Original First Royal Roost Broadcast

Side A: Tracks A1-A6 are continuous, with visual track gap only before each of A6 and A7. Side B: Tracks B1-B3 are organized without visible track gaps. All tracks B4 to B6 are preceded by a track gap. Tracks A7 and B6 are not noted on the sleeve cover, nor on the labels. These tracks are without Charlie Ventura. The band on tracks A1-A6 and B2 is the 1948-1949 Charlie Ventura "Bop for the People" band, perhaps Ventura's most successful band, artistically, as well as commercially. Broadcasts: Tracks A1-A6: Royal Roost, NYC, primo/medio February 1949 WMCA Track B1: Clique Club or WPIX Studio, NYC, January 17, 1949 WPIX TV, announcer unknown Track B2, title as "Parley II" on sleeve and label: Royal Roost, NYC, December 11, 1948 WMCA Track B3: unknown date/venue/band members. The same instrumentation as B4, possibly from same broadcast. Track B4: unknown venue, Boston or NYC, probably early-mid 1957 (WCOP or WEVD) Track B5: Royal Roost, NYC, January 15, 1949 WMCA Private audience recording: Tracks A7 + B6: Birdland, NYC, February 14, 1950.

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