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I'm offering the following duplicates from my bigly out of control collection:

1. Grieg, Concerto In A Minor, Victor Blue Batwing 55154/ 55155, 1921, Arthur de Greef, Pno, Sir Landon Ronald cond. the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. Note: I've only seen this offered for sale twice in 45 years and I bought both copies. Neither had an "album" to them, I suppose this pre-dates the symphonic album "set" concept by 3 or 4 years.

This set is historically significant not only because this was the first time the Concerto was recorded in its entirety; but also because pianist de Greef was a student of Liszt and a contemporary of Edvard Grieg himself, who considered de Greef the foremost interpreter of his works (we'll just work around the fact that Grieg said the same thing about Percy Grainger for the sake of closing the sale).

Anyways, this set is a pristine E+ that plays at grade or better, with great labels. Note "A-2" and "A-3" noted on one side of each disc in small period correct white ink

$125.00


2. Columbia Royal Blue Shellac Set #500, "Oath Of Office and Inaugural Address of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, March 4, 1933- A Permanent Record For Posterity". 3 12" discs in original binder. Binder is in OK condition, some spotting and the lower2.5" of the spine cover is missing. Discs are a visual E- that play better. Labels are spotty and somewhat faded, but legible. Sixth side is blank. Again, I've only ever seen 2 and I bought them both- but what do I know, there might be millions of these out there... right? $300.00

Now the fun stuff!

3.Brunswick 4892, Ben Bernie Hotel Roosevelt Orch, "A Peach Of A Pair" / "It Must Be You". I think it's the Maestro himself on vocals if memory serves. Visual E+++, plays like new with great labels $15.00

4. Victor 27499, Artie Shaw's great Victor orchestra- "Georgia On My Mind" / "Why Shouldn't I?" Rare very early GOLD print circular label copy- most of these you'll find are the later silver, in case you're a first pressing run geek like me. Visual E-, plays better, nice labels. $10.00

5. Champion "Electrograph" Red 15757 (off Gennett) Georgia Collegians "Love Is In The Air" / "When My Dreams Come True". This is Willie Creager's band. Nice sides, visual V+ that plays well with that Gennett hiss and a few pops, $20.00

6. Challenge 257, off Gennett Electrobeam, Twin Cities Dance Orch. "I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover" / "Sunny Hawaii". This is Brad Gowan's band, if you didn't know. Just try to find a Gennett Electrobeam of this for under about 5 bills (ask me how I know!) Don't let the titles fool you- this is a hot record! Visual V+ that plays about E or better (but with that special Gennett hiss) with nice labels $175.00

7. Columbia 2196-D, The Columbia Photo Players, "Dust" / "Dark Night". This is Selvin's fantastic Columbia studio band in April 1930, and Leo McConville, Manny Klein, and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey are all over this, especially on "Dust". Visual E to E+ that plays great!
$35.00

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8. Champion "Electrograph" 16062, red label, Paul's Novelty Orchestra, "I Love You So Much" / "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue". Frank Luther vocals. This band could be Eddie Paul or Paul Davin. Interestingly enough, this pseudonym was also used for Lawrence Welk... and there is some hot accordion here. Who knows? Hot sides on a very clean E+ late Champion from 1930. $75.00

9. Paramount 20503 (Black Label Electrically Recorded) Wisconsin Roof Orchestra, "You Only Want Me When You're Lonesome" / "You're The One For Me". Great hot dance territory sides seldom, if ever, seen on Paramount (usually Broadway). Visual V++ with scuffs/ few small surface scratches. Plays at grade or slightly better. Paramounts ain't the best pressings! Great labels though $45.00

10. Columbia 2708-D, Freddy Martin Orch. "Three On A Match" / "Nightfall". Vocal trio on "Three", Elmer Feldkamp on "Nightfall". Freddy's very first session from 1932 with Bunny Berigan in the band. This is a really scarce one, and it's the early- early black label black shellac version on top of it (from late 1932 Columbia started with Royal Blue to boost sales). I'm more of a jazz guy than a dance band guy but this one is great. Visual V+ due to sleeve scuffs but no wear, plays E to E+ easily with great labels $75.00


11. Gennett New Electrobeam 6079, The Portland Rosebuds, "Positively- Absolutely" / "Beedle Um Bo". Rust says this is the Royal Troubadours but if it is it's hotter than most with great Jack Kaufman vocals, too! Visual V+ due to scuffing- plays at E to E+ with great labels $75.00 SOLD!

