Fred Warren; 4 songs from Artie Shaw & Orch. with Roy Eldridge; 5 songs from Les Brown with Doris Day, Randy Brooks & Ted Nash; 2 songs from Benny Goodman in N.Y.C.; 8 songs from Louis Prima & Orch. with the Victory Parade of Spotlight Bands & Mitchell Field; 5 songs from Harry James & Orch. at the War Bond Rally in San Diego; 7 songs from Jimmie Lunceford & Orch. at the Jefferson Barracks, MO.
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PRIMA, LOUIS
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IN THE 1930'S: 1934/39 BROADCASTS VOL. 1
(Stock on hand: 19) |
CD: $16.98 (US) - ($15.28 with *discount) |
REFLECTIONS - DENMARK
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2/15/2000 |
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BIG BAND:
20 tracks show trumpeter in 3 different settings: 9 tracks with the Joe Venuti Orchestra, 3 tracks of a 1936 film short "Swing It" with Pee Wee Russell & 8 tracks with Prima's Jump Band
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JAMES, HARRY
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WITH DICK HAYMES, 1940
(Stock on hand: 2) |
CD: $16.98 (US) - ($15.28 with *discount) |
FLYRIGHT
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6/6/1995 |
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BIG BAND:
the finest of Harry James' rare 1940 Varsity titles, w. newcomer vocalist, Dick Haymes
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
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BIG BAND JAZZ FROM JOE DAVIS
(Stock on hand: 1) |
LP: $12.98 (US) - ($11.68 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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12/25/1999 |
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BIG BAND:
Walter Thomas, Harry James, Fred Norman + 1940-52
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
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CUBAN BIG BANDS 1940-1942
(Stock on hand: 59) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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10/31/1995 |
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BIG BAND:
w. Orquestas: Casino de la Playa, Havana-Casino, Havana-Riverside, Hermanos Palau +
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CUGAT, XAVIER
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CONGAS, CHIHUAHUAS & RUMBAS 1940-45
(Stock on hand: 2) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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10/8/2010 |
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BIG BAND:
21 track collection of some of his finest congas & rumbas from the war years, featuring vocalists Miguelito Valdes, Lina Romay, Bobby Capo, Bing Crosby. (Previously deleted:10/1/07. Original release date:9/1/95)
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JONES, SPIKE
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SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS
(Stock on hand: 1) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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12/25/1999 |
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BIG BAND:
26 tracks inc. all 16 sides recorded for the Bluebird label in 1941-42, also inc. never before released tracks & alternate takes
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BENSON, IVY & HER ALL GIRLS BAND
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1943-49
(Stock on hand: 2) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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12/8/2000 |
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BIG BAND:
23 track compilation contains female band leader's wartime recordings from 1943-49, comprised of basically alto sax & small group cuts; the second half of the album features her big band, comprised of 4 trumpets, 4 trombones & other instrumentation - most of the songs are from rare 1940s broadcasts, with excellent arrangements & some bop-ish tracks in the last half dozen
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CUGAT, XAVIER
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THE UNHEARD XAVIER CUGAT
(Stock on hand: 1) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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8/22/2000 |
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BIG BAND:
26 never before released tracks from 1934-37 were taken mostly from transcription discs; the earlier cuts are from live radio broadcasts, inc. the songs "Everybody Calls It Swing," "Midnight Blues" & "Mexicali Rose"
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CUGAT, XAVIER
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LIVE FROM THE STATLER - HILTON & ROSELAND HOTELS: 1950S
(Stock on hand: 3) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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2/29/2000 |
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BIG BAND:
rare broadcast from top New York hotels finds Cugat's superb orchestra at its peak, playing magnificent, full-toned, swinging arrangements primarily of mambos & rumbas; some tour-de-force versions are here, including perhaps the hottest version of "El Manisero" since it broke Latin American music in 1930
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CUGAT, XAVIER
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JACK JACK JACK 1947-49
(Stock on hand: 1) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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5/16/2000 |
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BIG BAND:
25 tracks of rumbas, tangos, waltzes, guarachas, beguines, boleros & many other styles, featuring vocals by Boyd Triplets, Dorothy Porter, Jose Monero, Aladdin Pallante, Buddy Clark, Bob Graham, Otto Bolivar & others
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GARDNER, FREDDY
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BODY & SOUL: 1939-50
(Stock on hand: 2) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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2/27/2001 |
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BIG BAND:
Melodic saxman Gardner performs 23 tracks with the Peter Yorke Orchestra; features the easy listening songs "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "These Foolish Things" & others, inc. many never before released tracks
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CROSBY, BOB & THE BOBCATS
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1939 CAMEL CARAVAN SHOWS
(Stock on hand: 4) |
CD: $17.98 (US) - ($16.18 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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11/18/2003 |
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BIG BAND:
28 tracks (including 6 by the red hot small combo The Bobcats) were chosen from nine shows to feature the best of swinging revivalist jazz. Billy Butterfield, Irving Fazola and the incomparable tenor sax of Eddie Miller are at their best with a top flight rhythm section.
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LEWIS, VIC
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JAM SESSIONS VOL. 1 - THE WAR YEARS
(Stock on hand: 2) |
LP: $12.98 (US) - ($11.68 with *discount) |
HARLEQUIN
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12/25/1999 |
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BIG BAND:
w. Johnny Mince, George Chisholm + 1944-45
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