Columbia/Legcy: C4K 65564 (CK 65574--CK 65576, CK 86297). Jazz. "17 previously unissued tracks/27 previously unissued tracks in the USA"--Container label. Program and biographical notes, principally by Loren Schoenberg and Peter Broadbent, respectively (69 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Charlie Christian, electric guitar; with the Benny Goodman Sextet, Benny Goodman and his orchestra, and others. Recorded 1939-1941, in New York.
Contents:
Disc 1. The master takes: Flying home ; Rose room ; Star dust ; Memories of you ; Soft winds ; Seven come eleven ; Shivers ; AC/DC current ; I'm confessin' (that I love you) ; Till Tom special ; Gone with what wind ; The sheik of Araby ; Untitled tune ; Poor butterfly ; I surrender, dear ; Boy meets goy (Grand slam) ; These foolish things -- Disc 1. The alternate takes: Flying home ; Memories of you ; Soft winds ; Shivers ; Gone with what wind ; The sheik of Araby ; I surrender, dear ; Boy meets goy (Grand slam) ; These foolish things -- Disc 2. The master takes: Six appeal (My daddy rocks me) ; Good enough to keep (Air mail special) ; Ad lib blues ; Wholly cats ; Charlie's dream ; I never knew ; Lester's dream ; Wholly cats [2 takes] ; Royal Garden blues ; As long as I live ; Benny's bugle ; Gilly -- Disc 2. The alternate takes: Six appeal (My daddy rocks me) [3 takes] ; Good enough to keep (Air mail special) [2 takes] ; Wholly cats [3 takes] ; Royal Garden blues [2 takes] ; As long as I live ; Gilly [2 takes] -- Disc 3. The master takes: Breakfast feud ; I can't give you anything but love ; Breakfast feud ; On the Alamo ; I found a new baby ; Gone with what draft ; A smo-o-o-oth one ; Air mail special (Good enough to keep) -- Disc 3. The alternate takes: Breakfast feud [4 takes] ; I can't give you anything but love [2 takes] ; Breakfast feud [3 takes] ; I found a new baby ; Gone with what draft [2 takes] ; A smo-o-o-oth one [2 takes] ; Air mail special (Good enough to keep) -- Disc 4. The all star & orchestra sessions, the master takes: All star strut ; Honeysuckle Rose ; Li'l boy love ; Solo flight -- Disc 4. The all star & orchestra sessions, the alternate takes: All star strut ; Li'l boy love ; Solo flight -- Disc 4, the Sextet breakdowns & false starts: Untitled tune ; Poor butterfly ; I surrender, dear [2 takes] ; Six appeal (My daddy rocks me) [2 takes] ; These foolish things ; Tune up & blues ; Wholly cats ; Breakfast feud [2 takes] ; Gilly ; All star strut -- Disc 4, the Sextet rehearsal sequences: Benny's bugle [2 takes] ; Jam session, March 13, 1941.
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