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Welcome to the Upbeat Recordings website - home of the very best music recordings. UPBEAT JAZZ keeps on releasing great CDs so make sure you keep updated throughout the year and regularly check out our site - always new CDs and good offers. One customer recently described our site as a treasure trove of excellent CDs. I hope you find it the same too...
We do our very best to get your orders processed as quickly as possible and provided we have the CDs in stock, they will be sent out the same day or at worst, the following day. Finally, our site is Merchant Bank approved and so your credit details are as safe as they can possibly be.
GRAND STOCKTAKING WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE SALE
It's that time of year again and so we have added LOTS of new bargains - just click on the Special Offers button to see all! There are plenty to chose from at UKP 5.99 - including Lake, Timeless, Raymer, Frog and the other partner labels. It is being updated daily so keep looking when you have a moment as you will find lots of gems. And WHEN THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE GONE! So don't hang about as they will disappear as fast as they appear!!!
SPECIAL OFFERS Spend over UKP90 (UKP100 abroad) and get one Upbeat CD (Numbers start URCD...)of your choice free! Music be claimed at time of order. (As always prices will be adjusted manually in this office as we do not have the technology to do it on line. Don't worry, Liz is very practised at spotting discounts!
NEW DVD We are always being asked about DVDs and here is a great one! The Padadena Roof Orchestra 30th Anniversary Concert - in unique double-sided format - one side plays in full colour and digital sound while the other plays in sepia with 1920s phonogramatic sound! Full details below
JASMINE This is a superb label which we are now featuring in full. Lots of mid-price offers and some amazing double CDs. All your favourites of the 30s 40s and 50s - including big band, singing groups, great soloists and stars of stage and screen. Well worth a look - Jasmine is under the 'More Jazz' button!
CANDID is another new addition to our Mail Order - an interesting label with some unusual product - mainly at UKP9.99. Artists range from George Melly, The Great British Jazz Band, Vic Lewis and Ruby Braff to Clare Teal, Stacey Kent, Jamie Cullum and Jacqui Dankworth. Take a look!
There are also plenty of back catalogue CDs on most labels at bargain prices (we just added some PEK back catalogue to the sale!) - when they're gone, they're gone so do take a look! Updated 8th May 2008
NEW RELEASES FROM UPBEAT
URCD221 George Lewis in Hi-Fi has 16 terrific tracks from the 1950s.
URCD222 features volume two of the Ken Colyer Studio 51 Club Sessions Available now!
Full details of theseUpbeat releases and all recent releases from other labels below.
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THE PASADENA ROOF ORCHESTRA 30th Anniversary Concert
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CD Number: PRODVD1
This is a unique double sided DVD containing two full versions of the concert - Side A displays in Full Colour with pristine digital sound in the Modern Style while side B has authentic 1920s Sepia Tone with phonographic audio simulation 1920s style! Wow!
This is a complete recording of the Orchestra's outstanding 30th Anniversary concert at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park on 22nd August 1999.
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KEN COLYER - Studio 51 Club Sessions with Colyer Volume 2
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CD Number: URCD222
Available by Mail Order NOW! In the shops from 21st April
Ken Colyer's Allstars at Studio 51 Club in April and May 1972. (Volume 1 see URCD217)
Ken Colyer trumpet, Sammy Rimington clarinet, Barry Palser trombone, Peter Morcombe tenor banjo, Annie Hawkins bass, Colin Bowden drums
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PETER DONEGAN BAND - Live at the Elephant
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CD Number: PDCD060
Lonnie Donegan's son Peter has been touring extensively round the UK carving a niche for himself with both his fater's material and songs in his very own style. This CD features a mix of these two styles, and was recorded live at The Elephant on the Tyne, Gateshead in August 2006. The artists are Peter Donegan on guitar, banjo, piano and vocals, David Donegan on percussion, Mark Anderson guitar and vocals, Rachael bailey fiddle and Accordion and Michael Bailey Fender Bass and vocals with Ray Laidlaw drums. 24 terrific tracks.
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GEORGE LEWIS IN HI-FI.....plus
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CD Number: URCD221
10 tracks from the 1956 American Cavalier LP, featuring George Lewis with Thomas Jefferson (trumpet) Bob Thomas (toombone) Alton Purnell (piano and vocals)Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau (String Bass)Joe Watkins (drums and vocals).
PLUS six tracks from 1957 where George is joined by Peter Stanton (cornet)Dick Oxtot (banjo) Barbara Dane (vocals) and Lelias Sharpton (bass)
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THE COMPLETE JUBILEE CONCERT Second Half - Lonnie Donegan
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CD Number: URCD218
At Last! Here is the much anticapted second half of the Jubilee concert from London's Fairfield Halls! The CD also features bonus tracks from Donegan's Dancing Sunshine Band. The First Half is available on URCD214.
