<div dir="ltr"><div>A funny thing - the record in question is one of the very few Dukes of Dixieland recordings I like. I heard it the a few days ago and did notice "Blue Prelude," it stroke as an unlikely material for that band, but somehow didn't make the connection.<br></div>Cheers<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 February 2017 at 23:38, Roger Wade <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rwade1947@comcast.net" target="_blank">rwade1947@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Jim,<br>
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The Dukes version you remember featured trombonist Freddie Assunto and was on their RCA Victor LP, recorded in Chicago, IL, May 2 & 3, 1955, with Frank Assunto (tp,vcl) Fred Assunto (tb) Pete Fountain (cl) Arthur Seelig (p) Bill Porter (b) Roger Johnston (d).<br>
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I found this on Youtube and it displays the album cover too: <a href="https://youtu.be/NQ5BrsCkmPg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/NQ5BrsCkmPg</a><br>
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I remember my father bought this album when it came out. I was 10 years old. Between us we wore that record out and had to replace it years later.<br>
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In addition I found this live recording from 1952, also featuring Freddie Assunto: <a href="https://youtu.be/pHI2Dmda8iY" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/pHI2Dmda8iY</a><br>
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The recording quality could be better but it is Youtube after all.<br>
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Roger Wade<br>
Really Old Records<br>
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<a href="http://www.reallyoldrecords.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.reallyoldrecords.com</a><br>
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> On Feb 26, 2017, at 7:13 AM, <a href="mailto:jim@kashprod.com">jim@kashprod.com</a> wrote:<br>
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> We played one of my favorite ballad last night breaking an arrangement that<br>
> I have used since learning the song when I was 16. I original learned<br>
> "Blue Prelude" by listening to a recording of Fred Assunto on trombone.<br>
> (I've never seen the record since then. Anyone know what record it is on?)<br>
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> Although it was a Dukes of Dixieland recording, it only featured the<br>
> trombone playing the melody. The change last night came from my having<br>
> discovered the other day a recording by a female singer with absolutely<br>
> great lyrics. The funniest part of this saga is when I realized it was my<br>
> own band on the recording which had been done several years earlier at a<br>
> live gig, when a visiting Aussie got up and sang the song with us. I had<br>
> completely forgotten about it!!<br>
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