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Chris Barber in Concert, Vol. 2
Released: 1958
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Released: 1958
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Barely a year separated Chris Barber in Concert, recorded in December 1956, and Chris Barber in Concert, Vol. 2, cut live at Birmingham Town Hall on January 31, 1958. Too, not much had changed in...
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Chris Barber in Concert, Vol. 3
Released: 1958
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Released: 1958
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Chris Barber was really firing off concert albums in rapid-fire succession for a while in the late '50s. Chris Barber in Concert had been recorded in December 1956; Chris Barber in Concert, Vol. 2...
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Chris Barber Plays the Music of Clarence and Spencer Williams
Released: 1956
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Released: 1956
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At almost any time in the history of recorded music, doing a tribute album of sorts to early jazz composers Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams would be a rather arcane concept. It was...
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Chris Barber Plays, Vol. 2
Released: 1956
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Released: 1956
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Pye was pumping out a lot of live and studio product by Chris Barber in the mid- to late-'50s, and there wasn't too much to differentiate this six-song, 10" LP from the others he and his band...
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Chris Barber Plays, Vol. 3
Released: 1957
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Released: 1957
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This six-song, 10" LP contained the Chris Barber Band's first studio recordings after the departure of Lonnie Donegan, his spot taken by guitar/banjo man Dickie Bishop. There wasn't much of a...
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Chris Barber Plays, Vol. 4
Released: 1957
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Released: 1957
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The March 1957 sessions that ended up on the seven-song 10" LP Chris Barber Plays, Vol. 4 were Barber's final studio recordings for the Pye label prior to his move to Columbia/EMI, though he'd do a...
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Original Copenhagen Concert
Released: Oct 10, 1954
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Released: Oct 10, 1954
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In 1954, trombonist Chris Barber became a full-time bandleader, and he has had his own group ever since. The original unit, one of the first English trad bands, is well featured on a wide-ranging...
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