Disc 1
Lanin's Red Heads
Sam Lanin dir. Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), ?Clarence Heidke-Alfie Evans (cl,ss,as), George Slater (cl,ts), ?Bill Krenz (p), Tony Colucci (bjo), Joe Tarto (bb), Vic Berton (d). One of the reedmen doubles on baritone saxophone.
New York, February 26, 1925 |
| 1. 140397-1 |
Jimtown Blues (Charlie Davis) |
Columbia 327-D |
| 2. 140398-2 |
King Porter Stomp ("Jelly Roll" Morton) |
Columbia 327-D |
New York, May 4, 1925 |
| 3. 140579-3 |
I Wouldn't Be Where I Am If You Hadn't Gone Away (Brown, Rose and Henderson) |
Columbia 376-D |
| 4. 140580-3 |
Flag That Train (To Alabam') (Richmond, McPhail and Rothschild) |
Columbia 376-D |
Sam Lanin dir. Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), ?Clarence Heidke-Alfie Evans (cl,ss,as), George Slater (cl,ts), unknown (vln), unknown (p), Tony Colucci (bjo,g), Joe Tarto (bb), Vic Berton (d), Art Gillham (v). One of the reedmen doubles on C-melody saxophone.
New York, October 19, 1925 |
| 5. 141155-2 |
I'm "Gonna" Hang Around My Sugar (Palmer and Williams) |
Columbia 483-D |
| 6. 141156-3 |
Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Henderson, Lewis and Young)-vAG |
Columbia 483-D |
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Bobby Davis (as) Fred Morrow (ts), Arthur Schutt or Irving Brodsky (p), Dick McDonough (bjo), unknown (bb), unknown (percussion).
New York, c. October, 1925 |
| 7. 106315-A |
Oh Lovey, Be Mine (Walter Donaldson) |
Actuelle 11039 |
| 8. 106316-A |
Say, Who Is That Baby Doll (Turk-Maceo-Pinkard) |
Actuelle 11039 |
Unknown brass bass omitted.
New York, c. October, 1925 |
| 9. 106328 |
How She Loves Me Is Nobody's Business (Gaskill-Mills) |
Actuelle 11040 |
| 10. 106329 |
The Lonesomest Girl In Town (McHugh-Dubin) |
Actuelle 11040 |
Unknown brass bass returns.
New York, c. November, 1925 |
| 11. 106383 |
Remember (Irving Berlin) |
Perfect 11597 |
| 12. 106384 |
Someone's Stolen My Sweet, Sweet Baby (Brown-Clare-Pinkard) |
Actuelle 11020 |
New York, c. November, 1925 |
| 13. 106396 |
Dreaming Of A Castle In The Air (Ward-Endor) |
Actuelle 11037 |
| 14. 106397 |
How Can You Look So Good? (Chick Endor) |
Actuelle 11037 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), possibly Bobby Davis-Fred Morrow (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. November 13, 1925 |
| 15. 106400 |
Fallen Arches (Ponce, Van Loan) |
Actuelle 11456 |
| 16. 106401 |
Nervous Charlie (Red Nichols) |
Perfect 14528 |
| 17. 106402 |
Headin' For Louisville (Meyer, De Sylva) |
Actuelle 11069 |
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), unknown (as), Arthur Schutt or Irving Brodsky (p), Nick Lucas or John Cali (bjo).
New York, c. November 20, 1925 |
| 18. 106434-A |
Dinah (Akst-Lewis-Young) |
Actuelle 11085 |
| 19. 106435 |
Keep On Croonin’ A Tune (Fain-Weill-McHugh) |
Actuelle 11085 |
Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Dick Johnson (cl), Fred Morrow (as), Lucien Smith (ts), unknown (p), possibly Nick Lucas (bjo), Joe Tarto (bb), Vic Berton (d), Arthur Hall (v).
New York, c. November 27, 1925 |
| 20. 106439 |
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charley! (Rose- MacDonald-Meyer)-vAH |
Actuelle 11055 |
| 21. 106440 |
Spanish Shawl (Elmer Schoebel) |
Actuelle 11067 |
| 22. 106441 |
No Man's Mama (Yellen-Pollack) |
Perfect 14544 |
Alternate Takes
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Bobby Davis (as) Fred Morrow (ts), Arthur Schutt or Irving Brodsky (p), Dick McDonough (bjo), unknown (bb), unknown (percussion).