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JOE TURNER - Boss of the Blues
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CD Number: URCD219
PROPER DISTRIBUTION ALBUM OF THE MONTH! Not to be missed!
Newly remastered stereo version of the great 1956 classic album with was the greatest blues album of all time! Big Joe Turner is reunited with Boogie pianist Pete Johnson and also featured is the great Ellingtonian trombonist Lawrence Brown. Plus 11 bonus tracks from 1955/56 originally produced for the hit parade and jukebox market.
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FAREWELL BLUES - GORGE MELLY with DIGBY FAIRWEATHER'S HALF DOZEN
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CD Number: LACD250
When his doctor told him in January 2007 he only had until July to live George said he wanted to make one more album. This is it. The CD finds Goodtime George undaunted, full of spirit and singing with relish. His sense of fun and ireverance shines through.
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CORNUCOPIA 2 - Humphrey Lyttleton and his Band
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CD Number: CLGCD045
Here is volume 2 at last, this time with guests Tina May and Annie Whitehead. Jimmy Hastings, Karen Sharp, Ray Wordsworth, Jo Fooks, Ted Beament, John Rees-Jones and Adrian Macintosh.
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THE HISTORY OF JAZZ Volume 2 - Swing, Be-Bop, Cool and Fusion - 5 CD Set
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CD Number: DVCD033
100 great hits of Swing, Be-Bop, Cool and Fusion. Artists include Louis Armstrong, Bix Biderbecke, Cab Calloway, Gene Krupa, Ella Fitzgerald, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Woody Herman, Chick Corea, George Benson, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington and many many more. Full details inside.
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THE HISTORY OF JAZZ - 5 CD Set
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CD Number: DVCD032
Wonderful collection of 100 Ragtime, Dixieland and Boogie Woogie Greats on 5 CDs - all at a terrific price! The list of Artists is a catalogue of the very best names in jazz - see inside for full details.
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RUBY BRAFF - As Time Goes By
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CD Number: CCD79741
Ruby Braff is one of the jazz icons. Although he didn’t begin recording until the early fifties, he began playing the trumpet in 1935 and so was familiar of giants like Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Jack Teagarden, Pee Wee Russell and the intellectually-impaired trombonist George Brunis ('Ironhead' to his colleagues). The key to Braff’s music is its honesty and directness and thus it would appeal to all. It is firmly based in melody and thus when Ruby extemporises on a theme, his inventions may be fleet and intricate but they are always based on logic. On the other hand, they are also fired by such a huge and very unusual imagination. Coupled to his gorgeous tone and facile valve work they make up the components of a jazz giant. The various consummations here are so palpable as not to need describing yet it’s worth noting the wide range of material on this disc which was recorded in concert at the University College School, Hampstead, London on 16th May 1991. Ruby Braff (cornet) was joined by sidemen Howard Alden (guitar) and Frank Tate (bass).
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TURK MURPHY - New Orleans Stomp - DOUBLE CD
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CD Number: JASCD461
Another fantastic and fully re-mastered Turk Murphy collection highlighting what truly was a great jazz band. This set follows on from the success of our previous release 'Turks Delight' JASCD 439.
There are some real delights on this set including the elusive 'Smokey Mokes', and rare but nonetheless fine material such as 'Mack The Knife' and 'Maryland'.
Almost all the tracks have never been on CD before and a full discography is included with comprehensive notes on the band and recordings.
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THE FIREHOUSE FIVE plus TWO - Stoking the Fire - The Whole Story Volume 2
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CD Number: JASCD460
DOUBLE CD SPECIAL!!!
The Firehouse Five Plus Two were mostly comprised of cartoon animators from the Disney Studios and their spontaneous sessions were often injected with a good dose of humour.
'Stocking the Fire' follows on from the success of the first volume 'Settin' the World on Fire' JASCD 426 and is a great second helping, showing what a fun and lively jazz band the Firehouse Five were.
Also Included in this fantastic new set are rare recordings of the band with Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald.
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THE LAST TOUR - Lonnie Donegan
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CD Number: URCD212
Superb 'live' recording of Lonnie's last tour recorded in October 2002 - Lonnie was on excellent form on what was to be his last tour. Plus bonus tracks from his son Peter who played piano on the Last Tour and is continuing his father's legacy. There are liner notes from the Donegan family - a unique 'must' for all jazz fans.
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