50 oldest titles in my collection

4-7-09 The 50 oldest titles in my collection

LP BAXTER, LES CARIBBEAN MOONLIGHT CAPITOL US

T-733 1955? 12 TRKS EZ

LP BAXTER, LES TAMBOO CAPITOL US

T-655 1956? 12 TRKS EZ

LP BELAFONTE, HARRY BELAFONTE RCA DE

LPM 1150-C 1956 11 TRKS

LP BELAFONTE, HARRY CALYPSO RCA NZ

LPM 1248 1956? 11 TRKS

LP BELAFONTE, HARRY MARK TWAIN AND OTHER FOLK FAVORITES RCA US

LPM 1022 1954 12 TRKS

10" BELAFONTE, HARRY VERSATILE MR. BELAFONTE (10") HMV UK

DLP 1147 1955? 9 TRK EP

LP COASTERS, THE COASTERS, THE ATCO US

33-101 1956? 14 TRKS

LP COWARD, NOEL AT LAS VEGAS CBS UK

62426 1956? 12 TRKS

LP CRISS, SONNY GO MAN! KING JPN

K18P-9254 1956 12 TRKS '83 re-issue, insert

CD CRISS, SONNY JAZZ U.S.A. TOSHIBA JPN

TOCJ-5329 1956 12 TRKS ('90 issue) jazz

10" CUGAT, XAVIER DANCE PARADE COLUMBIA US

CL 6077 1953? 8 TRKS

CD DAVIS, MILES / QUINTET RELAXIN' WITH… PRESTIGE US

OJCCD-190.2 1956 6 TRKS ('87 issue) jazz

CD FRUSCELLA, TONY TONY FRUSCELLA ATLANTIC DE

75354.2 1955 9 TRKS ('98 issue) jazz

LP GELLER, HARRY NEW YORK, NEW YORK RCA US

LPM 1032 1955 12 TRKS center-fold cover

LP GROFE, FERDE GRAND CANYON SUITE RCA RED SEAL

LM-1004 1950? 5 TRKS Arturo Toscanini

10" HARMONICATS / JERRY MURAD HARMONICA HITS MERCURY US

MG 25128 1955? 8 TRK EP

LP HARMONICATS / JERRY MURAD HARMONICATS RKO US

LP-131 1956? 13 TRKS

CD HARMONICATS / JERRY MURAD HARMONICATS' SELECTED FAVORITES UNIVERSAL JPN

UCCU-9032 1956? 12 TRKS ('03 issue) kami sleeve

10" HARMONICATS / JERRY MURAD JERRY MURAD'S HARMONICATS MERCURY US

MG 25061 1955? 8 TRK EP

CD JAZZ MESSENGERS AT THE CAFÉ BOHEMIA Vol. 1 BLUE NOTE US

CDP 746521.2 1955 8 TRKS ('87 issue) (3 x bonus tracks) jazz

CD JAZZ MESSENGERS AT THE CAFÉ BOHEMIA Vol. 2 BLUE NOTE US

CDP 746522.2 1955 8 TRKS ('87 issue) (3 x bonus tracks) jazz

LP JONES QUARTET, JONAH SWINGIN' AT THE CINEMA CAPITOL US

T-1082 1956? 12 TRKS

10" JONES, SPIKE BOTTOMS UP RCA US

LPM 3054 1952 8 TRK EP

LP KAWOHI, PRINCE / LUAU BOYS AT THE LUAU RCA US

LPM 1043 1955 12 TRKS

LP KOSTELANETZ, ANDRE CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS COLUMBIA M US

ML 4355 1950 15 TRKS Noel Coward

10" LAINE, FRANKIE LOVER'S LANE COLUMBIA US

CL 2504 1955? 6 TRKS

LP LEGRAND, MICHEL BONJOUR PARIS COLUMBIA US

CL 947 1956? 13 TRKS EZ

10" LEHRER, TOM SONGS BY TOM LEHRER LEHRER US

TLP-1 1953 12 TRK EP

LP MELEE, GIL GIL MELEE QUINTET & SEXTET BLUE NOTE JPN

K18P-9275 1953? 14 TRKS '83 re-issue; Blue Note

CD MELEE, GIL PATTERNS IN JAZZ TOSHIBA JPN

TOCJ-1517 1956 6 TRKS ('95 issue) jazz

CD MORALES, HUMBERTO & NORO MAMBO BY MORALES SONY JPN

MHCP 1098 1950/1 23 TRKS ('06 issue)

