Description
Tracklist:
1-1: Haven’t Named It Yet
1-2: All On
1-3: Double Troubles Blues
1-4: Ram Session
1-5: You Need Coachin’
1-6: Shady Side Of The Street
1-7: The Man I Love
1-8: Hurricane Blues
1-9: Tha Major And Minor
1-10: Liza
1-11: That’s The Groovy Thing Pt. 1
1-12: Birmingham Boogie
1-13: Texas And Pacific
1-14: Let’s Ball Tonight Pt. 1
1-15: Where Or When
1-16: Cuttin’ Out
1-17: Hot Sauce Boss
1-18: 8.45 Stomp
1-19: Artistry By Bostic
1-20: Apollo Theater Jump
1-21: Tiger Rag
1-22: Temptation
1-23: Watch Where You Walk Boy
1-24: From Midnight Till Dawn
2-1: Earl’s Imagination
2-2: Choppin’ It Down
2-3: Serenade
2-4: Don’t You Do It
2-5: Flamingo
2-6: Sleep
2-7: Moonglow
2-8: Ain’t Misbehavin’
2-9: You Go To My Head
2-10: Cherokee
2-11: Steam Whistle Jump
2-12: Bostic’s Boogie Blues (Smoke Rings)
2-13: Cracked Ice
2-14: Blue Skies
2-15: Liebestraum
2-16: Blue Moon
2-17: Harlem Nocturne
2-18: Stompin’ At The Savoy
2-19: Special Delivery Stomp
2-20: Goodnight Sweetheart
2-21: Wee-Gee Board
2-22: Up There In Orbit
2-23: Ducky
2-24: All The Things You Are
2-25: Jungle Drums
2-26: Where Or When
Factory produced 2-CDr compilation released in jewel case with 20 pp. booklet, incl. catalog numbers of original releases, recording dates & locations, musicians, composers, publishers and extensive liner notes.
This compilation 2015 Acrobat Licensing Ltd. 2015 Acrobat Licensing Ltd. Made in the UK.
Acrobat is an imprint of Trapeze Music & Entertainment Ltd.
Recording locations and dates:
. New York, October 12, 1939 (1-1), March 2, 1944 (1-2), September 12, 1944 (1-3), September 18 1944 (1-4), September 29, 1944 (1-5), July 30, 1945 (1-6), poss. November-December, 1945 (1-7 to 1-9), circa March 1946 (1-10, 1-11), October 12, 1946 (1-12, 1-13), Mid 1947 (1-14 to 1-15), circa July 1947 (1-16), late 1947 (1-17, 1-18), prob. late 1947 (1-19 to 1-22),
. Cincinnati, OH, January 12, 1949 (1-23, 1-24), January 13, 1949 (2-1), August 2, 1949 (2-2)
. New York, March 23, 1950 (2-3), October 13, 1950 (2-4), January 10, 1951 (2-5), January 23, 1951 (2-6), April 7, 1952 (2-7, 2-8)
. Los Angeles, August 15, 1952 (2-9)
. New York, December 17, 1952 (2-10, 2-11)
. Cincinnati, OH, August 24, 1953 (2-12, 2-13)
. Los Angeles, May 27, 1954 (2-14)
. New York, October 8, 1954 (2-15), January 27, 1955 (2-16)
. Los Angeles, April 23, 1956 (2-17), December 18-19, 1957 (2-18), January 30, 1958 (2-19), May 8, 1958 (2-20), May 9, 1958 (2-21)
. Chicago, IL, October 10, 1958 (2-22), October 20, 1958 (2-23)
. Los Angeles, December 4, 1958 (2-24)
. Cincinnati, OH, March 26, 1959 (2-25, 2-26)
Vocalist [a869136] is credited on tracks 2-10 and 2-11, same for vocalist Sonny Carter on track 2-16, but there is no singer on those tracks. And there are uncredited backing vocals on “Bostic’s Boogie Blues (Smoke Rings)” (2-12).
Liner notes and tracklist have trumpet player [a29969] on each track from 2-7 (Moonglow, recorded April 7, 1952) to 2-15 (Liebestraum, recorded October 8, 1954).
But, according Chris DeVito et al. “The John Coltrane Reference”, Routledge, New York (2008), p. 393-95., for tracks with Coltrane (2-7 to 2-9), it was not [a29969] but [a4677898].
[a29969] on next tracks is confirmed, he was trumpet player in Bostic Orchestra at least from Dec. 17, 1952 session (2-10, 2-11) to May 27, 1954 session (2-14), according to tracklist on back cover of [r2821794]
Publishers : Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1-1), Sony/ATV Harmony UK (1-2, 1-9), Lark Music Ltd. (1-3, 1-5, 1-11, 1-18, 1-23 to 2-2, 2-4, 2-11, 2-21 to 2-23), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (1-4, 1-22), EMI Harmonies Ltd. (1-6), Warner/Chappell North America Ltd. (1-7, 1-10, 1-15, 2-26), Copyright Control (1-10, 1-12, 1-17, 1-20), MPL UK Publishing (1-13), Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (1-15, 2-26), EMI United Partnership Ltd. (1-21, 2-6, 2-16, 2-18), Lois Music Ltd. (2-3), Warner Chappell Music International Ltd. (2-5), Lafleur Music Ltd. & Bug Music Ltd. (2-7), Memory Lane Music Ltd. (2-8), Redwood Music Ltd. (2-8, 2-20), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (2-9), Hil-Bos Music (2-12, 2-13), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. (2-14), Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd. (2-15, 2-17), Bosworth & Co. Ltd. (2-19), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (2-20, 2-25), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (2-24), Unknown (1-8, 1-14, 1-16, 1-19).
Original or previous releases :
Track 1-1: VIC 26476
Track 1-2: ??
Track 1-3: Savoy 529
Track 1-4: Savoy XP8077
Track 1-5: Commodore 588
Track 1-6: Parlophone R3102
Track 1-7: Majestic 1055
Track 1-8: Majestic 1055
Track 1-9: Majestic 1056
Track 1-10: Gotham 172
Track 1-11: Gotham 104, 111, King 4174
Track 1-12: Apollo 411
Track 1-13: Apollo 1041
Track 1-14: Gotham 144, King 4243
Track 1-15: Gotham 145, King 4266
Track 1-16: Gotham 157, King 4175
Track 1-17: Gotham 155, King 4204
Track 1-18: Gotham 154, King 4198
Track 1-19: Gotham 148, King 4214
Track 1-20: Gotham 248
Track 1-21: Gotham 255
Track 1-22: Gotham 158, King 4214
Track 1-23: King 4277
Track 1-24: King 4302
Track 2-1: King EP201
Track 2-2: King 4343
Track 2-3: King 4369
Track 2-4: King 4683
Track 2-5: King 4475
Track 2-6: King 4444
Track 2-7: King 4550
Track 2-8: King 4550
Track 2-9: King 4586
Track 2-10: King 4623
Track 2-11: King 4603
Track 2-12: King 4674
Track 2-13: King 4699
Track 2-14: King 4723
Track 2-15: King 4754
Track 2-16: King EP363
Track 2-17: King 4978
Track 2-18: King EP416
Track 2-19: King 5427
Track 2-20: King 5152
Track 2-21: King EP422
Track 2-22: King 5190, 5203
Track 2-23: King 5683
Track 2-24: King 5290
Track 2-25: King LPS500
Track 2-26: King LPS525
