Arnold S. Caplin

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Arnold S. Caplin

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Record producer, founder and owner of Biograph Records and [l66958]. Also played drums.
b. May 8, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City
d. Dec. 25, 2009 at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

ALBUMS

Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls

2010, 3xCD, Comp, RE, Box, Microwerks,

The Greatest Jazz, Blues, And Ragtime Of The Century

2007, CD, Comp, RE, Collectables,

Memories Of You

Reverend Gary Davis*

From Blues To Gospel

The Greatest Jazz, Blues, And Ragtime Of The Century

1991, CD, Comp, Biograph,

Boogie Woogie/Ragtime

Various Featuring Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Zoot Sims, Oscar Pettiford, Al Cohn

The Modern Art Of Jazz

1991, CD, Comp, Biograph

Boogie Woogie Blues

Traditional Delta Blues

Thomas "Fats" Waller*

Classic Jazz From Rare Piano Rolls

The Greatest Ragtime Of The Century (Classic Ragtime, Blues And Stomps • Solos From Rare Piano Rolls)

King Of Ragtime Writers

Earl "Fatha" Hines*

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Bukka White / Skip James / Blind Willie McTell

Three Shades Of Blues

1988, CD, Comp, Biograph

I'll Take Romance

James P. Johnson*

"The Entertainer" Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls

"Elite Syncopations" Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls

The Boswell Sisters

Volume Two 1930-1935

Legendary Black Jazz Stars In Their First Films

Rare Early Recordings

1977, LP, Comp, Biograph,

Happy Days Are Here Again (Musical Nostalgia From Flicks And Show Biz)

1977, LP, Album, Biograph

The Music Of Jerome Kern - A Fine Romance

Thanks For The Memory (Musical Nostalgia From Flicks And Show Biz)

Soundtrack/Theme

Sail On Flying Dutchman

A Place To Be: Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album Vol 1

1926-1930 That Lovin' I Crave

1975, LP, Comp, Biograph

Now Is The Time

1975, LP, Album, Biograph

You Got Magic (Fox Hollow Festival 10th Anniversary Album Vol. 2)

Thomas 'Fats' Waller*

Rare Piano Roll Solos Vol. 3

Elite Syncopations

The Entertainer - Classic Ragtime From Rare Piano Rolls

Jazzin' Babies' Blues (1921-1927 - Vol. Two)

Big Bill Broonzy

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph

Fletcher Henderson Orchestra*

Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph,

Louis Armstrong

Mr. Armstrong Plays The Blues 1925-1927

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph

Singin' The Blues - 1934

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph

Rare Early Recordings 1929-1933

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph

Ted Lewis' Orchestra*

Ted Lewis' Orchestra 1926-1933

1973, LP, Comp, Biograph

The Great Soloists

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph,

Louis Armstrong

The Great Soloists 1925-1932

Blues And Ragtime Volume 1

1921 - Vol. 2 Rare Piano Rolls Of Early Blues And Spirituals

James P. Johnson*

God Is Not Dead

1972, LP, Album, Biograph, Biograph

Fields Ward And His Buck Mountain Band*

Early Country Music (Vol.1)

1972, LP, Album, Historical Records

A Rumor In Their Own Time

1972, LP, Album, Biograph,

Progressive Bluegrass/Bluegrass/Folk

The Great Soloists 1929 - 36 Featuring Jack Teagarden

1972, LP, Comp, Biograph

The North Carolina Ramblers*

The North Carolina Ramblers

1972, LP, Album, Comp, Biograph

Papa Charlie Jackson

Papa Charlie Jackson 1925-1928

1972, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Biograph

The Great Soloists 1929-33 Featuring Benny Goodman

1972, LP, Comp, Biograph, Biograph

Broadway Rhythm's (Rare Piano Roll Versions From The Musical Comedies Of The 20's & 30's)

