Tracks missing on the Fremeaux Louis Armstrong series

[Steve Gray]

I have been buying these as they have been issued.

I have only just realised that some early tracks are missing. There are quite a few missing on Box 2. e.g. Broken Busted Blues by Clara Smith

There appears to be some discussion about this on the Fremeaux website but of course it is in French and I don't understand the point they are making.

I tried google translate but It didn't really help

http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=816&Itemid=13

Does anyone know why these tracks are missing.

Edited November 10, 2015 by Steve Gray

[king ubu]

The discussion is from reviews in magazines (stating that some "minor" tracks were left off) ... if I remember correctly, Frémeaux communicated from the beginning that, different from the Django series, this wouldn't be complete to the last bit, but rather contain all the important sessions (no idea about their exact wording) - isn't there any info on this in the booklet of Vol. 1?

[Steve Gray]

Thanks for translating that for me.

I can't find anything in Volume 1 or 2 to explain their philosophy of what to include.

I wasn't expecting them to include every broadcast/live recording in the later years but I assumed the early recordings would all be there.

I was taken in by the title "The Complete Louis Armstrong".

[brownie]

An example from Fremaux's policy is this indication   from vol. 1:

"Several double takes and pieces in which the star cornetist's presence is too discret have been deliberatedly omitted. Three takes  were made of  'How Come You Do Me...' and although the second and third ones are extremely rare, their variations are minimal except for Louis  intervention. We have regrouped some extracts on CD 3, track 18. We have, however, retained the entire  first take (CD3, Take 17).

Edited November 11, 2015 by brownie

[AllenLowe]

actually, "complete" translates from the French as "whatever...."

[l p]

8 hours ago, Steve Gray said:

I wasn't expecting them to include every broadcast/live recording in the later years but I assumed the early recordings would all be there.

 

 that's good, that way you won't be disappointed. there's a lot of rare/hard to find live material on the volumes thus far, but they're not close to being complete. they skip over tunes, even ones that were previously issued.