Mercury Records Collection: Philips PHS 600-131: The Swinging Herman Herd

PHS 600-131: The Swinging Herman Herd - Recorded Live / Woody Herman

Label Type :	black rainbow Philips (“Vendor”)
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	PHS600131A- M3 I RR
	SIDE-B	PHS600131B- M2 I RR

Comments

with original Philips inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

A very swingy big-band live recording.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Although the jacket cover is not attractive, the contents are very cool. Woody Herman, the leader of the band, as well as every band player, swings very well. And it's a live recording - A fascinating, wild, swingy moments are there.

A lazy feeling on “Things We Said Today”, a very modal and awesome ensemble and solo plays on “Dear John C” (patterned after Miles Davis' “So What”), and many others... All of the tunes are great.

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

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-31673	The Good Life (J. Reardon - S. Diskel)	3:26	Solos: Gary Klein (ts), Dusko Goykovich (tp)
A-2	2-31674	Bedroom Eyes (Matthew Gee)	4:50	Solos: Nat Pierce (p), Phil Wilson (tb), Billy Hunt (tp)
A-3	2-31675	The Things We Said Today (J. Lennon - P. McCartney)	3:33	Solos: Phil Wilson (tb), Bill Chase (tp)
A-4	2-31676	Just Squeeze Me (L. Gaines - D. Ellington)	5:00	Solos: Phil Wilson (tb), Bill Chase (tp), Raoul Romero (ts)
A-5	2-31677	What Kind Of Fool Am I? (A. Newley - L. Bricusse)	1:30	Solo: Joe Carroll (vo)
SIDE-B
B-1	2-31678	Dr. Wong's Bag (Nat Pierce)	6:38	Solos: Andy McGhee (ts), Billy Hunt (tp)
B-2	2-31679	Everybody Loves Somebody (Taylor - Coslow - Lane)	3:05	Solo: Billy Hunt (tp)
B-3	2-31680	Wa-Wa Blues (Joe Carrol)	3:30	Solos: Joe Carroll (vo), Phil Wilson (tb)
B-4	2-31681	Dear John C (Bob Hammer)	5:45	Solos: Dusko Goykovich (tp), Gary Klein (ts)

Personnel

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

Outtakes from the same live recording session can be heard on Philips PHM 200-171 / PHS 600-171.

Woody Herman (cl, as, leader) with:
Bill Chase (tp), Billy Hunt (tp), Dusko Goykovich (tp), Gerald Lamy (tp), Lawrence Ford (tp),
Phil Wilson (tb), Henry Southall (tb), Bob Stroup (tb),
Andy McGhee (ts), Raoul Romero (ts), Gary Klein (ts),
Tom Anastas (bs),
Nat Pierce (p), Chuck Andrus (b), Jake Hanna (ds),
Joe Carroll (vo on A-5, B-3).

Recorded live at Harrah's Club, Lake Tahoe, NV in September 9, 1964.