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LP RELEASES
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“FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING” CONCERT


This sub-section of Solo Flight is a display of the artwork on 33⅓-rpm albums of the 1939 Christmas Eve concert at Carnegie Hall.
The imagines of the LPs are presented here in more-or-less release date sequence grouped into discretionary categories.
Selected none-USA issues are included.
Original full title:  “John Hammond’s Spirituals to Swing:  The Legendary Carnegie Hall Concerts of 1938/1939”


CONTENTS:
 

Category I:  DOUBLE-LP BOX SETS

α   1959   VANGUARD  VRS-8523/8524   SPIRITUALS TO SWING   USA    
β   1959   AMADEO  LD 035   SPIRITUALS TO SWING   AUT    
γ   1962   FONTANA  680 978/9 TL   SPIRITUALS TO SWING   ENG    


Category II:  DOUBLE-LP GATEFOLD SETS

δ   1972   VANGUARD  VRS-8523/8524   SPIRITUALS TO SWING   ENG    
ε   1973   VANGUARD  VSD-47/48   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   USA    
ζ   1973   VANGUARD  0082.091   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   GER    
η   1973   VANGUARD  VSD-47/48   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   NZL    
θ   1975   VANGUARD  VSD-47/48   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   AUL    
                     
ι   1973   MUSIC HALL  20-70.774   DE LOS SPIRITUALS AL SWING   ARG    
                     
κ   1978   VOGUE  VJD 550   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   ENG    
                     
λ   1970   VANGUARD / KING  SR 3045/6   SPIRITUALS TO SWING   JPN    
μ   1975   VANGUARD / KING  LAX-3076/7   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   JPN    
ν   1979   VANGUARD / KING  GXC 3124/5   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   JPN    
ξ   1982   VANGUARD / KING  K18P 6190   FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING   JPN    


Category III:  SINGLE-LP SETS

ο   1959   TOP RANK  35/064   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1   ENG    
π   1959   TOP RANK  35/065   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2   ENG    
                     
ρ   1959   AMADEO  AVRS 9014   SPIRITUALS TO SWING (I)   AUT    
σ   1959   AMADEO  AVRS 9015   SPIRITUALS TO SWING (II)   AUT    
                     
τ   1962   FONTANA  TFL 5187   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1   ENG    
υ   1962   FONTANA  TFL 5188   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2   ENG    
                     
φ   1967   FONTANA  FJL 401   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 1   ENG    
χ   1967   FONTANA  FJL 402   SPIRITUALS TO SWING, Vol. 2   ENG    
                     
ψ   1967   AMIGA  8 50 060   SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (1)   GER    
ω   1972   AMIGA  8 50 061   SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (2)   GER    
                     
ϗ   1980   AMIGA JAZZ  8 50 060   SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (I)   GER    
ϛ   1980   AMIGA JAZZ  8 50 061   SPIRITUALS TO SWING: CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS 1938/39 (II)   GER    


Category IV:  SINGLE-LPs

ϟ   1979   CBS / 51 WEST  Q 16007   SWING CONCERT – CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS • 1938/1939   USA    
                     
ϡ   1984   SR INTERNATIONAL  70 674   FROM SPIRITUAL TO SWING   GER    

 

 

 

“FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING” CONCERT
CHRISTMAS EVE 1939
CARNEGIE HALL

 

Category I:  DOUBLE-LP BOX SETS


SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

First 12" LP release of John Hammond’s “From Spirituals to Swing” concerts

 
 

double-LP box set

 
             
  VANGUARD  VRS-8523/8524  

 
       
  1959    
       
  USA  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
   
             
     

 
             
     

 
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Austrian release of above box set

 
 

double-LP box set

 
             
  AMADEO  AVRS 9014/15      
         
  1959      
         
  AUT  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
     
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

British reissue of above box set

 
 

double-LP box set

 
             
  FONTANA  680 978/9 TL  

 
       
  1962    
       
  ENG  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
   
             
     

 
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     

 

Category II:  DOUBLE-LP GATEFOLD SETS


SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

British gatefold reissue of above box set

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  VANGUARD  VRS-8523/8524      
         
  1972      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
       
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

reissue of VRS-8523/8524 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  VANGUARD  VSD-47/48      
         
  1973      
         
  USA  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
     

 
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

 

     
 

German release of VSD-47/48 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  VANGUARD  0082.091      
         
  1973      
         
  GER  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

New Zealand release of VSD-47/48 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  VANGUARD  VSD-47/48      
         
  1973      
         
  NZL  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Australian release of VSD-47/48 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  VANGUARD  VSD-47/48      
         
  1975      
         
  AUL  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


DE LOS SPIRITUALS AL SWING

     
 

Argentinean release of VSD-47/48 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold

 
             
  MUSIC HALL  20-70.774  

 

 
         
  1973      
         
  ARG  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
     

 
             
     

 
             
     

 

 
             
     

 
             
