Album US 1947 on Circle label
Jazz and Blues (Ragtime, Dixieland)
No Catalog # on Release [other than Volume IX and the #s on Each Side. This is the Original 4-12" 78rpm Record Album Set Pressing on Cherry Red Vinylite It's Numbered Limited Edition - Inside Back Cover is Hand-Numbered and Says : "This is Volume IX from Set No . . . . . . . . of the Limited Edition of The Saga of Mr. Jelly Lord" Circle Sound, Inc. 38 East 4th Street, New York 3, New York Issued with Insert with Info about How to Care for these Vinylite Records (opposed to Shellac). This Series was Recorded by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress on a portable Presto Field Recorder at Coolidge Auditorium in Washington, DC on May, June and December 1938. One of the largest and most celebrated record sets ever issued. From the Library of Congress Archives, this is the 2nd record of 12 albums issued exclusively by Circle Records beginning in 1947, under arrangement with the estate of Ferdinand Joseph Morton on May, 1938. This Set was Later Reissued on Circle and then Riverside as 33.3 rpm LP Records.
Jelly Roll Morton p, voc, 1890-1941 US album by | |
Jimmy Ernst cover, design, typography |
Harriet Janis edited by |
Rudi Blesh liner notes |
Alan Lomax recorded by, uncredited |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Jelly Roll And Jack The Bear, Part I "We Can Always Get Plenty To Eat" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
2 | Jelly Roll And Jack The Bear, Part II "One Bottle Can Cure You" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
3 | Jelly Roll And Jack The Bear, Part III "We Got Into Memphis All Right" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
4 | The Salty Dog "They Came To Chicago And Turned The Town Upside Down" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
5 | St. Louis "That Guy's A Shark" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
6 | The Miserere "So I Swung A Few Of These Operatic Tunes" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
7 | Alabama Bound Part I "I Was Down On The Gulf Coast" | Jelly Roll Morton | ||
8 | Alabama Bound Concluded "He Had A Knife Right On Me" | Jelly Roll Morton |