Comments on: A Promo By Any Other Name

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 21:51:39 +0000

Johnny Windhurst was a highly regarded trumpet player. I never saw him perform in public but first learned of him through radio broadcasts from the Savoy Cafe when he was brought from New York to replace Bunk Johnson, and, over time, from other venues in the Boston area. One can hear suggestions of Ruby Braff in his playing (or the other way around since Windhurst was the older of the two). Braff played with Edmund Hall at the Savoy in 1949. For years, the Savoy was THE venue in Boston to hear traditional jazz until joined by George Wein’s Mahogany Hall, downstairs from his Storyville club.

By: Gregory The Fish

Gregory The Fish — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:55:10 +0000

david: what sort of trade would you like to make? trout (at) susqu (dot) edu.

By: david j

david j — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:27:02 +0000

i have a m-/m- copy of the lea lp if anyone would like to make an offer or trade. i’m too sick of eBay to go that route, and i’d rather send it to a good home where it will be listened to as opposed to sitting on a shelf after being checked off a hoarder’s list.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:47:29 +0000

Agree with Joe L. Regarding Prestige: later on the black stamp “Not for Sale” was replaced by a red one “PREVIEW COPY”.
Verve cut-outs CO 86.

By: bill

bill — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:52:14 +0000

sometimes they’re stamped CO 86

By: Clifford Allen

Clifford Allen — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:38:25 +0000

Right, cut-outs or whatever, with Prestige, were usually stamped RW (record withdrawn), at least in my experience.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:48:28 +0000

I was always under the impression that the Prestige LPs stamped “Not for Sale” were distributed to DJs and record stores (mostly to DJs) because other labels added to that restriction, e.g., “Sample Copy – Not For Sale” (Savoy) or “For Demonstration Only – Not For Sale” (Norgran). In other words, the same as a WLPs, but rather than with a different label, with a stamp on label and the jacket.

By: adamski

adamski — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 19:15:42 +0000

Al, I read Rudolph’s wonderful story when you first published it, I read it again, i’m still transported vividly, to that warehouse! Wow.
He who dares..wins!

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:57:43 +0000

Al : here’s Johnny Windhurst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wYgF5FggK8