Dick Bock's "Jazz West Coast" Compilations

[Late]

Did Bock ever use these compilations to issue one-off recordings of groups that never formally made an entire LP for Pacific Jazz?

I ask because on this compilation

... there's a track by the "Phil Urso-Bob Burgess Quintet." I didn't think Urso made a record under his name for PJ.

[Late]

[Big Beat Steve]

"Paper Moon" by the Phil Urso Quartet was on JWC 505 ("Solo Flight"), also a one-off, according to discographies. Some of those compilations also featured tracks not issued elsewhere on individual artists' LP's so they weren't just "samplers" all the way. I wouldn't rate those "orphaned" tracks as session leftovers only, either.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

BIG BEAT STEVE IS CORRECT. PJ COMPS OFTEN HAD ALTERNATE/OUT-TAKES AND/OR NON LP CUTS. PJ COMPS ARE FUCKIN AWESOME. WHAT A GREAT CONCEPT. I WONDER WHO ORIGINALLY HAD ACCESS TO THOSE....WEHRE THERE JUST AT RECORD STORES OR OTHER PLACES TOO? DID ONE BUY A COMP TO HAVE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF WHAT WCJ HAD TO OFFER? I HAVE THE TWO "THE BLUES" VOLUMES AND ASSORTED OTHER ONES, BUT NOT THE ONE IN YOUR PIC. I HAVE THE OTHER VOL. OF IT W/ THE ORANGE COVER BUT NOT THAT ONE U PUT

[sidewinder]

Isn't that La Jolla bay on the photo, perhaps? (the one that Captain Nemo is swimming in).

I have this one on the original LP somewhere in the racks, plus a couple of the others and some of the compilations (including 'The Blues').

Edited June 7, 2008 by sidewinder

[Late]

Damn, what are the chances of those Urso tracks ever seeing CD light. I'd like to hear them.

[jazzbo]

You mean US cd "light"? They've been out in Japan, all five volumes.

[Late]

You mean US cd "light"? They've been out in Japan, all five volumes.

Yes. Light meaning reissue. Didn't know that they were out in Japan. Early 90's? That would be a nice collection to have.

[king ubu]

Would be a cool Select, no? Maybe they could even unearth some more rarities/outtakes and stuff!

[Big Beat Steve]

Would be a cool Select, no?

I don't think it would. After all part of those JWC samples WERE out on other LP's (which are bound to be/have been reissued with their original contents on CD elsewhere, possibly even on Mosaic "complete works" of PJ artists, etc.). In short, this would be a Select that automatically leads to a considerable rate of duplicates among all seasoned collectors.

Besides, what's the deal about the format? Those JWC samplers aren't THAT unobtainable. They must have been (comparatively) huge sellers in their day.

[king ubu]

Ah well, little Switzerland... stuff like that is totally out of reach for me, unless I'm just not aware of what options there would be to get these for acceptable prizes!

[Big Beat Steve]

I was just referring to the fact that these JWC compilations seemed to come up fairly often on eBay.com.

The vinyl record shop situation is just as bad in Germany these days as it is in Switzerland, I guess ...