Bix Beiderbecke Resources

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The following is a list of some of Bix's recordings in alphabetical order. To see the image of any of the corresponding record labels, click on the name of the song. The exact names as given on the labels are provided. The images were kindly provided by Dave "Bart" Bartholomew, Enrico Borsetti, Hans Eekhoff, Norman Field, Joe Giordano, Joe Mosbrook and Fredrik Tersmeden . I am grateful to them for taking the time to scan the images or taking photographs of the labels and for their permission to exhibit the very beautiful pictures on the Bixography web site. The scans each sent are identified with their initials after the date. I thank Hans Eekhoff for upgrading my scans. The text associated with the images provided by Hans and by Fredrik were written by them. I am responsible, unless noted otherwise, for any text associated with the images provided by Bart, Enrico, the two Joes and Norman. A Lane in Spain, Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra, with vocal chorus, Victor 20491, recorded 02/03/27. A.H. At the Jazz Band Ball, Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang, OKeh 40923, recorded 10/05/27. A.H. American issue on OKeh. The original issue had a red label. This is a later release with a black label. Correction: Paul Solarski writes on 03/20/05, "There was never a red label pressing. Okehs were all black label by roughly 40850. Trumbauers such as 40879 are always black. The label you show is the first press." At the Jazz Band Ball, Bix Beiderbecke und seine Gang, German Odeon 0-28098a, recorded 10/05/27. E.B. The German Odeon record was issued after World War II. I use this side as the introduction to the WBIX programs. A dynamic recording that shows Bix at his best in leading his fellow musicians. At the Jazz Band Ball, Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang, Columbia 45RPM, recorded 10/05/27. I do not know when this 45 was issued, nor do I remember who sent me the scan. I would be grateful to the generous person who sent it to me if he gets in touch with me. I also have images of the the sleeve and of the box . As you can see, this box is the 45 RPM equivalent of the famous series of Bix records issued by Columbia on LP (CL 844, 845 and 846). At the Jazz Band Ball, Bix Beiderbecke and His Gang, Columbia S 10003, recorded 10/05/27. N.F. On June 11, 2004, Norman wrote, "Attached is a scan of Japanese Columbia S-10003. It is one disc in a relatively short series, as opposed to an album. In response to my enquiry, Julian Vein of the 78-list wrote: "It was issued in January 1950, according to Takao Yamada's "American Popular Music on Japanese 78 rpm Record 1927 to 1958". His work doesn't indicate dubs. The series ran from S-10001 to S-10012, though the release dates aren't in sequence, being issued between October 1949 and January 1950." The reverse is 'Potato Head Blues' by Louis Amstrong's Hot Seven. Both sides are rather fuzzy dubbings, and the material into which this disc is pressed is quite noisy, so for 78 enthusiasts, the item is more in the way of a curio. It is in no way sonically equal to much more common master pressings on U.S. Columbia, Vocalion, British Parlophone etc.

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