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JOHN KIRBY 33s
by Music Librarian Christopher Popa

10” LPs
10” Col Masterworks ML 4801, John Kirby and His Orchestra
10” J Club of Amer LEJ-1 – see under “Various Artists”
10” J Club of Amer LEJ-7 – see under “Various Artists”
10” Riverside RLP 2511, Sarah Vaughan Sings: with John Kirby and his o, 1955

12” LPs
Alamac QSR-2421, John Kirby Sextet - 1943 - 1946
Allegro Records (E) ALL737 – see under “Various Artists”
Atlantis Records (E) ATS-6, John Kirby, 1986
Blue Heaven BH5-507, JK Dance B . . . Music Of An Era: “The Peanut Vendor”
Br (E) LAT 8167 – see under “Various Artists”
Br (G) LPBM 87 015 – see under “Various Artists”
Br (G) LPBM 87 525 – see under “Various Artists”
Br (Neth) 349 500 DXY – see under “Various Artists”
CBS/Sony (J) 20AP 1833, The Vintage John Kirby
CBS/Sony (J) 30AP 3090 – see under “Various Artists”
CBS/Sony (J) SOPL-181, Onyx Club Days: John Kirby And His Orchestra
CBS (Neth) 450167 1, His Recorded Works In Chron Order: Vol 1 – 1939, 1986
CBS (Neth) 450183 1, His Recorded Works In Chron Order: Vol II – 1939/1940
CBS (Neth) 450184 1, His Recorded Works In Chron Order: Vol III – 1940/1941
Circle CLP-14, John Kirby and his Orchestra: 1941, 1981
Circle CLP-47, John Kirby And His Orch / Maxine Sullivan: 1940, 1983
Circle CLP-64, John Kirby and his Orchestra 1941-42
Classic Jazz CJ 22, “biggest little band in the land”: The JK Sextet, 1976 2-LPs
Collector’s (Den) 12-3, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 1 “Kirby” large
Collector’s (Den) 12-3, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 1 all same size
Collector’s (Den) 12-4, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 2 “Kirby” large
Collector’s (Den) 12-4, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 2 all same size
Collector’s (Den) 12-10, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 3 “Kirby” large
Collector’s (Den) 12-10, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 3 all same size
Collector’s (Den) 12-11, John Kirby & His Orch Vol 4: prev unissued “Kirby” lg
Collector’s (Den) 12-11, John Kirby & His Onyx Club Boys: Vol 4 “Kirby” large
Col CG 33557, John Kirby: Boss Of The Bass, 1975 2-LPs
Col CL 502, John Kirby and his orchestra, 1953
Col GL-502, The Golden Era Series presents JK and his orchestra, 1951
Col Spec Prod P6 14538 – see under “Various Artists”
DJM DJB26049, John Kirby Sextet: The Biggest Little Band In The Land, 1975
Doblon (Sp) 50.4003, Echoes Of Harlem: John Kirby, 1982
Epitaph E 4004, John Kirby: 1908-1952
Giants of Jazz (It) LPJT 26, JK 1938 - 1941: the biggest little band . . . , 1985 
Guilde du J J-1229, M Sullivan: avec les membres de l’orchestre original de JK
Harmony HL 7124, Intimate Swing: John Kirby and his quintet, 1958
Jazz Anthology (Fr) 30JA 5179, John Kirby & His Band: 1940
Jazz Archives JA-15 – see under “Various Artists”
Jazz Document (Sw) va-7996 – see under “Various Artists”
Jazz Bird JAZ-1014, John Kirby & His Orchestra, 1981
Jazz Panorama (Sw) LP 5, John Kirby Dance Band
Jazz Panorama (Sw) LP 11 – see under “Various Artists”
Jazztone J-1229, flow gently, sweet rhythm: M Sullivan and members of the . . . 
MCA 1324 – see under “Various Artists”
MCA 2-4061 – see under “Various Artists”
MCA (E) MCM 5025 – see under “Various Artists”
MCA (Fr) 510.071 – see under “Various Artists”
MCA Coral (G) 28342~28344 – see under “Various Artists”
Official (Den) 3003 – see under “Various Artists”
Parnaso Records (Arg) PME.13029, . . . Lo Mas Grande Entre Las Pequenas . . . 
Past Perfect (G) 904375, John Kirby: Rehearsin’ for a Nervous Breakdown, 2000
RCA Vic Vintage Ser LPV-556 – see under “Various Artists”
RCA Vic (Fr) 430.677, Treasury of Jazz 55: JK and his Orch (1941-42), 1965
RCA (Fr) FXM1-7124 – see under “Various Artists”
RCA Vic (G) LPM 10 016, J Star Serie No.1: JK And His Orch 1941-1942, 1966
RCA (G) NL 89494, The Complete Una Mae Carlisle and John Kirby, 1986
RCA Italiana (It) LPM-10043 – see under “Various Artists”
Smithsonian R013, John Kirby 1937-1941: The Biggest Little Band, 1978 2-LPs
Storyville (J) ULS-1591-R – see under “Various Artists”
Storyville (Sw) SLP-4073 – see under “Various Artists”
Supraphon (Czech) 0 15 2111-14 – see under “Various Artists”
Tax (Sw) m-8016, Flow G S R… JK And His Band 1939/41 cover: JK photo
Tax (Sw) m-8016, JK And His Band 1939/41: Flow G, S R cover: band photo
Tax (Sw) m-8017 – see under “Various Artists”
Trip TLP-5802, John Kirby & His Orch: The Biggest Little Band In the Land

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