The Casa Loma Stomp (Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch.)

[suezeekins]

Loved it!!

[fugggit]

such an wonderful little tune! fantastic!! : D

[lens2optic]

tnx for this ...much appreciated

[phredl]

I actually came across it once in the early 70's when I first started collecting. I didn't know what it was because the plastic with the music had peeled off. I had it photographed and framed. I asked Clarence Hutchenrider to autograph it for me. It's still hanging on my wall. I found the playable copy on E.Bay a few years ago and won it for around $35.00 Well worth it. The flip side "Constantly" was only recorded for this record.

[jllinares1]

"tired of it all"is a great song.can any one produce this song?

[Corrie121]

Great post !

Thanks for sharing.

[phredl]

Just played the 1937 version and this is definitely not that one. This must be the 1933 Brunswick issued on Br7652 because I have all the others. Interestingly a master pressing of the The Okeh version was also released on Br7652 which is the one I have. So the band actually recorded the song five times in the thirties.

[mlaprarie]

@phredl: 1930 Okeh, 1932 Brunswick, 1933 Victor, 1936 Decca (2 takes released, one medium tempo and one very fast) so yes in all, 5 versions. Oh and another one I believe, in hi-fi for Capitol Records in the 1950's.

[phredl]

@mlaprarie I forgot to mention the 7" publicity recording of May 1932 an abreviated version. on cardboard that I have. I don't count the Capital it wasn't a real band however it did have some of the finest studio musicians playing on it.

[mlaprarie]

@phredl: Yes I forgot about that Durium 7" promo disc, very rare and the only one that I don't own. Nice that you have one. Cheers! - Mike

[sealman546]

This number STRUTS! They don't strut any more

[RatPfink66]

Y'all sure about that 1937 Decca? This sounds like the Brunswick take from '33, pressed as an "ARC Special Edition" 78 in the late 30s.

[fromthesidelines]

Glen re-recorded several of his best Brunswick sides for Decca; this is indeed the second version, recorded on July 23, 1937.

[JCJasion]

Ahh the 1937 recording

[jenzeppelin]

I am trying to find a clear copy of C Minor Sharp performed by the Casa Loma Orchestra... I have a fuzzy, distorted copy. I am looking for the one that was featured on the disc Live at Meadowbrook Ballroom. Anyone have it? Please post it! :)

[Bajsroligt]

How did you manage to remove the background noice from the recording?

My CD doesn´t sound this good.

[Bajsroligt]

After having compared them more closely, I now understand that putting the song on Youtube has simplified its structure, thus reducing the background noice. But at the same time also reduced finer details in the music.

[Bajsroligt]

I wonder, does mastered editions of old CDs, for reducing noice and enhancing, also remove some of the original freshness in details?

[Vitanola]

Actually, this is the Decca waxing, a few years newer than the Brunswick version of 1930. The metal parts for this recording survived into the 1970's, and MCA, the then owner of the Decca catalog made a high quality transfer directly from the original master, playing the disc backward, and using a special inverse diamond "Stylus" to ride atop the raised ridge that was the reverse of the groove. This technique has produced many exceptionally clean master tapes of important jazz performances.

[Vitanola]

This was a 1937 Decca Waxing. The high frequency response id considerably better than that of the 1930 Brunswick performance. The band is a bit tighter in the later performance, but seems to me a bit lacking in drive, not to mention that the tempo of the Decca disc is positively LEISURELY.

[JCJasion]

@Vitanola Ummm - 1930 OKeh recording.... was kind of muddy and echoey sounding, like a lot of Columbia's and Okeh's at the tail end of 1930.

[michaeljayklein]

One of the most important bands in the early days of the swing orchestras--their synchronization and unison on this thing is still amazing.

[123BubberMiley]

A Killer Diller rather. what a classic!

[johnnycchops]

killer