New York, c. October, 1925 |
| 23. 106315-B |
Oh Lovey, Be Mine (Walter Donaldson) |
Perfect 11593 |
| 24. 106316-B |
Say, Who Is That Baby Doll (Turk-Maceo-Pinkard) |
Perfect 11593 |
Disc 2
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), unknown (as), Arthur Schutt or Irving Brodsky (p), Nick Lucas or John Cali (bjo), unknown (bb) as noted, probably Vic Berton (d,percussion).
New York, c. January, 1926 |
| 1. 106493 |
Sweet Child (Whiting-Lewis-Simon) |
Perfect 11607 |
| 2. 106494-A |
I Want Somebody To Cheer Me Up (Kahn-Fiorito) |
Perfect 11603 |
| 3. 106495-A |
Sometime (Kahn-Fiorito)-bb |
Actuelle 11043 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Alfie Evans (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d), Arthur Fields (v).
New York, c. February 4, 1926 |
| 4. 106602 |
Poor Papa (Rose-Woods)-vAF |
Actuelle 11134 |
| 5. 106603 |
'Tain't Cold (Barris) |
Actuelle 11396 |
| 6. 106604 |
Hangover (Nichols-Mole) |
Actuelle 11396 |
We Three
Red Nichols (t), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d), Eddie Lang (g) where noted.
New York, c. March 24, 1926 |
| 7. 106746 |
Plenty Off Center (Nichols) |
Perfect 14673 |
| 8. 106747 |
Trumpet Sobs (Red Nichols)-gEL |
Perfect 14645 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), probably Alfie Evans (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. April 7, 1926 |
| 9. 106786 |
Wild And Foolish (Smith-Redman) |
Perfect 14673 |
| 10. 106787 |
Hi-Diddle-Diddle (Coon-Keidle) |
Actuelle 11234 |
| 11. 106788 |
Dynamite (Henderson-Palmer) |
Actuelle 11234 |
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), probably Fred Morrow (as), Arthur Schutt (p), Dick McDonough (g), Vic Berton (d). There is a vocal interruption by members of the rhythm section on Brown Sugar.
New York, c. September 14, 1926 |
| 12. 107094 |
Alabama Stomp (Cramer (sic)-Johnson) |
Actuelle 11236 |
| 13. 107095-A |
The Hurricane (Mertz-Nichols) |
Actuelle 11331 |
| 14. 107094 |
Brown Sugar (H. Barris) |
Actuelle 11236 |
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), probably Frank Trumbauer (as), Arthur Schutt (p), possibly Dick McDonough (bjo), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. October, 1926 |
| 15. 107160-A |
Sunday (Miller-Cohn-Stein-Kreuger) |
Pathé 25199 |
| 16. 107161-A |
I Don't Mind Being All Alone (Gaskill-McHugh-Mills) |
Pathé 25198 |
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Dick McDonough (bjo), Vic Berton or Ray Bauduc (d).
New York, c. November, 1926 |
| 17. 107181 |
Meadow Lark (Fiorito-Keidel) |
Actuelle 11341 |
| 18. 107182 |
I Never Knew What The Moonlight Could Do (Spier-Coslow ) |
Perfect 11634 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), probably Joe Venuti (p), Eddie Lang (g), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. November, 1926 |
| 19. 107192 |
Get With (Nichols) |
Actuelle 11347 |
| 20. 107193 |
Get A Load Of This (Lange, Nichols) |
Actuelle 11347 |
Alternate Takes
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), unknown (as), Arthur Schutt or Irving Brodsky (p), Nick Lucas or John Cali (bjo).
New York, January, 1926 |
| 21. 106494-B |
I Want Somebody To Cheer Me Up (Kahn-Fiorito) |
Actuelle 11042 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), probably Fred Morrow (as), Arthur Schutt (p), probably Dick McDonough (g), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. September 14, 1926 |
| 22. 107095-B |
Hurricane (Mertz-Nichols) |
Perfect 14717 |
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), probably Frank Trumbauer (as), Arthur Schutt (p), possibly Dick McDonough (bjo), Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. October, 1926 |
| 23. 107160-B |
Sunday (Miller-Cohn-Stein-Kreuger) |
Perfect 11633 |
| 24. 107161-B |
I Don't Mind Being All Alone (Gaskill-McHugh-Mills) |
Pathé 25198 |
Disc 3
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Joe Venuti (vln), Eddie Lang (g), probably Vic Berton (d).
New York, c. November, 1926 |
| 1. 107194 |
I'm Tellin' The Birds - Tellin' The Bees (Brown-Friend) |
Actuelle 11341 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Brad Gowans (c) where noted, Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Bill Haid (p), Dick McDonough (g) where noted, Vic Berton (d).
