Chico Hamilton on Crown

[mjzee]

Are the two Chico Hamilton albums on Crown replicated elsewhere in his discography?

 

[Chuck Nessa]

I believe those are tracks from various Pacific Jazz/World Pacific albums.

[mjzee]

9 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I believe those are tracks from various Pacific Jazz/World Pacific albums.

OK, that makes sense; thanks.

Chico Hamilton With Paul Horn: Porch Light, Autumn Landscape, Uyawda (probably Uganda), Lolly Pop: from "Chico Hamilton Trio."  Pluck It, Katz Up, Crazy Cats (prob. Classical Katz), Lord Randall: from "Zen: The Music of Fred Katz."

The Great Chico Hamilton Featuring Paul Horn: Blues On The Rock, Street Of Drums, Skinned Strings, Nutty: from "Chico Hamilton Trio."  Montuna, Suite For Horn: from "Zen: The Music of Fred Katz."

[Bill Nelson]

However, with Crown you get outstanding audio fidelity from top quality vinyl.

And at such an affordable price, who needs inner sleeves?

 

[JSngry]

What I like about Crown is that, let's say that you want a Stan Getz album cover for your dorm room wall but you don't want a record with stan Getz on it, hey, Crown can do that for you.

[mikeweil]

They often changed track titles and all. Discographically, a nightmare. I'd say these are all bootlegs.

On 4.4.2021 at 9:53 PM, Bill Nelson said:

However, with Crown you get outstanding audio fidelity from top quality vinyl.

That's not true with the three LPs I have with Tjader tracks on them.

[Dmitry]

I'm assuming these tracks are on the Chico Hamilton Mosaic?

[Teasing the Korean]

Before we get all snobby about Crown, don't forget that two of the greatest albums ever made were recorded for Crown:

• Jazz Heat, Bongo Beat by the Latin Jazz All-Stars, featuring Buddy Collette; and
• Kapu by Milt Raskin, later reissued as Exotic Percussion.

Crown will always be an important record label to TTK because of these two masterpieces.

 

Edited January 23, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[sidewinder]

Didn’t Chewy track down their HQ location on an old thread?

[Daniel A]

On 2021-04-06 at 7:23 PM, mikeweil said:

They often changed track titles and all. Discographically, a nightmare. I'd say these are all bootlegs.

That's not true with the three LPs I have with Tjader tracks on them.

I suppose the comment on sound quality was a joke. 

But regarding bootlegs, it appears that Crown sometimes seems to have had access to orpginal Pacific Jazz tapes, so I wonder what the deal between the companies was. The reason for my conclusion regarding tapes is the information in this thread:

 

where it seems as if tracks were released on Crown before the same versions (unedited, stereo versions for instance) had been released by Pacific Jazz themselves. 

[mikeweil]

4 hours ago, Daniel A said:

I suppose the comment on sound quality was a joke. 

In the case of Tjader tracks, no. I have the Crown and the Fantasy issues for comparison, and the Famtasy LPs and reissues always sound a bit better.

[Daniel A]

Double quoting does no longer work, but I meant Bill Nelson's post.