I just picked up a copy of VERVE Elite Edition CD 314 557 098-2 CAT HOUSE PIANO which includes
the two Meade Lux Lewis DOWN HOME albums.
The jacket has the DSM artwork from D-6, not for D-7 even though there are plenty of surfaces in
the quadra-fold packaging. There is a b&w low resolution photo of CLEF MGC 632 which they credit
as the original issue of D-7/1007, and a VERVE DOWN HOME SERIES record label (not the original
DOWN HOME label). I also note that a CLEF ep was issued EP 249.
Can someone confirm that the 10" CLEF LP is the first issue, and a date??? or have they got it wrong???
I also found a complete DOWN HOME listing on JAZZDISCO.org. VERVE continued the series above the
original DOWN HOME label releases, through 1030.
Best wishes, Thomas.
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Down Home Records / Verve Down Home Series
I am pretty sure I saw a couple of these repressed on Clef.Verve would be much too late.They were long gone by then,
Roger
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From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Down Home Records / Verve Down Home Series
"Down Home was a label that was started by Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band in December 1949. Catalog numbers 1-6 and 11-14 were
by Watters. In 1950, Norman Granz acquired the label and issued some other jazz artists on it...."
Cary Ginell
Were there any albums released on the DOWN HOME label above MG D-7 ??
Did the VERVE release of these albums in the Down Home Series continue above the highest DOWN HOME
release ??
Below is a list of the LPs I am aware of. Please post additions/corrections.
If anyone has a list of the 78's, that information would also be appreciated. THANKS!
Best wishes, Thomas.
DOWN HOME VERVE
MG D- MG V-
1 1001 Bob Scobey's Band
2 1002 Mr. Piano Man the music of Joe Sullivan
3 1003 Clancy Hayes Sings
4 1004 Ralph Sutton Backroom Piano
5 1005 Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jass Band
6 1006 Meade Lux Lewis Cat House Piano
7 1007 Meade Lux Lewis Yancey's Last Ride
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