Earl Bostic Collection 1939-1959

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