12. Gennett New Electrobeam 6100, Faberman Instrumental Quartet (Hymie Faberman?) "Moonbeam! Kiss Her For Me!" / Jimmy Carr and his Orch. "I'll Always Remember You". Visual V+ to E-, plays E. $50.00

13. Victor V-40049, Slim Lamar and his Southerners, "Oriental Illusions" / "I'm Glad It Was Somebody Else". "Glad" sounds a lot like Sunny Clapp or Blue Steele to me. Great territory sound with lots of bass to bring out the best in your Credenza. Visual V++ to E big minus, plays way better with no bass distortion which is surprising. Labels are a little spotty but not bad- edge flake that gets to first lead in "Oriental" side. I have no idea why Nat Shilkret stuck this on the V-40000 "Hillbilly" series but I guess he knew something we don't. $100.00

14. Victor 22831, Lofner- Harris Hotel St. Francis Orch. "Was It Wrong?" / "River, Stay Way From My Door". This was the West Coast band that gave us Phil Harris, of course. Muzzy Marcellino does the vocal on "Wrong"... guess he was cheating on Ted FioRito or maybe they hadn't shacked up yet. Phil Harris does the growlly bass vocal on "River", automatically making this the best version of this early Depression tune... ev-ver. Know what's really weird about this copy? It's the only LHO record I've ever seen that was not an Oakland pressing (little O is not over Nipper's right ear.). Of the two LHO records, this one is toughest. Visual E- that plays E+ orbetter, remainder of a sticker on A side label $45.00

Well, that's all for tonight. I'll add more tomorrow if the wife doesn't tie me up "rearranging" all day... sigh.

Today's installment-

15. Brunswick 4194, Ray Miller Orch. "Mississippi, Here I Am" / "No One In The World But You", V+ playys E, great sides with Mugsy Spanier $10.00

16. OKeh 40180 Ace Brigode 14 Virginians "Follow The Swallow" / Harold Oxley Post Lodge Orch. "I Don't Know Why", V+ plays E, nice OKeh "Field Trip" territory sides, great labels $15.00

17. Vocalion 3147 black "filligree" label, Art Karle and his Boys, "Lights Out" / "Suzannah". Great and uber rare 1936 sides with Mezz Mezzrow and Joe Bushkin in the band. Visual and aural New Minus. Perfect labels. $35.00

18. OKeh Electric large black label 41264, The New York Syncopators, "The One That I Love Loves Me" / "Now I'm In Love". Sam Lanin's Famous Players with Smith Ballew vocals, rare and very nice... as in mint, which I seldom use. No signs of having really ever been played! March 1929 release. This one is only listed in Rust's Dance Bands as it's dance band material for sure, and Rust isn't as on the ball naming personnel there as he is in the Jazz books. "Now I'm" is a typical Lanin dance arrangement with mostly ensemble work, but "The One" opens with what sounds to me like an Adrian Rollini bass sax solo and has a definite Tommy Dorsey solo after the vocal. $50.00

19. Columbia 793-D, The Radiolites (Ben Selvin) "Sunday" / "If I'd only believed in you". Charles Kaley vocal. Visual E+ with a scratch "believed" side that didn't sound when reviewed. Plays great with nice labels. $20.00

20. Gennett Red Label 3392, the early "GE" Gennett Electric series. Joe Candullo Everglades Orch., "For You And Me" ? "Don't Be Angry With Me". Charles Hart vocals. Visual V++ that plays E. Gennett dropped the first electric format from 1926 due to many recording issues and came back with the "less rare" Electrobeam a year later. $45.00

More later!

More, more, more...

21. Columbia 3019-D,Royal Blue shellac, Harry Rosenthal Orchestra "My Heart Is An Open Book" /"Let Me Sing You To Sleep With A Love Song". These are NOT the sides with Benny Goodman and Helen Ward, but Russ Morgan, Toots Mondello, Fred Van Eps, and Chauncey Morehouse are on this session. Visual E- with a few minor marks, plays NM. $50.00

22. Victor 21314, Herman Kenin's Multnomah Hotel Orch. (Portland, Oregon) "Rose Room" / "Rose Of Monterey". Visual E- with small scratch A that plays E+ or better. Lots of bass- Maybe too much! Van Fleming vocals, great labels. $25.00 SOLD!

23. Victor 22837, Cole McElroy's Spanish Ball Room Band, "Who Am I?" / "In A Dream". Another Portland, Or. band- from the ballroom that Bing Crosby allegedly started in. Visual V+ to E-, plays E to E+, some slight label fade. $20.00

24. Victor 22124, Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders, "Sunny Side Up" / "If I Had A Talking Picture Of You". Frank Luther vocals. This is a GREAT record- two bouncy, clever arrangements of these just pre- Depression standards. If you have a Credenza, this is for you! Visual E-, plays E+ with great labels. $15.00

25. Champion "Electrograph" 15934, Bud Carson and his Orchestra, "Harmonica Harry" / "Puttin' On The Ritz". Fred Hall's great band off Gennett Electrobeam with sidekick Arthur Fields before they "went country". These are VERY hot fun sides that we discussed in the "Julian Fuhs" thread up in Music, where you can hear a sample of both sides I linked to. Visual V, due to lots of scratches and scuffs more so than actual wear. This was my copy for years as it took me a decade of looking to find a better one. Plays at about V to V+, better with EQ. All of the music is there, it's just crackly in spots due to surface issues. $15.00 due to condition- this is a tough one!!! SOLD!

