Mercury Records Collection: MG-25008: Alec Wilder Octets

MG-25008: Alec Wilder Octets

Label Type :	black/gold Mercury type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 25008A 5
	SIDE-B	MG 25008B 5

Comments

One of the earliest pressings with papersleeve jacket, whose front has small writings.

Inside The Groove

Jazzy as well as "classical" flavoured ensemble, by a famous composer.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

5 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2886	Jack, This Is My Husband	-
A-2	2887	They Needed No Words	-
A-3	2888	Footnote To A Summer Love	-
A-4	2889	The Children Met The Train	-
SIDE-B
B-1	2890	Little White Samba	-
B-2	2891	Little Girl Grows Up	-
B-3	2892	Remember Me To Youth	-
B-4	2893	The Amorous Poltergeist	-

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Even the Ruppli's discography doesn't have detailed personnel and recorded date/place - any contribution is welcome!

Alec Wilder Octet (members unknown - information needed).
Recorded in 1949?

UPDATE (Sep. 15, 2007): I found the website dedicated to Alec Wilder and it had detailed personnel info like this:
Alec Wilder Octet:
Jimmy Carroll (cl), Mitchell Miller (oboe, English horn), Eddie Powell (fl),
Harold Goltzer (bassoon), Reggie Merrill (b-cl),
Dick Wolff (harpsichord), Frank Carroll (b), Gary Gillis (ds).
Recorded in 1947.