TOAST OF NEW YORK
OLDER RELEASES
Updated 11/23/02
Many Volumes of
Misc Ethnic, Blues, Country, Dance, Hot jazz etc. from Dr. D.
BERT WILLIAMS: 25 rare recordings, 1906-1920 [HS]
OTHER THEME COMPILATIONS: more to come, I hope
This section is for one-band/one-disc sets. Anthologies (with more than one band per disc) are covered elsewhere below.
MOSTLY COMPLETE EARLY "HOT" HORACE HEIDT
THE COMPLETE ALL STAR ORCHESTRA: All 18 1927-1929 tracks by this well-named studio group
RUBE BLOOM: Complete piano solos &
TED LEWIS: Nice collection from Dr. D of misc electrics, some really rare.
THE COMPLETE LENNIE HAYTON (great under-rated dance band), 1937-1940 [from John Leifert]
ANDY IONA
As with Whiteman, Weems et al, someday we hope to have a COMPLETE ANDY IONA collection, but right now we have three miscellaneous CDs of first-rate material by this marvelous guitarist and saxophonist.
JOHN LEIFERT COLLECTION: 70+ minutes of great '30s dance sides, inc. Whiteman transcriptions!
LOUIS PRIMA:
1: 15 Victor tracks (NOT on 1999 Buddah CD), Chamber Music Society show 12/16/40
2: 4 more Victor tracks (NOT on 1999 Buddah CD), 1953 band remote w/Keely, two appearances with SINATRA: 1945 radio show & 1958 TV show w/Keely
3: misc 78s, from all manner of labels - Brunswick, Varsity, etc [DD]
4: Majestics, vol one [DD]
5: Majestics, vol two [DD]
6: Decca, Varsity, Mercury [DD]
7: Robin Hood & the Later Deccas [DD]!
MORE PRIMA: Discs of later stuff from his very rare Prima 1 label!
ELLINGTONIA [All from Rich Ehrenzeller]
1: ELLINGTON RARITIES - '40s to '60s, Jump for Joy, 1951 airforce TX, First Time etc
2: Live at The Rainbow Grill, 1967, with the Octet
3 & 4: Complete Carnegie Hall Concert, November 1943, plus other '40s rarities
5: Odd Duke: Monk with the Ellington Orch, Duke playing Mingus's "The Clown" etc
6: Mostly Piano, rare piano tracks from 1937 to 1967
7: Rare Ellington Broadcasts, 1942-1945
8: Al Hibbler, volume one
9: Al Hibbler, volume two
10: Rare Ellington Vocals: Hibbler (more!), Ivie Anderson, Jacques Butler with Mercer
11: Mercer Records Rarities: Hibbler (still more), Chubby Kemp, Oscar Pettiford, Tizol
12: Herb Jeffries Rarities (Recorded for Exclusive, issued on 10" LPs by Mercury!)
13: Ray Nance Rarities (everyone from Earl Hines to Una Mae Carlisle to Chico Hamilton)
14: Completer Discs: Ellington big band tracks left over from Standard, Capitol Transcriptions, various concerts (Carnegie, Cornell, etc.)
15: HARRY CARNEY RARITIES: the ROCKS ME GENTLY LP, Sandy Williams, T Rosenkrantz, Cousin Joe
16: PAUL GONSALVES RARITIES: again, various.....
17: ELLA FITZGERALD & DUKE, two 1966-'67 European concerts, from rare Italian bootlegs....
18: PAUL GONSALVES RARITIES II: including TENOR STUFF & BOOM JACKIE BOOM
19: PAUL GONSALVES RARITIES III: incuding THE C JAM ALL STARS with Clark Terry
20: PAUL GONSALVES MEETS TUBBY HAYES: Two amazing two-tenor albums!
