[Dixielandjazz] looking for CD--52nd Street Swing: the Commodore Years

Bill Haesler bhaesler at bigpond.net.au
Thu Dec 5 20:24:57 PST 2013


Norman Vickers wrote:
> Trumpeter Paul Kurtz of Jacksonville, FL  sends this message.  
> Random internet search fails to reveal anything ( for me, anyway).  Any help you
> can give Paul would be appreciated.
> ...I'm looking for a CD called "52nd Street Swing: the Commodore Years."

Dear Norman and Paul.
As we get older, our memories play tricks on us.
Believe me I know.
My immediate reaction to the question was to go to my collection and pull out the following 1994 Decca CD:
'52nd Street Swing. New York in the '30s'.
    http://avaxhome.cc/music/jazz/52SS-NYit30s1994.html

However, it may also be the following Commodore LP reissued in Europe by Fontana and in the US by Mainstream. (Which I do not have.)
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/52nd-Street-Commodore-Jazz-Classics-Vinyl-LP-Fontana-Label-TL5294/281093088190?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D505614734556853909%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D360503118388%26

There was also an LP series called Commodore Classics.
But I do not recall it, or the Fontana/ Mainstream LPs, being reissued on CD.

Then there was a Commodore 7000 CD compilation series (15 separate CDs).
I have CCD 7013 'Swing Street Showcase'. 
 
More clues required.
8>) 
Very Kind regards,
Bill.


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