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Series 1. Jump Records History
BOX-FOLDER 1/1 Jump Records master register, written by Ed Kocher
original and photocopy; 9 pages each
Sessionography for Jump Records recording dates nos. 1-28, 1944-1952, including performer credits, studio location, master recording numbers, and record releases.
BOX-FOLDER 1/2 Jump Records list, hand written by Ed Kocher
13 loose pages
Includes track listings for long playing records JL-1 to JL-10, including catalog numbers of original 78 rpm releases. Also includes Jump Records master numbers for McHargue's Memphis Five; Miller, Van Eps, and Wrightsman; Pete Daily & His Chicagoans; Rushton's California Ramblers; and Yukl's Wabash Five.
BOX-FOLDER 1/3 "History of Jump Records": About the creators, Ed Kocher and his business partner Clive Acker, and Jump Records in Hollywood in the 1940's and 1950's., 2000
3 pages printed front and back, stapled
Conversation with Ed's wife, Virginia Kocher, in Hollywood in May 2000.
BOX-FOLDER 1/4 "The Record Collection," written by Jane Ann Kocher Coleman
2 pages, stapled
Series 2. Published Materials
BOX-FOLDER 1/5 Jump Records brochure
4 pages, loose
Produced by The Turntable. Includes credits and song titles for 10" long playing records JL-1 to JL-7; 45 rpm singles F 20,F 21, F 32, and F 34; and 45 rpm extended play records FP-1 to FP-5. Also includes suggested retail price information for 78 rpm singles and albums, 45 rpm singles and extended play records, and 10" long playing records.
BOX-FOLDER 1/6 Big Gate: A Chronological Listing of the Recorded Works of Jack Teagarden from 1928 to 1950, compiled by Jay Smith
40 pages, plus cover
Includes information about Jack Teagarden recordings for Jump Records.
BOX-FOLDER 1/7 Playback, incorporating The Jazzfinder, Oct.-Nov. 1949
20 pages, staplebound
Includes information about George Van Eps recordings for Jump Records.
Series 3. Visual Materials
BOX-FOLDER 1/8 Photograph of Joe Rushton, Red Nichols, and Ed Kocher at Trader Vic's, Los Angeles, Calif., Mar. 1949
1 photograph ; 8x10 ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER 1/9 Photographs of Jump Records recording date no. 30, with Clarence Mader at the organ, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, 1953-08-03
2 photographs ; 8x10 ; black and white
BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/6 Possible album cover artwork design for the guitar of George Van Eps, from Jump Records recording date no. 23, 1949-04-01
1 hand-painted artwork ; 11.5x11.25
BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/7 Possible album cover artwork design for the guitar of George Van Eps, from Jump Records recording date no. 23, 1949-04-01
3 transparencies ; approx. 12x13
BOX-FOLDER OSD 1/1 Possible album cover artwork design for the guitar of George Van Eps, from Jump Records recording date no. 23, 1949-04-01
3 cutouts ; approx. 15.5x20.5

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