Mercury Records Collection: Wing MGW-12000: A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys

MGW-12000: A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys / Buddy Morrow

Label Type :	blue Wing type A
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MGW12000A MF1 A1 I
	SIDE-B	MGW12000B 4 C1 I

Comments

MGW-12000 is an original issue of Mercury MG-20204.

Inside The Groove

Nice danceable big-band ensemble by Buddy Morrow, with fabulous Dorsey Brothers on his mind.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Mercury launched a subsidiary label Wing in this year (later it was changed to a budget low-price series). This is the very first album on the Wing label.

This album, a compilation from Buddy Morrow's various sessions in 1955 (some are from the same session as MGW-12006), is definitely a very swingy and danceable big band record.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	W 154	Green Eyes (Menendez - Utrera - Woods - Rivera)	2:25
A-2	W 176 (11609)	There Are Such Things (Meyers - Adams - Baer)	2:38
A-3	W 177 (11610)	Marcheta (Schertzinger)	2:26
A-4	W 179 (11612)	This Love Of Mine (Sinatra - Parer - Sanicola)	2:27
A-5	W 153	Maria Elena (Barcelato - Russell)	3:00
A-6	W 130	Amapola (Gamse - Lacalle)	2:28
SIDE-B
B-1	W 128	On The Sunny Side Of The Street (Fields - McHugh)	2:50
B-2	W 181 (11614)	I'll Never Smile Again (Ruth Lowe)	2:35
B-3	W 175 (11608)	Oh Look At Me Now (Bushkin - De Vries)	2:38
B-4	W 178 (11611)	Once In A While (Edwards - Green)	2:26
B-5	W 180 (11613)	You're A Sweetheart (McHugh - Adamson)	2:25
B-6	W 129	The Breeze And I (Stillman - Lecuona)	2:22

Personnel

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

See MGW-12006's personnel, which contains same/similar recorded sessions.

Since Scott LaFaro was in the Buddy Morrow's band in Fall 1955 - September 1956, it is highly probable that most of these tunes features Scott LaFaro on bass.

Buddy Morrow (tb, leader) and his Orchestra (detailed personnel unknown).
Recorded in 1955.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Buddy Morrow (tb) :

Mercury MG-20062 : Shall We Dance
Mercury MG-20204 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys (reissue of MGW-12000)
Mercury MG-20210 : Music For Dancing Feet (reissue of MGW-12006)
Mercury MG-20221 : Buddy Morrow And His Golden Trombone
Mercury MG-20290 : A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman (Buddy Morrow Plays Tommy Dorsey)
Mercury MG-20372 / SR-60018 : Just We Two / Buddy Morrow & Eddie Layton
Mercury MG-20396 / SR-60009 : Night Train
Mercury MG-20702 / SR-60702 : Night Train Goes To Hollywood
Mercury MG-20764 / SR-60764 : A Collection Of 33 All-Time Dance Favorites / Eddie Layton & Buddy Morrow
Wing MGW-12000 : A Salute To The Fabulous Dorseys
Wing MGW-12006 : Music For Dancing Feet
Wing MGW-12102 : Dance Date!
Wing MGW-12105 : Golden Trombone / A Tribute To A Sentimental Gentleman