see http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Jazz-Sides/dp/B0046BZP3G  Sadly it looks like a reissue. "Mack the Knife" is the bonus track I believe.

Hello, Malcolm is right, both are identical with 26 titles. Look at amazon.de for track listing. The German release date is March, 30.

Last edited by Dieter (11/3/2012 12:39 am)

Yes, a BCE issue could be very interesting indeed if some alternatives and studio chatter could be included.

It has been suggested to me that BCE does indeed own the rights to these recordings but I have no way of knowing if that is correct. We know of the existence of alternate takes for the Bregman album.

I have seen it stated that Bing made it a practice to retain the ultimate rights in all post Decca material. Whether that was the actual outcome in all cases I do not know, though I was once informed that it might be possible that the album 'A Time To Be Jolly'  recorded for Daybreak was an exception.  If so and if the rights to that album are indeed retained elsewhere it is a little puzzling that whoever might own them has not done more to capitalise on them.

I assume however that BCE might still not have total freedom of action as the rights were leased out at various times to different concerns and it might yet be possible that some of those rights remain live and have yet to revert.

For myself I am anxious to hear what might exist on the original tapes, in the way of alternative takes, informative studio chatter, and even, dare one suppose, unknown titles recorded but not included in issues. Unfortunately that might be rather too much to expect as most sessions were pretty well documented.

And I do wish that the four titles from 28 January 1960 were made available in decently engineered versions. They were
The Music Of Home,
The New Ashmoleon Marching Society and Students Conservatory Band,
It's A Good Day    and
Aloha Means I Love You

Last edited by Richard Baker (29/3/2012 4:53 pm)