Vol 4: Rope Stretchin' Blues 1926-1931

Blind Lemon Jefferson / Son House

Blind Lemon Jefferson / Son House

The Boswell Sisters

The Boswell Sisters 1932-34

Sittin' On Top Of The World

Clarence Williams Orchestra*

1927-1928 Vol. 2

Mississippi John Hurt

1928 - His First Recordings

Mississippi* & Beale Street Sheiks

Sittin' On Top Of The World 1927-1932

The Great Jug Bands 1926-1934

1971, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

Black Bands 1927-34

1971, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

Betsy Rutherford

Traditional Country Music

1971, LP, Album, Biograph

Canray Fontenot, Alphonse "Bois-Sec" Ardoin*

Cajun Blues - Les Blues Du Bayou

1971, LP, Mono, RE, Melodeon, Melodeon,

Thomas 'Fats' Waller*

1924-1931 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls Vol. 2

The Seasons Of Peace

Blind Willie McTell And Memphis Minnie

Love Changin' Blues

Country Blues/East Coast Blues

Reverend Gary Davis*

Volume 2 - 1971 / Lord I Wish I Could See

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey*

Queen Of The Blues (Volume 3 1923-1924)

"Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn"

Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell: 1940 (The Legendary Library Of Congress Session)

Greatest Of The Delta Blues Singers

This Old World's In A Hell Of A Fix

Reverend Gary Davis*

Volume 1 - New Blues And Gospel

Country Blues/Gospel/East Coast Blues

No Dough Blues 1926-29 (Volume 3)

Parlor Piano 1917-27 Blues And Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls

1970, LP, Album, Comp, Biograph, Biograph,

Jelly Roll Morton

1924-1926 Blues And Stomps From Rare Piano Rolls

Oh Daddy! 1921-1924

Rediscovery (Volume 1)

'A Tribute To Skip James' Volume One

1926-32 Search Warrant Blues Volume Two

Thomas "Fats" Waller*

1923-1924 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls

The California Ramblers*

Hallelujah! Here Comes The California Ramblers 1925-29 - Volume Two

James P. Johnson*

Sam Wooding & His Chocolate Dandies*

Sam Wooding & His Chocolate Dandies

Fred McDowell / Furry Lewis

When I Lay My Burden Down

Sugar Mama Blues

1969, LP, Comp, Biograph

The Red Onion Jazz Band featuring Natalie Lamb

There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

Blind Lemon Jefferson

Master Of The Blues Vol. 2 1926-29

Blind Willie McTell

Blind Willie McTell 1949, Trying To Get Home

Early Leadbelly 1935 - 1940

Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Jazz Band*

Oh My Babe Blues (1924-1928)

Ernest V. Stoneman & His Dixie Mountaineers

Ernest V. Stoneman And His Dixie Mountaineers 1927-1928

1968, LP, Comp, Historical Records

Fields Ward And Wade Ward

Country Music Fields And Wade Ward - Recorded In Galax Virginia

1968, LP, Album, Biograph

Traditional Country Classics 1927-1929

1926-30 (Bootleg Rum Dum Blues)

Blind Lemon Jefferson

The Bogtrotters

The Original Bogtrotters 1937-1942

Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Band

Blues The World Forgot

Ramblin' Thomas

1928 Chicago Blues

Country Blues/Texas Blues

Chicago Jazz 1923-1929

The Three Jolly Miners

The Three Jolly Miners 1925-1928

1967, LP, Comp, Historical Records, Historical Records,

They Sang The Blues (1927 - 1929)

Canray Fontenot, Alphonse "Bois-Sec" Ardoin*

Les Blues Du Bayou

The Kentuckians

The Solid Bluegrass Sound Of The Kentuckians

The West Maryland Highballers

Original And Traditional Country Music

LP, Album, Biograph

New York To Chicago

LP, Comp, RE, Biograph,

Dixieland/Swing

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey*

Queen Of The Blues (Volume 3 1923-1924)

