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1414.0. "Smithsonian Jazz series on CD?" by PALMER::PALMER (half a bubble off plumb) Thu Dec 01 1988 06:22

    	Does anyone know if the Smithsonian Jazz series is available
    on CD.  My Dad has a 6 album set of recordings by various
    jazz artists compiled by the Smithsonian.  He loves the set and
    I'd like to pick him up a CD version of the collection.  
    					=Ralph=

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1414.1	Unless there's been a recent development...	HELIX::CLARK		`Thu Dec 01 1988 07:14`	7
	To my knowledge, neither the Smithsonian "Collection of Classic Jazz" (7 records), the "Big Band Jazz" anthology (6 records), nor the "Singers and Soloists" anthology (? records), is available on CD -- LPs and tapes only. It may be a licensing restriction -- similar to why none of the Mosaic "Complete Blue Note Recordings of" sets is available on CD.
1414.2		PDVAX::P_DAVIS	Peter Davis	`Mon Dec 05 1988 08:02`	11
	I am also waiting for the Smithsonian to release some of their great anthologies on cd. So far, no luck. However, I did hear recently of a new collection from Smithsonian that will be released on cd. I think it's a new Smithsonian subsidiary label, and it will be an anthology of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly recordings. It's supposed to have the same contents as the recently released collection of covers by contemporary artists (I don't remember the name of that collection), but performed by the originals. -pd
1414.3	...and very good it is too!	MOVIES::LESLIE	Andy �� Leslie, VMS CSSE, Europe.	`Mon Dec 05 1988 08:18`	4
	The name of the CD with the cover versions on is "Folkways: a vision shared". A
1414.4		HELIX::CLARK		`Mon Dec 05 1988 11:00`	16
	Yes, the "Vision Shared" set with the cover versions funded Smithsonian's acquisition of the Folkways archives. And it's some of the original Folkways performances by Leadbelly and Guthrie that are on the Smithsonian/Folkways release. One review I saw said the Smithsonian set added several additional titles to the titles covered in "Vision Shared". Besides the Smithsonian jazz anthologies mentioned earlier, I would like to have the mammoth "Smithsonian Collection of Country Music" on CD. And (back to jazz) "Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines 1928, and (perhaps the best Smithsonian release ever) "Duke Ellington 1940". But then, you'll be able to get most of the former on forthcoming Columbia CDs, and you can get all of the latter (I assume) on the RCA "Blanton-Webster Band 1940-1942" Ellington CD release.
1414.5		PDVAX::P_DAVIS	Peter Davis	`Mon Dec 05 1988 12:46`	4
	Actually, the one I'm really waiting for is the Smithsonian collection "American Popular Song." This is a great collection of recordings covering songs of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood from early in the century up through the 1950's.
1414.6	afterthought	HELIX::CLARK		`Tue Dec 13 1988 11:31`	14
	RE: .0 It's kind of late now, but... It sounds like the Smithsonian anthology your father has might be the first edition of the "Collection of Classic Jazz". They did issue a second edition, 7 records, with lots of changes and additions. Plus the "Big Band Jazz" collection is definitive, covering from the beginnings to the 50s. So there may be gift possibilities, despite the unavailability of CDs... P.S. If you're in the Boston area, the Harvard Coop stocks those anthologies (call first), and I imagine Tower does too (I know they stock other mail-order series).