Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics Vol. 1 FLAC album

Tracklist

1	Summertime
2	Dear Old Southland
3	Salty Dog
4	Weary Blues
5	Blue Horizon
6	Muskrat Ramble

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LP 7002, BLP 7002	Sidney Bechet	Jazz Classics Vol. 1 ‎(10")	Blue Note, Blue Note	LP 7002, BLP 7002	US	1950
BLP 7002, 7002	Sidney Bechet	Jazz Classics (Vol. 1) ‎(10", Album, Mono, RP)	Blue Note, Blue Note	BLP 7002, 7002	US	1954
LP 7002, BLP 7002	Sidney Bechet	Jazz Classics Vol. 1 ‎(10", RE)	Blue Note, Blue Note	LP 7002, BLP 7002	US	Unknown
BLP 7002, 7002	Sidney Bechet	Jazz Classics (Vol. 1) ‎(10", Album)	Blue Note, Blue Note	BLP 7002, 7002	US	1954
LP 7002, BLP 7002	Sidney Bechet	Jazz Classics Vol. 1 ‎(10")	Blue Note, Blue Note	LP 7002, BLP 7002	US	1950

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Fred Moore (tracks: A3, B3)
• Bass – Johnny Williams (tracks: B1), Pops Foster (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
• Clarinet – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A1 to A3, B3)
• Composed By – Artie Matthews (tracks: A3), George Gershwin (tracks: B1), Kid Ory (tracks: A1), Charlie Jackson (tracks: B3), Sidney Bechet (tracks: A2), Turner Layton (tracks: B2)
• Design – Paul Bacon
• Drums – Fred Moore (tracks: A3, B3), Manzie Johnson (tracks: A1, A2), Sidney Catlett (tracks: B1, B2)
• Guitar – Teddy Bunn (tracks: B1)
• Piano – Art Hodes (tracks: A1 to A3, B3), Meade Lux Lewis (tracks: B1)
• Soprano Saxophone – Sidney Bechet (tracks: A1 to B3)
• Trombone – George Lugg (tracks: A3, B3), Vic Dickenson (tracks: A1, B1)
• Trumpet – Max Kaminsky (tracks: A3, B3), Sidney De Paris (tracks: A1, A2)

Notes

2nd Pressing from c. 1951 with first pressing Matrix numbers, deep groove labels with script Lexington Ave. address.

Labels have title as: Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics Volume 1

Front cover of this version is maroon / purplish while the first pressing from 1950 had a much lighter red front cover.

Back cover lists Blue Note Discography up to BLP 7010 from 1951.

The labels are more or less identical with the first pressing.

Back cover and labels have the following address:

Blue Note Records 767 Lexington Ave nyc

Deep groove LP with original ear markings.

Recorded at WMGM Studio, NYC, June 8, 1939 (date and place uncertain, B1); Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 27, 1940 (B2); WOR Studios, NYC, December 20, 1940 (A1, A2); WOR Studios, NYC, January 29, 1945 (A3, B3).

First catalogue number on cover, second on label.

Likely released c. 1951.

Session info from Blue Note discography:

BLP 7002 Sidney Bechet - Jazz Classics, Vol. 1
Sidney Bechet (soprano sax) Meade "Lux" Lewis (piano) Teddy Bunn (guitar) Johnny Williams (bass) Sidney Catlett (drums)
probably WMGM Radio Station, NYC, June 8, 1939
GM533-14 Summertime
Sidney Bechet (soprano sax) Teddy Bunn (guitar) George "Pops" Foster (bass) Sidney Catlett (drums)
Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 27, 1940
RS710 A Dear Old Southland
Sidney DeParis (trumpet) Vic Dickenson (trombone) Sidney Bechet (soprano sax, clarinet) Art Hodes (piano) George "Pops" Foster (bass) Manzie Johnson (drums)
WOR Studios, NYC, December 20, 1944
BN208-0 Blue Horizon
BN209-0 Muskrat Ramble
Max Kaminsky (trumpet) George Lugg (trombone) Sidney Bechet (soprano sax, clarinet) Art Hodes (piano) George "Pops" Foster (bass) Fred Moore (drums)
WOR Studios, NYC, January 29, 1945
BN216-2 Salty Dog
BN217-1 Weary Blues

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): BN 7002-A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): BN 7002-B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): BN-LP-7002-AX
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched): BN-LP-7002-BX
• Matrix / Runout (Runout Both Sides): [the Plastylite "ear"]

Companies

• Record Company – Blue Note Records
• Recorded At – WMGM Studios
• Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios
• Recorded At – WOR Studios
• Pressed By – Plastylite