New York, December, 1926 |
| 2. 107204 |
That's No Bargain (Red Nichols) |
Actuelle 11331 |
| 3. 107205 |
Heebie Jeebies (Atkins-Jones)-cBG,gDM |
Actuelle 11289 |
| 4. 107206-A |
Black Bottom Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)-gDM |
Actuelle 11289 |
Jay C. Flippen & His Gang
Jay C. Flippen (v) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole or Brad Gowans (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Bill Haid (p), Dick McDonough (g), Vic Berton (d).
New York, December, 1926 |
| 5. 107207 |
How Could Red Riding Hood (Randolph) |
Perfect 12297 |
Jay C. Flippen (v) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), unknown (as) where noted, Arthur Schutt (p), possibly Dick McDonough (bjo).
New York, December, 1926 |
| 6. 107217 |
For My Sweetheart (Kahn-Donaldson) |
Perfect 12302 |
| 7. 107218 |
Short And Sweet (Dougherty-Tracy-Ehklich)-as |
Perfect 12302 |
Cliff Edwards (Ukelele Ike) and His Hot Combination
Cliff Edwards (v,uke) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Bobby Davis (as), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Bill Haid (p), possibly John Cali (bjo or g, as noted), possibly Joe Tarto (bb), Vic Berton or Ray Bauduc (d). New York, December, 1926 |
| 8. 107281 |
Lonely Eyes (Davis-Akst)-g |
Perfect 11637 |
| 9. 107282 |
Since I Found You (Clare-Woods) |
Perfect 11637 |
| 10. 107283 |
I Know That You Know (Youmans)-bj |
Perfect 11638 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d), Frank Gould (v). New York, c. January 18, 1927 |
| 11. 107350-B |
Tell Me To-night (Little)-vFG |
Pathé 36583 |
| 12. 107351-A |
Here Or There (Davis-Greer)-vFG |
Actuelle 11376 |
| 13. 107352-A |
You Should See My Tootsie (Yellen-Ager)-vFG |
Pathé 36593 |
Red Nichols (t), Wingy Manone (c) where noted, Miff Mole (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl,ts), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d,harpophone). New York, c. September 16, 1927 |
| 14. 107782-1 |
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (E. Green) |
Salabert 765
|
| 15. 107783-1 |
Nothin' Does Does Like It Used To Do Do Do (Kahal-Ross-Fain) |
Actuelle 11515 |
| 16. 107784-1 |
Baltimore (Healy-Kahal-McHugh)-cWM |
Pathé X6213 |
Alternate Takes
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Bill Haid (p), Dick McDonough (g), Vic Berton (d).
New York, December , 1926 |
| 17. 107206-B |
Black Bottom Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton) |
Perfect 14738 |
Jay C. Flippen & His Gang
Jay C. Flippen (v) acc. by Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole or Brad Gowans (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Bill Haid (p), Dick McDonough (g), Vic Berton (d).
New York, December , 1926 |
| 18. 107207alt |
How Could Red Riding Hood (Randolph) |
Pathé 32218 |
The Red Heads
Red Nichols (t), Miff Mole (tb), Jimmy Dorsey (cl,as), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d), Frank Gould (v).
New York, c. January 18, 1927 |
| 19. 107350-C |
Tell Me To-night (Little)-vFG |
Pathé 36583 |
| 20. 107350-D |
Tell Me To-night (Little)-vFG |
Perfect 14764 |
| 21. 107351-C |
Here Or There (Davis-Greer)-vFG |
Pathé 36583 |
| 22. 107352-B |
You Should See My Tootsie (Yellen-Ager)-vFG |
Actuelle 11376 |
| 23. 107352-C |
You Should See My Tootsie (Yellen-Ager)-vFG |
Perfect 14774 |
Red Nichols (t), Wingy Manone (c) where noted, Miff Mole (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl,ts), Arthur Schutt (p), Vic Berton (d,harpophone).
New York, c. September 16 , 1927 |
| 24. 107782-2 |
A Good Man Is Hard To Find (Eddie Green) |
Romeo 494 |
| 25. 107783-2 |
Nothin' Does Does Like It Used To Do Do Do (Kahal-Ross-Fain) |
Perfect 14888 |
| 26. 107784-2 |
Baltimore (Healy-Kahal-McHugh)-cWM |
Perfect 14882 |
BDW8042 | BDW8044
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