Durium De Luxe
The first and second double-CDs were released a few years ago and when the last and fourth double-CD will be published all Durium records in the Hit of the Week series will be reissued chronologically - an unique treasure in the history of sound recording. Some weeks ago I published a first contribution about this third double CD. I told about some novelties like the new 5-minutes recordings , twice the playing time of the average record and about the new numbering system that could be read as a kind of sell-by date. This time I love to tell you about an outsider in the weekly Hit of the week records series, the only released DURIUM DE LUXE record, not a regular weeky release, with its colourful label and cover.
This record was released as DURIUM DE LUXE K 6 late October 1931 and could be obtained for twenty-five cents. The tune Cheer Up is sung by Eddie Cantor, who was, together with Florenz Ziegfeld and Vincent Lopez one of the music jury, that selected the Hit-of-the-hour for the Hit of the week ( as stated on the first promo record, Tip Toe Thru The Tulips ( Hit of the week 1019) (volume 1 CD 1 track 2)
I found a film fragment where you can see and hear this record to be played, with comments from the owner. If you look carefully you can also see another novelty, the so-called visible interval between the two tunes. Well, we are used to this nowadays, because it was used on all 33rpm recordings later. This DURIUM DE LUXE contains a vocal and an instrumental version of this tune, as the maker of the movie volunteers halfway the record..
Enjoy it.
This contribution was also posted in English at my Hit of the week web log.
Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love
A 1967 Copenhagen session by Johnny Griffin Quartet. Ralph Gleason: Unquestionably Johny Griffin can play the tenor saxophone faster, literally, than anyone alive. At least he can claim this until it's demonstrate otherwise.
BLACK LION BLCD 760107
Time exposure for the 19th of November:
1937:
- baby won't you please come home / big boy blues / i ain't got nobody / swing guitars = bill coleman o
- bill coleman blues = bill coleman-django reinhardt
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
PLAYLIST
legendary years/vol1-harry arnold-quincy jones-coleman hawkins-lucky thompson = dinah washington/for those in love = charles mingus/mingus in wonderland = charles mingus/mingus ah um = memphis minnie/queen of the blues = bud powell/the amazing bud powell volume two = teddy edwards/tango in harlem = charles mingus/the impulse story = jacob do bandolim/volume 2 = miles davis/greatest hits (lp) = frank foster/manhattan fever
Nederlands ( To the English translation )
Archeophone Records heeft de derde dubbel-cd uitgebracht in haar serie The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings. De eerste en tweede dubbel-cd verschenen een paar jaar geleden en zodra de vierde set is uitgebracht dan zullen alle Hit of the week platen digitaal bewaard zijn; een uniek project in de geschiedenis van de geluidsopnamen. Ik vertelde reeds in een eerdere Keep swinging weblog over een paar nieuwigheden, die door Durium gelanceerd werden, zoals 5-minuten plaat, twice the playing time of the average record ( = 5 minuten-plaat, tweemaal de speelduur van een gemiddelde plaat) en het vernieuwde nummeringsysteem, waardoor de koper de "houdbaarheidsdatum" kon aflezen. Deze keer vertel ik iets meer over een buitenbeentje in de toch wel saai uitziende Hit of the week platen, de enige uitgave van de DURIUM DE LUXE plaat, met zijn unieke kleurrijke label.
Deze bijdrage is ook geplaatst in het Engels in de Hit of the week weblog.
AT RANDOM:
Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love
Een opnamesessie uit 1967 in Kopenhagen door het Johnny Griffin Quartet. Ralph Gleason: Het is onmiskenbaar, dat Johnny Griffin, zolang niet het tegendeel bewezen wordt, letterlijk de tenorsax sneller bespeelt dan welke andere nog in leven zijnde saxofonist.
BLACK LION BLCD 760107
Tijdopname voor 19 november:
1937:
- baby won't you please come home / big boy blues / i ain't got nobody / swing guitars = bill coleman o
- bill coleman blues = bill coleman-django reinhardt
Keep swinging
Hans Koert
keepswinging@live.nl
SPEELLIJST
legendary years/vol1-harry arnold-quincy jones-coleman hawkins-lucky thompson = dinah washington/for those in love = charles mingus/mingus in wonderland = charles mingus/mingus ah um = memphis minnie/queen of the blues = bud powell/the amazing bud powell volume two = teddy edwards/tango in harlem = charles mingus/the impulse story = jacob do bandolim/volume 2 = miles davis/greatest hits (lp) = frank foster/manhattan fever
Keep Swinging Oscar Aleman Flexible Records Choro Music Hit of the week - Durium
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