Ellington Treasury Shows

[Pete C]

Is this the material that was released on LP in the '70s from acetates that Mel Torme had recorded or collected?

[brownie]

  On 6/11/2012 at 11:20 PM, Pete C said:

Is this the material that was released on LP in the '70s from acetates that Mel Torme had recorded or collected?

It's the same material, released on Fairmont records. At least eight LPs came out, with liner notes by Torme.

[jazztrain]

The material on Fairmont was just a subset of material later issued by Jerry Valburn on his D.E.T.S. label in what was a subscription only series of 48 LPs plus a subsequent bonus album.

Some of the CDs have been adding material from other concerts or broadcasts that were not part of the Treasury Series broadcasts.

  On 6/12/2012 at 5:21 AM, brownie said:

  On 6/11/2012 at 11:20 PM, Pete C said:

Is this the material that was released on LP in the '70s from acetates that Mel Torme had recorded or collected?

It's the same material, released on Fairmont records. At least eight LPs came out, with liner notes by Torme.

[brownie]

  On 6/12/2012 at 10:27 AM, jazztrain said:

The material on Fairmont was just a subset of material later issued by Jerry Valburn on his D.E.T.S. label in what was a subscription only series of 48 LPs plus a subsequent bonus album.

Some of the CDs have been adding material from other concerts or broadcasts that were not part of the Treasury Series broadcasts.

  On 6/12/2012 at 5:21 AM, brownie said:

  On 6/11/2012 at 11:20 PM, Pete C said:

Is this the material that was released on LP in the '70s from acetates that Mel Torme had recorded or collected?

It's the same material, released on Fairmont records. At least eight LPs came out, with liner notes by Torme.

Indeed!

I treasure these Valburn LPs. Managed to get the complete series and now acquire the CDs (they all have additional material) as they come out. Still amazed at the quality and variety of material included!

[jazztrain]

I also managed to obtain the LPs many years ago, all at once. They really are a treasure (no pun intended).

I aired them (one show each week) for the better part of a year to a somewhat mixed reaction. Some listeners grew tired of some of the often repeated vocal features.

I've resisted the urge to get the cds so far.

[jazzbo]

Well jt, I can really recommend the cds. They sound really great and the additional material is excellent.

[Pete C]

Most of the sets are available on Spotify. A few gaps though, like Vol. 4.

I had a couple of the LPs. I remember one with Perfume Suite. But were the war bonds promo announcements included on those LPs? I don't remember them.

Edited June 12, 2012 by Pete C

[jazztrain]

Yes, the war bonds promos were included. My recollection is that the broadcasts were complete on the DETS issues. That was not the case for the issues on Fairmont.

  On 6/12/2012 at 8:15 PM, Pete C said:

Most of the sets are available on Spotify. A few gaps though, like Vol. 4.

I had a couple of the LPs. I remember one with Perfume Suite. But were the war bonds promo announcements included on those LPs? I don't remember them.

[ghost of miles]

Some more nice representation of the 1943 band on this one as part of the extra material... much of disc 2 is devoted to Radio City and Hurricane Restaurant broadcasts from May and September of that year respectively.

[medjuck]

  On 7/1/2012 at 9:51 AM, ghost of miles said:

Some more nice representation of the 1943 band on this one as part of the extra material... much of disc 2 is devoted to Radio City and Hurricane Restaurant broadcasts from May and September of that year respectively.

Yes, and I think the two Treasury Shows are amongst the best.

[jazzbo]

A good release indeed. Keep 'em coming.

[ghost of miles]

Any word on V. 17?

[ghost of miles]

I just dropped a line to Storyville Records and got an immediate reply--Mona says she is only waiting on the notes now, so it shouldn't be long before V. 17 is out.

[bichos]

good news

keep boppin´

marcel

[jazzbo]

YES, good news, thanks for posting it. Now to find a new source of these; I always got these from the now defunct Worlds Records.

[alankin]

  On 6/4/2013 at 9:03 PM, jazzbo said:

YES, good news, thanks for posting it. Now to find a new source of these; I always got these from the now defunct Worlds Records.

Importcds.com carries them.

[jazzbo]

Thanks. I'll try to remember that.

[Clunky]

any of the recent lot ie Vols. 13- 17 standout particularly. I've around half a dozen of these and whilst they are all good I'm not sure how much of this era of the band I need.

[jazzbo]

That's really hard for me to answer. . . as I think these shows (and the accompanying extra material) were uniformly very very good, no one volume really stands out to me as better than another.

[jazzbo]

  On 6/4/2013 at 2:45 PM, ghost of miles said:

I just dropped a line to Storyville Records and got an immediate reply--Mona says she is only waiting on the notes now, so it shouldn't be long before V. 17 is out.

Come on Vol. 17!

[bichos]

according to storyville Newsletter: vol. 17 is out (and the cover is pink this time...)

Keep boppin´

marcel

[ghost of miles]

Thanks for the heads-up. I don't see it on Amazon US yet, but here's the Storyville link:

http://www.storyvillerecords.com/products/treasury-shows-vol-17-9039017

[ghost of miles]

Is this available anywhere besides Storyville yet?

[jazztrain]

Storyville has been using Allegro for their distribution for the last few years. I just checked their webpage. They don't list it yet (but they do list other volumes in the series).

[bichos]

i have it since yesterday via Amazon.

Keep boppin´

marcel