[Dixielandjazz] Re: Krupa's trumpeter Revisited

[Phil O'Rourke]

Bill

As you said, Proper Box are very lax about the accuracy o the recording
dates that they put in the booklet.
I have noticed this on several occasions. The only thing that spoils a good
reproduction.

Phil O'Rourke
Australia

> Dear Bob,
> Yes indeed. Krupa's "Rockin' Chair" was originally issued on OK 6352, and
> was also on Columbia C-6247. A hasty error on my part in reading from the
LP
> details.
> In the late 30s Columbia and Okeh, under CBS ownership, belonged to the
same
> stable.
> The Columbia label had been reactivated in 1939 and they revived the old
> Okeh label in 1940.
> However, "Rockin' Chair" WAS recorded, in New York, on 2 July 1941.
> The band then toured and recorded in Chicago on 18 August 1941.
> It would seem that the Proper Box CD compiler has misread his discography.
> Something which came up regarding Proper Box a little while back on the
> DJML.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
>
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