LP O.S.T. FIVE THOUSAND FINGERS OF DR. T, THE GSF USA

GSF 1007 1953 23 TRKS DR. SEUSS, F. HOLLANDER

LP O.S.T. MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, THE DECCA US

DL 8257 1956? 11 TRKS Elmer Bernstein, Shorty Rogers

CD O.S.T. MY FAIR LADY (O.C.) COLUMBIA US

SK 89997 1956 18 TRKS ('02 issue) (2 x bonus tracks) O.C. b'way

LP POPP, ANDRE PRESENTING POPP! COLUMBIA US

WL 130 1955? 12 TRKS

CD POWELL, BUD AMAZING BUD POWELL Vol. 1, THE BLUE NOTE US

CDP 781503.2 1949/51 15 TRKS ('89 issue) jazz

CD POWELL, BUD BUD POWELL TRIO, THE TOSHIBA JPN

TOCJ-5954 1953/1947 16 TRKS ('95 issue) jazz

LP PRADO, PEREZ HAVANA, 3 A.M. RCA US

LPM 1257 1956 12 TRKS

LP PRADO, PEREZ MAMBO BY THE KING RCA US

LPM 1196 1956 12 TRKS

LP PRADO, PEREZ MAMBO MANIA RCA US

LPM 1075 1955 12 TRKS

10" PRADO, PEREZ PLAYS MUCHO MAMBO RCA US

LPM 21 1950 6 TRK EP

LP PRADO, PEREZ VOODOO SUITE RCA US

LPM 1101 1955 7 TRKS

CD PRESLEY, ELVIS ELVIS PRESLEY (1st album) re RCA US

66058.2 1956 18 TRKS ('06 issue) (6 x bonus tracks)

LP PRIMA, LOUIS / KEELY SMITH LAS VEGAS PRIMA STYLE CAPITOL US

T-1010 1956? 9 TRKS

LP ROBBINS, MARTY SONG OF THE ISLANDS COLUMBIA US

CL 1087 1955? 12 TRKS

CD ROLLINS, SONNY SAXOPHONE COLOSSUS JVC JPN

VICJ-23501 1956 5 TRKS ('85 issue) jazz

CD SILVER, HORACE HORACE SILVER & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS BLUE NOTE US

CDP 746140.2 1955 8 TRKS ('87 issue) jazz

CD SILVER, HORACE HORACE SILVER TRIO BLUE NOTE US

80906.2 1953 16 TRKS ('03 issue) jazz; RVG edition

10" SUMAC, YMA VOICE OF THE XTABAY CAPITOL US

H 244 1953? 8 TRKS

CD TJADER, CAL LATIN KICK FANTASY US

OJCCD-642.2 1956 11 TRKS ('91 issue) jazz

Lots of jazz, and a smattering of easy listening and some soundtracks. These titles are all older than I am! Some of them I got from my parents, some I’ve only obtained recently. As I look at this list,. I know I have some re-issues of good old stuff that do not appear on this list, for some reason (Slim Gaillard “Smorgasbord” comes to mind, which I got in the 80’s, when it was already 30 years old!). But these are the 50 titles that turned up, when I sorted by database by year (this list does not include singles, however). There are also some classical LP’s I have that I am sure are as old as this, if not older (Bidu Sayao, for example). And I have some 20’s/30’s/40’s stuff that I got on re-issue LP’s from the late 60’s / early 70’s…but for argument’s sake, here are what I readily acknowledge as my ‘roots’. Also throw in some Bill Haley & The Comets, I suppose. Sorry I do not have confirmed dates on everything – they didn’t always say in those days…