LP, Comp, RP, Biograph

Clarence Williams Orchestra*

New York Jazz 1927-1929

The California Ramblers*

Miss Annabelle Lee 1925-1927

Where The Blue Of The Night

Johnny Dodds • Tommy Ladnier Featured With Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders, Blind Blake, Ida Cox, Elzadie Robinson, Dixieland Trumpers*

Ragtime Volume 2

California Ramblers - Red And Miff's Stompers - Phil Napoleon's Orchestra*

Rare Vertical Jazz - 1926-1928

New York To Chicago 1923-28

Territory Bands 1929-1933

Jimmy O'Bryant's Washboard Wonders

Back Alley Rub 1924-1926

APPEARANCES +

Les Jazz Modes*

The Rare Dawn Sessions

2007, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Collectables

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans

Greatest Of The Delta Blues Singers

George Gershwin

Gershwin Plays Rhapsody In Blue

Plays Jelly Roll Morton Solos

1996, CD, Album, RE, Biograph

Leadbelly / Blind Willie McTell

Masters Of The Country Blues

Les Jazz Modes*

The Rare Dawn Sessions

1995, 2xCD, Comp, RE, Biograph, Biograph

Boilermaker Jazz Band

Don't Give Up the Ship

1995, CD, Biograph

Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn

We Three - Tenor Sax Legends

The Rare Dawn Sessions

1994, CD, Comp, Mono, Biograph

Blind Willie McTell

Pig 'N Whistle Red

Mr. Cover Shaker

1992, CD, Album, Biograph

Leadbelly / Reverend Gary Davis* / Dan Smith

Good Morning Blues

The Greatest Ragtime Of The Century

Ma Rainey And Her Georgia Jazz Band*

Oh My Babe Blues

Hoagy Carmichael

1982, LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

Oscar Brand & The Secret Band

American Dreamer

1980, LP, Biograph,

The Big Stampede

Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Wardell Gray, Paul Quinichette

How High The Moon

Too Marvelous For Words

Earl "Fatha" Hines*

Solo Walk In Tokyo

Paddock Jazz Band* Featuring Alphonse Picou

Paddock Jazz Band - 1953

Billie & De De Pierce

Billie & De De Pierce At Luthjen's

De De Pierce's New Orleans Stompers

De De Pierce's New Orleans Stompers

Johnny Shines & Co.

Blind Willie McTell

Death Cell Blues

1973, LP, Comp, Mono, Biograph, Biograph, Biograph,

Kid Thomas At Moulin Rouge

Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra* Featuring Louis Armstrong - Coleman Hawkins - Joe Smith

Fletcher Henderson Orchestra 1923-1927

Early Country Music (Vol. 2 1928-1931)

Welcome To Caffe Lena

At Manny's Tavern

Blind Willie McTell / Memphis Minnie

1949 Love Changin' Blues

The California Ramblers*

Hallelujah! Here Comes The California Ramblers 1925-29 - Volume Two

Ragtime/Big Band/Swing

The Stanley Brothers

Their Original Recordings

I'm Wild About My Lovin' (1928-1930)

1969, LP, Comp, Historical Records,

Masters Of The Blues

1969, LP, Comp, Historical Records

Chicago South Side Vol. 2 1927-1929

Hot Pianos 1926-1940

Territory Bands Vol. 2 1927-1931

Rare And Hot! 1923-26 Female Vocals With Accompaniment

They Sang The Blues (1927 - 1929)

Rare Bands Of The Twenties

Rare Bands 1925-1930

Rare Blues Of The Twenties No. 5 1927-1930

Jazz From New York City 1928-1932

LP, Comp, Historical Records, Historical Records,

Chicago South Side Vol. 2 1927-1929

LP, Album, Comp, Historical Records

Rare Blues Of The Twenties No. 1 (1924-1929)

King Of The Delta Blues Singers - Early Blues Recordings 1931

Duke Ellington's Band Shorts

California Ramblers - Red And Miff's Stompers

Rare Vertical Jazz

Rare Blues Vol. 4: 1927-1935

Pot Hound Blues (1923-30)