CHET BAKER IN PARIS
THE COMPLETE BARCLAY RECORDINGS
FSR BOX 1

Audiophile Box set reissue of the complete French Barclay recordings of trumpet legend Chet Baker. The box holds the following items as originally produced by Jordi Pujol’s Fresh Sounds company located in Barcelona, Spain in 1986:

All vinyl on all records is NM and they look like unplayed. The only exception to be mentioned is a mark on the beginning of Side 2 of Barclay 84042 (possibly a pressing flaw) causing 16 ticks at the entrance of DINAH.

The box itself is NM as are the jackets of the LPs and EPs inside. On the whole the item is almost brand new – and appears just as it was first released 25 years ago. Few of these box sets were made and they are very difficult to find now – especially in such superb condition! Buyer’s satisfaction is guaranteed.

For serious collectors the three LPs Chet Baker made for Eddie Barclay’s label from autumn 1955 till spring 1956 constitute the Sanctified Trinity of European vinyl jazz. The original pressings are mega-rare items that are seldom offered on eBay – it is almost impossible to gain NM copies. The first session for Barclay contains the last recordings of Chet’s pianist Dick Twardzik who died shortly afterwards. Tenor saxophonists Bobby Jaspar and Jean-Louis Chautemps belonged to Europe’s most promising new talents in the mid-fifties, and for Francy Boland this was the first studio encounter with one of America’s undisputed major league heroes.

For those jazz lovers not familiar with the complete discography I will add some details here:

DISCOGRAPHY: CHET BAKER ON BARCLAY
FSR BOX 1

CHET BAKER QUARTET
Chet Baker (tp), Dick Twardzik (p, celeste), Jimmy Bond (b), Peter Littman (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, October 11, 1955
RONDETTE (matrix number unknown)
MID-FORTE (matrix number unknown)
RESEARCH (matrix number unknown)
SAD WALK (matrix number unknown)
JUST DUO (matrix number unknown)

Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, October 14, 1955
PIECE CAPRICE (matrix number unknown)
POMP (matrix number unknown)
THE GIRL FROM GREENLAND (matrix number unknown)
BRASH (matrix number unknown)

CHET BAKER QUARTET
Chet Baker (tp), Gerard Gustin (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Nils-Bertil Dahlander (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, October 24, 1955
I’LL REMEMBER APRIL (29.244.3)
SMALL HOTEL (29.245.2)
THESE FOOLISH THINGS (29.246.2)
LOVER MAN (29.247.1)
AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (29.248.8)
SUMMERTIME (29.249.2)
YOU GO TO MY HEAD (29.250.2)
TENDERLY (29.251.1)

CHET BAKER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Chet Baker (tp), Benny Vasseur (tb), Jean Aldegon (as), Armand Migiani (ts), William Boucaya (bs), René Urtreger (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Nils-Bertil Dahlander (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, October 25, 1955
CHET (29.252)
DINAH (29.253)
V LINE (29.254)

CHET BAKER QUARTET
Chet Baker (tp), Raymond Fol (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Jean-Louis Viale (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, November 28, 1955
ALONE TOGETHER (29.510)
EXITUS (29.511)
ONCE IN A WHILE (29.512)

CHET BAKER QUINTET
Chet Baker (tp), Bobby Jaspar (ts), Raymond Fol (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Jean-Louis Viale (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, December 26, 1955
CHEKEETAH (29.746)
HOW ABOUT YOU (29.247)

CHET BAKER QUINTET
Chet Baker (tp), Jean-Louis Chautemps (ts), Francy Boland (p), Eddie de Haas (b), Charles Saudrais (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, February 10, 1956
ANTICIPATED BLUES (30.376)
TASTY PUDDING (30.377) (alternate takes)
TASTY PUDDING (30.378) (without drums)

CHET BAKER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Chet Baker (tp), Benny Vasseur (tb), Teddy Ameline (as), Armand Migiani (ts), William Boucaya (bs), Francy Boland (p), Benoit Quersin (b), Pierre Lemarchand (dr)
Studio Pathé-Magellan, Paris, March 15, 1956
MYTHE (30.733)
NOT TOO SLOW (30.374)
IN A LITTLE PROVINCIAL TOWN (30.735)
V LINE (2nd Version) (29.254 R)

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