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Any purchase order in US dollars will be accepted. Thanks, Vince! (And please accept the set as an official entry into the next ARSC awards derby). Cary > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 10:13:19 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] OJL announces major western swing set on Bob Dunn > To: [log in to unmask] > > Cary, > > I just did...for me! How can Rutgers (Institute of Jazz Studies) get a > copy? Do you take University purchase orders? > > Vinny > On Nov 5, 2010, at 8:59 PM, Cary Ginell wrote: > > > So order a copy already! We sunk a lot of dough into this thing. :) > > > > Cary > > > >> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 20:40:13 -0400 > >> From: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] OJL announces major western swing set on Bob > >> Dunn > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> > >> So glad to see this! It's SO overdue. And I know it will be good > >> because > >> your essay is in it. > >> > >> best, > >> > >> Uncle Dave Lewis > >> Lebanon, OH > >> > >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Cary Ginell <[log in to unmask]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Origin Jazz Library > >>> Press Release > >>> Bob Dunn Box Set Now Available! > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 5 > >>> > >>> > >>> Bob Dunn: Master of the Electric Steel > >>> Guitar (1935-1950) > >>> > >>> > >>> Deluxe 2-CD box set ($34.95 + shipping) > >>> > >>> > >>> Origin Jazz Library OJL-1004 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Bob Dunn (1908–1971) was > >>> the amplified steel guitar's first stylist, a gentle > >>> bear of a man whose innovative ideas revolutionized western swing and > >>> inspired > >>> countless musicians in the Southwest during the 1930s and '40s. More > >>> than 75 > >>> years after his first appearances on record, Dunn still amazes those > >>> who > >>> have never heard the electric steel guitar’s beginnings. His solos > >>> are > >>> often > >>> otherworldly; jagged cascades of arpeggios, jarring staccato notes, > >>> and > >>> Hawaiian > >>> chime effects emanated from his primitive instruments. In his > >>> groundbreaking, literally electrifying music, Dunn melded Hawaiian, > >>> country, and hot jazz elements into a style that reverberates today > >>> in > >>> genres from modern country to rock 'n' roll. This essential box set > >>> features dozens of Dunn's most astounding performances, which have > >>> been > >>> digitally restored from original 78s. Bands include Milton Brown & > >>> his Brownies, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, Roy Newman & his Boys, > >>> Bob Dunn's Vagabonds, and many more. For full track details, see our > >>> website. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> INCLUDED: > >>> > >>> > >>> 53 original > >>> recordings > >>> > >>> > >>> 4 historical > >>> essays by historians Kevin Coffey, Cary Ginell, Jeremy Wakefield, > >>> and David > >>> Sager. > >>> > >>> > >>> Full > >>> discographical data > >>> > >>> > >>> Previously > >>> unpublished photographs from Dunn's personal scrapbook. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Now > >>> available from Origin Jazz Library, 1534 N. Moorpark Road, PMB 333, > >>> Thousand Oaks, CA > >>> 91360 > >>> > >>> > >>> For > >>> information on other Origin Jazz Library releases, visit our website > >>> at > >>> www.originjazz.com or E-mail your queries > >>> to [log in to unmask] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >