These are Paramount Hot Dance Obscurities rare sides (the first volume) recorded by the New York Recording Laboratories for issue on it's Broadway and Paramount labels. This CD includes the best of the sides recorded by Bill Haid's Cubs and related bands such as the Midnight Serenaders, Castle Farms Serenaders and the Black Pirates. Extensive liner notes by Paramount researcher Alex van der Tuuk and 1920s jazz expert Joel O'Sickey.
All tracks recorded in Chicago
Tracks 1?9 recorded in July 1928
Tracks 10?11 recorded in August 1928
Tracks 12?15 recorded in August/September 1928
Tracks 16?18 recorded in September 1928
Tracks 19?23 recorded in October 1928
Tracks 24?25 recorded 6 December 1928
Track 26 recorded 16 March 1929