Re: [ARSCLIST] original sequence of two Verve records

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, correct.

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From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] original sequence of two Verve records


> I'm still waiting for you to tell us officially that you're Bob Fine's
> son..correct?
>
> dl
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
>
> > I can speak a little bit to Mercury's historic preferences for studios
for
> > jazz sessions. That doesn't mean that all sessions done in these cities
were
> > done only at these studios, but these were the main players.
> >
> > For New York: Fine Sound (1953-1956), Capitol NYC, Nola Penthouse
Studio,
> > Fine Recording (1958-1971 but Mercury probably made their last jazz
session
> > there in 1964), A&R from the early 60's onward, Bell Sound during their
hot
> > period (early 60s), and probably a couple or a few at Olmstead.  For Los
> > Angeles: Radio Recorders early on and then Capitol and later Bill
Putnam's
> > studios.  For Chicago: almost all at Putnam's Universal Studios.
> >
> > For Verve, Norman Granz did most of his NYC mid-50's studio work at Fine
> > Sound and some at Fine Recording before he sold to MGM. He also did a
lot of
> > work at Fulton Sound (might be officially called Fulton Studios) and did
> > some late 50's and very early 60's work at Olmstead (that
fantastic-sounding
> > Buddy Rich album "Blue Caravan") and Capitol NYC and Nola. In
California,
> > Granz did all or most work at Radio Recorders. I'm not totally sure who
all
> > he used for live engineers but I know my father did some of the early
Jazz
> > at the Philharmonic concert recordings in NY. In the late 40's and early
> > 50's, Granz worked at Reeves Studios NYC. Come to think of it, there are
> > some Verve albums up into the 50's done at Reeves also.
> >
> > >From what I see on Verve reissue discs, there seem to be large gaps in
the
> > documentation. Yet, as of the time that MGM was reissuing Verve on
> > budget-priced LPs, they usually had studio info and even the engineer's
name
> > listed. And of course this info was listed on every Mercury jazz album
for a
> > while, which particularly irks me when I see a reissue CD with wrong
info.
> > Surely someone at the record company could just look at the LP jacket
image
> > on the Japanese website (many if not most Mercury jazz LPs jacket images
are
> > up there) if they have questions or doubts! In the case of the Impulse
> > albums, many of those covers are full of studio photographs, and many of
the
> > engineers' names are listed so just a little sleuthing would turn up the
> > full info.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine