Ferrante and Teicher--Joe Davis sides, 1952

Four sides recorded for Joe Davis' label in 1952 and reissued on the ultra-cheap Guest Star label. And the transfers sound surprising good. Now, technically, I only know for sure that two of these (Mississippi Boogie and African Echoes) are Davis sides, but I'm almost completely nearly certain that the other two F&T tracks on this Guest Star LP are from the same session and label, even if they originally didn't see the light of disc.

I've never been more nearly certain in my life, to the best of my memory.

With only four Ferrante and Teicher tracks, and an entire cash-in-on-the-duo's-'60s-chart-success album to fill, Guest Star added six sides by Phillips and Burns with the Metropolitan Strings (and a vocal chorus)--sides that would be perfectly fine if both pianos were in tune with one another. They were not.

I've seen at least three versions of this LP, cover-art-wise, but this is the one (above) that resides in duplicate in my collection. Makes a perfect white-against-white-background image, no? (Oh, wait--I switched to a flesh-colored text background. Never mind.)

Just typing out loud. Sorry. To the prepared pianos of the late, great Art and Lou:

F&T--Joe Davis sides, 1952.

BOOGIE EXPRESS
AFRICAN ECHOES
MISSISSIPPI BOOGIE
HIGH, HIGH, HIGH (JAI, JAI, JAI)


Lee


(Wow--High, High, High. Chortle. Drugs. Sixties. Ha, ha. Youth culture. Wink, wink. Unintentional reference to. Guffaw.)