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There's something I don't quite understand. Quoting from the first link above, it says: "Easily the pick of the 2015 releases to date, the now little remembered Downbeat Big Band heard live in two settings in these previously unreleased recordings, the first and best from the Gerrard Street premises of Ronnie Scott’s in 1959 just over a fortnight after the club was founded, the second nine and a half months later a still more manicured quality recording made for the BBC captured at the Paris theatre." Is that description correct? In which case, why does the CD title imply it was recorded at the Manor House? The Amazon product description seems to support the above quote.
Yes, it's not clear. The band's home base was the Manor House pub. One of the tracks is "Manor Blues", but it seems that this recording wasn't actually recorded there. It's free to listen with Amazon Prime and I was listening this morning as I work and during one of the BBC announcements, Manor House at least gets a name check (in the spiel leading up to Like Someone in Love!).
See also my comment here.
I hope this message gets to Eddie Constable. Eddie I'm an old neighbor of yours as we lived at 5a Grand Parade form 1951 - 1979. Our name was Goldfield then but for a reason too long to go into we changed it to Granville. There was my Dad, Max, my Mum, Irene, my brother, Alan, and me, Brian. Mum and Dad have long gone but Alan is fine and living in North Wales. His wife died some ten years ago. I live in California with my wife, Joyce. We're retired but do some occasional work at the San Francisco Giants ballpark. You may remember at 5b were the Devlins, Mr and Mrs Devlin, and their boys Alec and Jack. On a visit back home about ten years ago we met up with them. Over at 6a were the Wilsons, Mr and Mrs Wilson, and their boys, Chris and Andrew. Chris lived in South Africa where he died a few years ago, but Andrew is in Australia. he was living in Bright, Victoria but has recently moved to Sydney. We keep in touch by email a few times a year. I remember your brother, Albie and your sister Maureen. Write when you can. Brian
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