Harold_Z Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) We had a thread on this some years back. Either on this board or the old Blue Note Board. The RCA Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz was a budget series of 10" lps available in the late 50s. When I was about 10 or 11 years old I bought the whole set new for a whopping 49 Cents per lp. I still have them and they have been invaluable. The re-mastering is 50s RCA great and stands up well today. Lo and Behold...Amazon mp3 downloads has the whole shebang - listed as Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz for a whopping $13.98. It's a great deal for those so inclined. Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz Edited February 21, 2011 by Harold_Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 It was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews for one of the supermarkets (A&P?). We had tons of them in a closet at Riverside. I could have taken a set home (with permission), but I didn't. I had already bought them—big spender that I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted February 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 It was produced by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews for one of the supermarkets (A&P?). We had tons of them in a closet at Riverside. I could have taken a set home (with permission), but I didn't. I had already bought them—big spender that I am. Yeah Chris - I bought mine in a supermarket near my home. I can't remember which chain but I'm going to ask relatives if they remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noj Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Looks like they got lazy and some of the artists are listed as "Various Artists." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 We had a thread on this some years back. Either on this board or the old Blue Note Board. The RCA Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz was a budget series of 10" lps available in the late 50s. When I was about 10 or 11 years old I bought the whole set new for a whopping 49 Cents per lp. I still have them and they have been invaluable. The re-mastering is 50s RCA great and stands up well today. Lo and Behold...Amazon mp3 downloads has the whole shebang - listed as Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz for a whopping $13.98. It's a great deal for those so inclined. Encyclopedia of Recorded Jazz We had this when I was growing up--my father bought it from a local supermarket, one volume at a time. I'm reminded that we also purchased at around the same time--also through a supermarket--a history of European "classical" music. These volumes were a pretty good introduction to 19th Century composers, with one or two forays into the 20th (Stravinsky, and I think Ravel) and a look backward at Bach, Handel, Mozart, and Haydn. Self-improvement through self-cultivation. A middle class virtue of the 1950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I see these albums in the bins sometimes. It was a good series. Self-improvement through self-cultivation. A middle class virtue of the 1950s. What does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I see these albums in the bins sometimes. It was a good series. Self-improvement through self-cultivation. A middle class virtue of the 1950s. What does that mean? The idea that if you expose yourself to as many different things as possible (music, art, literature, science, etc.) you'll be a better person for having done so. I'm not sure I would limit that to the middle class or to the 50's. It's still true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I see these albums in the bins sometimes. It was a good series. Self-improvement through self-cultivation. A middle class virtue of the 1950s. What does that mean? The idea that if you expose yourself to as many different things as possible (music, art, literature, science, etc.) you'll be a better person for having done so. I'm not sure I would limit that to the middle class or to the 50's. It's still true. Isn't that premise of the Renaissance, still in effect from the 1300s to this day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cih Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 I see these albums in the bins sometimes. It was a good series. Self-improvement through self-cultivation. A middle class virtue of the 1950s. What does that mean? The idea that if you expose yourself to as many different things as possible (music, art, literature, science, etc.) you'll be a better person for having done so. I'm not sure I would limit that to the middle class or to the 50's. It's still true. Isn't that premise of the Renaissance, still in effect from the 1300s to this day? I read something about the German newspaper magnate, August Scherl, circa 1900 he began publishing a series of books under the title 'Read Your Way Up' - with the idea that everyone is born a philistine and you have to advance slowly from cheap action-packed fiction to the literary classics, or else you cannot fully appreciate them... but I think the series never got further than the cheap stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Just grabbed the whole set off ebay for $25. I have some of the music of course, but these look like they'll make for fine listening and will look pretty good on the shelf, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks like they got lazy and some of the artists are listed as "Various Artists." Can anyone i.d. them all? Some are obvious but who's that singing "Shoe Shine Boy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Looks like they got lazy and some of the artists are listed as "Various Artists." Can anyone i.d. them all? Some are obvious but who's that singing "Shoe Shine Boy" I just used Shazam and it says Roy Eldridge. Is that him singing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 It's Roy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Dick Vance (tp, vcl), Joe Thomas (tp), Roy Eldridge (tp, vcl), Fernando Arbello (tb), Ed Cuffee (tb, vcl), Buster Bailey (cl, as), Don Pasquall (as), Elmer Williams (ts), Chu Berry (ts, bari -1), Fletcher Henderson (p, arr), Horace Henderson (p on matrix 100887, arr), Bob Lessey (g), Israel Crosby (b), Walter Johnson (d), "Georgia Boy" Simpkins (vcl), L.J. Russell (arr). Chicago, August 4, 1936 100882-1 Shoe Shine Boy (RE-vcl) (LJR-arr) Vic 25375 100883-1 Sing, Sing, Sing (GBS-vcl) (HH-arr) - 100885-2 Knock, Knock Who's There? -1 (RE, EC & band-vcl) (HH-arr) RCA LPM 10019 (LP) 100885-1 Knock, Knock Who's There? -1 (RE, EC & band-vcl) (HH-arr) Vic 25373 100886-1 Jim Town Blues (HH-arr) Vic 25379 100887-1 You Can Depend On Me (DV-vcl) (FH-arr) - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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