1953 The CHET BAKER QUARTET 1st FIRST 10" LP FRENCH Swing lbl. 33.308

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THE ULTRA RARE CHET BAKER QUARTET 1ST LP 10". THIS IS THE RAREST FRENCH ISSUE IN SWING LABEL WITH GREAT ARTWORK

THE CHET BAKER QUARTET - SWING LBL. Frnace M. 33.308 (Original Pacicfic Jazz rcs. Hollywood)
supervised/prod by Richard Bock

The cover and back of Swing M 33.308 do not list any members of the Chet Baker Quartet.  The rear cover is a catalogue listing of releases on the family of French Vogue productions including releases on the Vogue, Swing, Good Time Jazz, Jazz Selection and Gene Norman Presents labels.  The labels do list specific members of the Chet Baker Quartet and once again confirm that it is Bob Whitlock on Isn’t It Romantic, The Lamp Is Low, This Time The Dream’s On Me and Maid In Mexico. But there is a problem. The first track on side one (matrix PJLP-404) is not The Lamp Is Low, it is Winter Wonderland.There is another problem if you examine the labels closely, the matrices are identified in reverse on the labels.  The matrix in the wax is PJLP-404 on side one, identified as LP-405 on the label.  The matrix in the wax on side two is LP-405, identified as LP-404 on the label.

Swing M. 33.308 was advertised in the September 1953 issue of Jazz Hot magazine as being available along with three ten inch LP releases of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet from Pacific Jazz and Fantasy masters.
Another ad in the October 1953 issue of Jazz Hot listed The Chet Baker Quartet album along with other releases on Vogue labels.  The album was reviewed in the same issue of Jazz Hot where the reviewer noted some of the tunes had been incorrectly labeled.
The label of side two of Swing M. 33.308 (matrix LP-405) clearly identifies Bob Whitlock as bassist on this track, Isn’t It Romantic, along with Bobby White on drums.  Lerfeldt and Sjogren do not list an English Vogue 10” LP that was released in the fall of 1953 at the same time that the Swing LP was released.  In fact, the two albums were manufactured from the same stampers and bear identical matrix numbers. The UK album got the matrix numbers and the labels matched.

The European release of Chet Baker’s first 10” LP, Pacific Jazz PJLP-3, on UK Vogue (L.D.E. 045), French Swing (M. 33.308) and Swedish Karusell (KLP - 1) replaced THE LAMP IS LOW with WINTER WONDERLAND.  The Swing LP label did not register the change and listed THE LAMP IS LOW  in error.  The UK LP listed the title correctly and credited the personnel as Chet Baker (tp), Russ Freeman (p), Bob Whitlock (b) and Bobby White (dm).  The Karusell LP and EP releases did not register the change and listed THE LAMP IS LOW  in error.  The Vogue and Swing LPs were available for sale in Europe in September and October of 1953.

CHET BAKER
RUSS FREEMAN piano
JOE MONDRAGON, CARSON SMITH & BOBBY WHITLOCK Bass
SHELLY MANNE, BOBBY WHITE & LARRY BUNKER Drums

TRACKS (Check pictures)

CONDITION : VG
PC: VG+

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