SPECIAL SUPPLEMANTAL
FOR
LP RELEASES
AND REISSUES
OF
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING CONCERT
This sub-section of Solo Flight is a display of the artwork on 33⅓-rpm albums of the 1939 Christmas Eve concert at Carnegie Hall.
The imagines of the LPs are presented here in more-or-less release date sequence grouped into discretionary categories.
Selected none-USA issues are included.
Original full title: “John Hammond’s Spirituals to Swing: The Legendary Carnegie Hall
Concerts of 1938/1939”
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CONTENTS:
Category I: DOUBLE-LP BOX SETS
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1959 |
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VANGUARD VRS-8523/8524 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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1959 |
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AMADEO LD 035 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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AUT |
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1962 |
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FONTANA 680 978/9 TL |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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ENG |
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Category II: DOUBLE-LP GATEFOLD SETS
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1972 |
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VANGUARD VRS-8523/8524 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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ENG |
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1973 |
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VANGUARD VSD-47/48 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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USA |
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1973 |
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VANGUARD 0082.091 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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1973 |
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VANGUARD VSD-47/48 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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NZL |
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1975 |
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VANGUARD VSD-47/48 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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AUL |
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ι |
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1973 |
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MUSIC HALL 20-70.774 |
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DE LOS SPIRITUALS AL SWING |
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ARG |
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κ |
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1978 |
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VOGUE VJD 550 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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ENG |
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1970 |
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VANGUARD / KING SR 3045/6 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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JPN |
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1975 |
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VANGUARD / KING LAX-3076/7 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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JPN |
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1979 |
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VANGUARD / KING GXC 3124/5 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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JPN |
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ξ |
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1982 |
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VANGUARD / KING K18P 6190 |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING |
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JPN |
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Category III: SINGLE-LP SETS
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1959 |
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TOP RANK 35/064 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1 |
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1959 |
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TOP RANK 35/065 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2 |
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1959 |
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AMADEO AVRS 9014 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING (I) |
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AUT |
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1959 |
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AMADEO AVRS 9015 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING (II) |
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AUT |
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1962 |
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FONTANA TFL 5187 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1 |
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1962 |
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FONTANA TFL 5188 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2 |
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1967 |
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FONTANA FJL 401 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1 |
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1967 |
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FONTANA FJL 402 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2 |
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1967 |
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AMIGA 8 50 060 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (1) |
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ω |
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1972 |
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AMIGA 8 50 061 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (2) |
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ϗ |
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1980 |
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AMIGA JAZZ 8 50 060 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (I) |
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1980 |
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AMIGA JAZZ 8 50 061 |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (II) |
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Category IV: SINGLE-LPs
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1979 |
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CBS / 51 WEST Q 16007 |
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SWING CONCERT – CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS • 1938/1939 |
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USA |
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ϡ |
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1984 |
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SR INTERNATIONAL 70 674 |
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FROM SPIRITUAL TO SWING |
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GER |
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“FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING” CONCERT
CHRISTMAS EVE 1939
CARNEGIE HALL
Category I: DOUBLE-LP BOX SETS
SPIRITUALS TO SWING
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First 12" LP release of John Hammond’s “From Spirituals to Swing” concerts |
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double-LP box set |
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VANGUARD VRS-8523/8524 |
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1959 |
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USA 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING
SPIRITUALS TO SWING
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British reissue of above box set |
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double-LP box set |
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FONTANA 680 978/9 TL |
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1962 |
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ENG 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith |
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Category II: DOUBLE-LP GATEFOLD SETS
SPIRITUALS TO SWING
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
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German release of VSD-47/48 above |
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double-LP gatefold |
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VANGUARD
0082.091 |
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1973 |
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GER 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
DE LOS SPIRITUALS AL SWING
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Argentinean release of VSD-47/48 above |
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double-LP gatefold |
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MUSIC HALL 20-70.774 |
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1973 |
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ARG 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Notes in Spanish Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
SPIRITUALS TO SWING
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
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Reissue of Vanguard
LAX-3076/7 above |
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double-LP gatefold
“Jazz Library 1500 Series” |
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VANGUARD / KING GXC 3124/5 |
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1979 |
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JPN 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes (in Japanese) by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith |
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FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING
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Reissue of Vanguard
LAX-3076/7 above |
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double-LP gatefold
“Vanguard Jazz Series” |
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VANGUARD / KING K18P 6190 |
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1982 |
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JPN 12" LP
9 CC tracks (31 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith |
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Category III: SINGLE-LP SETS
SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1
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British single-LP release of Vanguard VRS-8523 |
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“Jazz & Folk Collectors’ Choice Series No. 1” |
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TOP RANK 35/064 |
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1959 |
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ENG 12" LP
5 CC tracks (16 tracks total) |
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Record inner envelop notes by Charles Edward Smith |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2
SPIRITUALS TO SWING I
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single-LP release of Amadeo AVRS 9014/15 box set |
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AMADEO AVRS 9014 |
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1959 |
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AUT 12" LP
5 CC tracks (16 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes by Charles Edward Smith |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING II
SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1
SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2
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Single-LP release of Fontana 680 979 TL |
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FONTANA TFL 5188 |
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1962 |
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ENG 12" LP
4 CC tracks (15 tracks total) |
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Notes by Charles Edward Smith |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1
SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2
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reissue of Fontana TFL 5187 with a flip of the side sequencing |
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“Vanguard Series” |
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FONTANA FJL 402 |
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1967 |
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ENG 12" LP
4 CC tracks (15 tracks total) |
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Notes by Charles Fox |
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SPIRITUALS TO SWING 1
SPIRITUALS TO SWING 2
SPIRITUALS TO SWING I
SPIRITUALS TO SWING II
SWING CONCERT – CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS • 1938/1939
FROM SPIRITUAL TO SWING
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An unusual release with a unique album title |
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single-LP gatefold |
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SR INTERNATIONAL 70 674 |
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1984 |
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GER 12" LP
2 CC tracks (16 tracks total) |
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Produced by John Hammond
Notes in German by Dr. Schulz Köhn |
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