Warner Bros. Swing Era DVD

[Chas]

This is incredible; finally somebody at a major North American media concern is taking our musical heritage seriously.

WB has released a 6 dvd box set with 64 short subjects, including the sublime Norman Granz feature "Jamming The Blues".

Already have my copy ordered.

Big Band Jazz & Swing

 

[bunnyb.gal]

WB seem to be the only ones cracking open the vaults these days, with the Archive Collection (this I can see being one of them). Cheers for the heads up on this one!

 

[skyvue]

WB has released a 6 dvd box set with 64 short subjects, including the sublime Norman Granz feature "Jamming The Blues".

Is this one you linked to the DVD-R set from Warner Archives, or have they also released it in factory-pressed DVD format?

 

[Chas]

Dunno. I'm thinking it must be from the Warner Archives - the item descrip. stats "this jaw-dropping assemblage from the Warner Bros.’ vault ", so I'm thinking somebody at WB is getting enough oxygen to their brains.

Let's hope it marks the beginning of a trend.

 

[skyvue]

Dunno. I'm thinking it must be from the Warner Archives - the item descrip. stats "this jaw-dropping assemblage from the Warner Bros.’ vault ", so I'm thinking somebody at WB is getting enough oxygen to their brains.

Let's hope it marks the beginning of a trend.

I was hoping they'd sold enough of the DVD-R's to press a straight DVD set, since they tend not to do very much, if any, restorative work on the titles they release on DVD-R via the Archives. They just look for the best existing print, and master from that.

But in any case, it looks like a set worth having.

 

[Chas]

Mine just came in the mail today. The quality looks pretty good, but I got a vision of what hell would be like for me (if there was such a thing, which there isn't) with a harmonica orchestra.

It's really just a sampler, at the end of the day- Artie Shaw made three soundies that I know of- but only one is on the set; Bob Wills made quite a few- I know because I lost a battle on Ebay over 5 reels of Bob Wills. I still think about that; years ago, and I still wish I knew what was on those.

The Jan Savitt soundie was a huge disappointment. Too schmaltzy, and I was hoping to see George "Bon Bon" Tunnell. That, and the bit with the acrobats was odd.