             
             
             
  Notes in Spanish
Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

British release of VSD-47/48 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold     “Jazz Doubles” series

 
             
  VOGUE JAZZ / PYE  VJD 550      
         
  1974      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Japanese reissue of Vanguard VRS-8523/8524

 
 

double-LP gatefold     “VJS Series”

 
             
  VANGUARD / KING  SR 3045/6      
         
  1970      
         
  JPN  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes (in English) by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Japanese reissue of Vanguard VSD-47/48

 
 

double-LP gatefold     “Vanguard Jazz 1500 Series”

 
             
  VANGUARD / KING  LAX-3076/7      
         
  1975      
         
  JPN  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
         
             
     

 
             
     

 
             
     

 

 
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes (in Japanese) by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Reissue of Vanguard LAX-3076/7 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold     “Jazz Library 1500 Series”

 
             
  VANGUARD / KING  GXC 3124/5      
         
  1979      
         
  JPN  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
             
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes (in Japanese) by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     


FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING

     
 

Reissue of Vanguard LAX-3076/7 above

 
 

double-LP gatefold     “Vanguard Jazz Series”

 
             
  VANGUARD / KING  K18P 6190      
         
  1982      
         
  JPN  12" LP
          9 CC tracks  (31 tracks total)
     
             
             
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by John Hammond, Sterling A. Brown, Charles Edward Smith
 
     

 

Category III:  SINGLE-LP SETS


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1

     
 

British single-LP release of Vanguard VRS-8523

 
 

“Jazz & Folk Collectors’ Choice Series No. 1”

 
             
  TOP RANK  35/064        
         
  1959      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
             
             
  Record inner envelop notes by Charles Edward Smith  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2

     
 

British single-LP release of Vanguard VRS-8524

 
 

“Jazz & Folk Collectors’ Choice Series No. 2”

 
             
  TOP RANK  35/065      
         
  1959      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Record inner envelop notes by Charles Edward Smith  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  I

     
 

single-LP release of Amadeo AVRS 9014/15 box set

 
             
  AMADEO  AVRS 9014      
         
  1959      
         
  AUT  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
             
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by Charles Edward Smith
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  II

     
 

single-LP release of Amadeo AVRS 9014/15 box set

 
             
  AMADEO  AVRS 9015      
         
  1959      
         
  AUT  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
     
             
           
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes by Charles Edward Smith
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1

     
 

Single-LP release of Fontana 680 978 TL

 
             
  FONTANA  TFL 5187      
         
  1962      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Charles Edward Smith  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2

     
 

Single-LP release of Fontana 680 979 TL

 
             
  FONTANA  TFL 5188  

 

 
       
  1962    
       
  ENG  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
   
             
         
             
  Notes by Charles Edward Smith  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 1

     
 

reissue of Fontana TFL 5187

 
 

“Vanguard Series”

 
             
  FONTANA  FJL 401      
         
  1967      
         
  ENG  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Charles Fox  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING, VOL. 2

     
 

reissue of Fontana TFL 5187 with a flip of the side sequencing

 
 

“Vanguard Series”

 
             
  FONTANA  FJL 402    
       
  1967    
       
  ENG  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
   
             
         
             
  Notes by Charles Fox  
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  1

     
 

German single-LP reissue of Vanguard VRS-8523

 
             
  AMIGA  8 50 060      
         
  1967      
         
  GER  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Werner Sellhorn
Cover design by Christoph Ehbets
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  2

     
 

German single-LP reissue of Vanguard VRS-8524

 
             
  AMIGA  8 50 061      
         
  1967      
         
  GER  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Werner Sellhorn
Cover design by Christoph Ehbets
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  I

     
 

reissue of Amiga Jazz 8 50 060

 
             
  AMIGA JAZZ  8 50 060      
         
  1980      
         
  GER  12" LP
          5 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Werner Sellhorn
Cover design by Christoph Ehbets
 
     


SPIRITUALS TO SWING  II

     
 

reissue of Amiga Jazz 8 50 061

 
             
  AMIGA JAZZ  8 50 061      
         
  1980      
         
  GER  12" LP
          4 CC tracks  (15 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Notes by Werner Sellhorn
Cover design by Christoph Ehbets
 
     

 

Category IV:  SINGLE-LPs


SWING CONCERT – CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS • 1938/1939

     
 

single-LP

 
             
  CBS / 51 WEST  Q 16007      
         
  1979      
         
  USA  12" LP
          7 CC tracks  (13 tracks total)
     
             
         
             
  Cover design by Michael Mendel  
     


FROM SPIRITUAL TO SWING

     
 

An unusual release with a unique album title

 
 

single-LP gatefold

 
             
  SR INTERNATIONAL  70 674      
         
  1984      
         
  GER  12" LP
          2 CC tracks  (16 tracks total)
     
             
       
             
  Produced by John Hammond
Notes in German by Dr. Schulz Köhn
 
     

 



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