21: COOTIE WILLIAMS MEETS CADILLAC WILLIAMS
seven CD-Rs of COMPLETE AFRS JUBILEE shows,
digitally transferred from original AFRS discs
KING COLE TRIO, BENNY CARTER & BARNEY BIGARD
#207 (March, 1945) THE KING COLE TRIO doing "Paper Moon" & "Sweet Lorraine!" with BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA, BARNEY BIGARD, JIMMY DURANTE & BETTY ROCHE.
#220 (April, 1945) KING COLE TRIO ("If You Can't Smile and Say Yes," "Miss Thing" and "On The Sunny Side of the Street"), BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA, ROCHESTER and clarinet great BARNEY BIGARD.
BENNY CARTER #1
#191 (late July, 1946) Also featuring: HERB JEFFRIES & THE EDDIE BEAL FOURTET starring IRVING ASHBY!
#193 (August, 1946) Also starring THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS!
BENNY CARTER #2
#203 (November, 1946) With THE VIVIAN GARRY TRIO
#205 (November 1946) BENNY CARTER MEETS THE GREAT GUITARS!
Featuring BARNEY KESSEL, IRVING ASHBY, ARV GARRISON, & LES PAUL
BENNY CARTER #3
#219 with THE HOLLYWOOD FOUR BLAZES, JOSH WHITE & ILLINOIS JACQUET AND HIS SEXTET
#222 with HELEN HUMES & THE HOLLYWOOD FOUR BLAZES
LENA HORNE MEETS COUNT BASIE & BENNY CARTER
#230 (April - May 1947)
with BENNY CARTER and THE BLACK & WHITE ALL-STARS
#224 (c10/45) with COUNT BASIE, HARRY THE HIPSTER GIBSON and
THE SLIM GAILLARD TRIO.
COUNT BASIE
#206 with vocals by JIMMY RUSHING and THELMA CARPENTER
and special guest: EDDIE "ROCHESTER" ANDERSON
#223 (9/24/45) with JIMMY RUSHING, DICK HAYMES, JERI SULLIVAN
and THE DELTA RHYTHM BOYS
Original Cast:
SAY DARLING (Styne/Comden & Green, with Johnny Desmond & Vivian Blane)
A TIME FOR SINGING (HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY)
AMBASSADOR - Howard Keel
two by Sig Romberg : GIRL IN PINK TIGHTS (Columbia) / UP IN CENTRAL PARK
four early RODGERS & HART SHOW ALBUMS on Decca
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE - '43 cast
BY JUPITER - Hildegarde
THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE - Rudy Vallee & Frances Langford
HIGHER & HIGHER - shirley ross
THE GRAND TOUR (special double CD, lots of "inside stuff," demos, cut songs etc.)
CHILDREN OF EDEN (original London Cast)
KEAN
BY JUPITER ('60s revival, plus Jackie & Roy version)
MAKE A WISH (with either LOOK MA I'M DANCING or GRANDMA MOSES as filler!)
NEW FACES OF 1952 (bonus tracks from unissued '62 album)
STATE FAIR (soundtrack, never issued on LP or CD!)
Show Related:
ANN SOUTHERN in LADY IN THE DARK + ANN SOUTHERN SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION
ALICE FAYE COLLECTION (all her '30s 78s)
THE NANCY WALKER COLLECTION: BEST FOOT FORWARD TO "I'm still Here"
Participating Collectors
[JL] = John Leifert
[AL] = Al Simmons
[DD] = Dr. Demento (Barry Hansen)
[RS] = Roger Sturtevant
[PL] = Paul Lindemeyer
[DL] = Dan Levinson
[RE] = Rich Ehrenzeller
[HS] = Henry Schmidt
[Hutch] = Ron Hutchinson
[BC] = Bob Conrad
some old want lists: Click here for THE WANT LIST of 78s we need for various projects!
Now, click here for BOB CONRAD'S WANT LIST of things he needs for toasting and for his collection!
SPECIAL: the most hysterical thing you ever heard - ELVIS ON DRUGS! (An MP3 sound file.)
Download The Fabulous Elvis Clip
