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At Last We Are Able to Offer the 5 Missing Jazz Oracle Titles Again! They’re back!!! At last we are able to offer the 5 missing Jazz Oracle titles again! RE-PRESSED! ROGER WOLFE KAHN – Recorded in New York 1925-1928 BDW8013 1 CD £12.99 A selection of the most jazz-oriented recordings by this fine dance orchestra made for Victor, Perfect, Brunswick and Columbia. Features Miff Mole, Arthur Schutt, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Artie Shaw, and Charlie Teagarden. Also includes a previously unissued performance of Rhythm of the Day. RE-PRESSED! DALLAS RHYTHM – Recorded in Dallas and St Louis 1924-1929 BDW8021 1 CD £12.99 Includes the complete recordings of Dallas-based bandleader Jack Gardner, as well as selected recordings by Randolph McCurtain, Phil Baxter and Herman Waldman. The 32-page booklet includes extensive liner notes by researcher Dick Raichelson, as well as previously unpublished information and newly-found details of the activities of these territory bandleaders. RE-PRESSED! DIME STORE HOT DANCE 1927-1930 BDW8023 1 CD £12.99 A selection of hot dance recordings from 1927 to 1930 made for release on the Plaza and Compo stable of labels. Features hot solo work by Tommy Gott, Bob Effros, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Arthur Schutt and others. Exhaustive booklet with full band personnel and recording dates. RE-PRESSED! ARCADIA SHUFFLE 1924-1925 BDW8027 1 CD £12.99 The complete recordings of the Arcadian Serenaders and the Original Crescent City Jazzers, and selected recordings by the Arcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis. Includes extensive notes by James K. Williams and many recently- discovered photographs. Plus full recording details, personnel and dates. RE-PRESSED! SAM MANNING Volume 1 1924-1927 – Hot Black Jazz! BDW8028 The first CD devoted to the complete output by this important New York stage performer. Shows the fusion of West Indian calypso rhythms with hot jazz and even vaudeville influences. Includes some of the fantastically rare sides made for Okeh's short lived 65000 West Indian series. Jazz collectors note - this is HOT black jazz! SPECIAL OFFER! KEN COLYER – The Lost 1954 Tapes in 2 volumes URCD198 & URCD205 - £12.99 each - or buy the two together URCD019 £22 The sound quality is excellent and the recording superb. A must for every Colyer fan. Features introductions by Ken Colyer - the date of the event Ken's birthday 18th April 1954 - a memorable occasion in more ways than one. Featuring Chris Barber, Monty Sunshine and Lonnie Donegan. Also featuring 4 tracks of Ken Colyer’s Skiffle Group with Lonnie Donegan including the never before recorded Cotton Song. Volume 2 completes the 1954 session, plus 8 tracks from The Colston Hall 1956 and 4 from the Dancing Slipper 1960. NEW! ETTA JAMES - Sings for Lovers - 2 Original Albums plus bonus tracks JASMCD3128 1 CD £12.99 This is Jasmine's second foray into the early career of one of the most iconic female jazz and blues stars of all time, Etta James. Featuring Etta's third ('Etta') and fourth ('Sings for Lovers') albums for Argo Records. Both of these LPs are making their debut on this superb CD. Includes If I can't Have You, Something's Got A Hold On Me, Spoonful, Stop The Wedding, Next Door To The Blues and more! The booklet contains the original notes from each LP plus Jasmine have selected four bonus tracks from 1962 that were not featured on the albums to close off this great collection. UPBEAT MAIL ORDER: Waverley House 6 The Bramblings Rustington West Sussex BN16 2DA Tel: 0843 658 0856 Website: www.upbeatmailorder.co.uk 2020 Newsletter Supplement 4 NEW! CHRIS BARBER in Retrospect – A Life on the Road – with Ottilie Patterson URCD302 1 CD £12.99 Mike Pointon has compiled a wonderful CD of Chris Barber. His unmatched musical career spanned 65 years. Chris Barber retired from bandleading in August 2019 and this CD is released as a tribute to his stature within the jazz world. This album is a must for fans of 1950s and 60s jazz and fans of Chris Barber. The selection also features Ken Colyer, Monty Sunshine, Lonnie Donegan, Joe Harriott, Pat Halcox, Ian Wheeler and Ottilie Patterson. NEW! VINTAGE JAZZ RARITIES 1924-1936 URCD304 1 CD £12.99 This special album commemorates one of the British jazz scene’s most unforgettable figures: John R T Davies. Bands include: Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, Wingie Malone and His San Sue Strutters, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, King Oliver and His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra to mention a few. Excellent sound quality and a CD not to be missed. RE-RELEASED! FRANZ JACKSON / PAUL BARBARIN - Rare Cuts, Well Done! Volume 9 JCCD3112 1 CD £12.99 The first eight tracks on the CD were recorded live in 1968 at a session in New York, and are a good example of Franz Jackson and his band, featuring Lil Armstrong. In fact, although classified as a Chicago band, their sound is very close to the Preservation Hall band of the 80s/90s - some great jazz played. The final five tracks are from the Onward Brass Band and again recorded in 1968, and could well have been band leader Paul Barbara's last recordings. Another great selection of tracks in Big Bill's series of 'Rare Cuts - Well Done'. Pete Lay, Just Jazz RE-ISSUE! SWEET MARY CAT & Their North American Friends – Time To Dance Some More JCCD3081 1 CD £12.99 Following on the success of Time to Dance (JCCD3079) we are delighted to release the final 6 tracks from the session recorded in April 2002 at the Audiofile Studios in New Orleans with the French band Sweet Mary Cat joined by some illustrious New Orleans stalwarts. These are complemented by four tracks recorded Live in Lyons in 1993 where Big Bill reverses the favour and meets some of his French counterparts for a live concert. NEW! WILLIE SMITH – Alto Sax All-Time Great – His 48 Finest 1934-1958 RTS4368 2 CDs £14.99 Willie Smith stands alongside Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter as one of the three great alto saxophone players of the pre-Charlie Parker generation – yet this is the first double CD devoted to his formidable artistry. Retrospective’s tribute to this towering figure in jazz history presents a 48-track survey that tracks his extraordinary career from sax-section leader in the 30s to high-flying soloist in the 50s. Classic sides from his years with The Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, Harry James’ Band and latterly with Duke Ellington. Plus exciting extracts from his many famous live performances with Jazz At The Philharmonic and in quartet with Nat King Cole as The Keynoters. Here is an album that demands a place in every jazz lover’s collection. NEW! HUTCH! – Society’s Favourite Gigolo – His 50 Finest 1929-1947 RTS41666 2 CDs £14.99 Here is a tribute to one of the best-loved of all 20th century entertainers, Hutch, with his inimitable artistry displayed in the finest available collection of his always suavely elegant work. Leslie A. Hutchinson (1900-1969), known simply as ‘Hutch’, had one of the most famous and best-loved voices of the late 30s and 40s. With his charming and debonair personality, his skilful piano playing and that unmistakeable, chocolate-flavoured baritone, he was among the most enduringly popular entertainers (even into his sixties). Red carnation in buttonhole below handsome good looks, he was the archetypal crooner par excellence, and his recordings sold in millions. Hutch now gets the accolade of a Retrospective double CD. .
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