Sheffield Lab Recordings has released a new Harry James CD set with all their original direct to disk recordings. This is a great opportunity for audiophiles and trumpet fans to have a collection of one of the trumpet greats, Harry James, recorded at the highest standards. At the time, Harry James said, "In 36 years of recording, I have never been so pleased with the sound."
The CD set is a reissue of a historic recording: The Harry James Sessions. Consisting of three albums originally recorded direct-to-disc by Sheffield in 1976 and 1979, and now spectacularly re-mastered by Seth Winner from analog disc originals, this program of music from the height of the swing era is a vital representation of one of the great big bands of the 20th century. To hear this music recorded by Sheffield from the perspective of a single stereo microphone, is to hear this magnificent band as dancers heard it in front of the bandstand, with the impact and energy that we don't associate with historic recordings of another era. Pretty thrilling stuff!
This is a multiple CD set. We do not have vinyl.
Count Basie
01 Corner Pocket (4:10)
Maurice Jarre
02 Lara's Theme (3:40)
Ray Noble
Thad Jones
04 More Splutie, Please (4:58)
Buddy Buie
05 Traces (2:48)
Goodman- Sampson-Parish
06 Don't Be That Way (2:48)
Bernie-Casey-Pinkard
07 Sweet Georgia Brown (2:58)
Frank Foster
08 Shiny Silk Stockings (2:04)
Demore, Raney, Delmore and Glover
09 Blues Stay Away From Me (3:54)
Harry James
10 The Foot Stomper (5:14)
Mack Gordon
11 You'll Never Know (3:51)
Benny Moten
Harry James
13 Two O'Clock Jump (2:22)
Michel LeGrand
B01 Watch What Happens (2:48)
Feyne-Hawkins-Johnson-Dash
B02 Tuxedo Junction (3:05)
Sy Oliver
B03 Opus Number One (2:14)
Hank Cochran
B04 Make The World Go Away (2:19)
Harry James
B05 Blues For Sale (3:58)
Duke Ellington
B06 Caravan (3:39)
Ellington-Mercer-Strayhorn
B07 Satin Doll (3:45)
Jule Styne
B08 Roll Em (2:29)
Quincy Jones
B09 Sanford and Son (2:06)
Hudson-DeLange-Mills
B10 Moonglow/Theme From (3:54)
Billy Strayhorn
B11 Take The A Train (3:02)
Charles Shavers
B12 Undecided (4:26)
Harry James
B13 Ciao (3:45)
Paul Jabara
B14 Dance (2:47)
Kris Kristofferson
B15 Help Me Make It Through The Night (2:19)
Burton Lane
B16 On A Clear Day (1:57)