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26. Vocalion 14740, Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, "Old Black Joe's Blues" / "Potomac River Blues". Louis Armstrong had already moved on by this December 1923 date- but Don Redman and Coleman Hawkins are here. Hawk was with Mamie Smith and didn't join Fletch until 1924 according to most jazz historians, but here he is in late '23- in fact, Rust shows him as part of the great Henderson band as early as October 1923. Visual V+ to E-, plays about E. Small red check mark on B label. Interestingly enough, this copy is pressed of black shellac. Scarce one, $50.00

27. Columbia 2106-D, Paul Specht Orch. "Keepin' Myself For You" / "The Harbor Of Your Heart". "Keepin" is an absolutely fantastic and very progressive arrangement for its time, and very "hi- fi". Drummer Johnny Morris sings the gender- bender vocals on both sides. Don't know why they never bothered to change the masculine form to the feminine for a male singer, but Specht and Morris did this a lot. Visual V with an edge flake B to grooves but no music, label fade, and a lam crack A not affecting play. These laminated Columbias can look like crap but play great, and this one plays about E-, actually. $15.00

28. Bluebird "Buff" B-5236, Ted Weems Orch., "Doin' The Uptown Lowdown" / "Buckin' The Wind". Great sides and some of the final hotter Weems recordings before he went all "Oh, Mo'Nah" on Decca. Parker Gibbs vocals. One of the toughest Weems discs. Visual E- to V+, great Buff labels $40.00

29. Columbia 1180-D, Don Voorhees Orch., "Clementine" / Eddie Thomas Collegians (Ben Selvin) "Where Is My Meyer?". "Clementine" is a true standout. The Goldkette version is all anyone talks about for this song because of Bix and Tram, but if you had no idea who they were you would possibly say that this one is tighter and hotter- a real Desert Island disc. This is a split grade- visual V+ that plays E to E+ on "Clementine", and a visual E- that plays E+ on "Meyer". Can you guess that I played "Clementine" a LOT more? A subdued Irving Kaufman sings as "Frank Harris". Another really tough one! $35.00

30. Columbia 2218-D, Rube Bloom and his Bayou Boys romp "On Revival Day" / "There's A Wah-Wah Gal In Augua Caliente". Wonder what she was doing to be in hot water??? Whatta band- Manny Klein, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Adrian Rollini, Stan King, Babe Russin, Dick Mc Donough. Solos all over. Roy Evans vocal on "Revival", and the great Eddie Thomas vocal and uke on "Agua". Visual V+ with a long lam crack "Revival" side not affecting play, plays E- to maybe E. It's a LOUD and swinging record. Blow the doors off your V-T 800 series machine with this one! $75.00

That's it for now- Reasonable offers considered. I have a few hundred more here if these piqued your interest:

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Happy browsing!

PM sent on Puttin' On The Ritz

Some more:

31. Harmony 1138-H, Sam Lanin Orch "Kickin' A Hole In The Sky", great non- vocal version that's a hot one with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Cornell Smelzer. Hotel Pennsylvania Music with "Blue Is The Night" on the flip. Visual E+ that plays NM with two lam cracks from under label about ⅓ of the way to the edge that don't sound on "Kickin'" Very tough and a great one! $75.00

32. OKeh 41374, small black label, Tommy Bohn's Penn- Sirens Orch. "You've Got That Thing" / Casa Loma Orch. "Romance" (waltz). "Thing" is hot, VERY hard to find, and essential. This copy is E- on the "Thing" side with some slight groove greying but plays EE+. "Romance" looks E+, plays like new. $100.00 Don't let the wear frighten you. If you get it and you're not happy I'll buy it back including postage both ways. I guarantee ALL my records like this, by the way- even if you just don't like it!

33. Brunswick 6722, Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra "Figety" / "The Blue Room". Good grief- Frank Guarente, Charlie Margulis, Larry Binyon, Joe Venuti, Dick Mc Donough, both Dorseys... what's not to like? Great Bill Challis charts too. Visual V+ with a long shallow scratch each side that does NOT sound. Plays E or better. Great stuff! $35.00

34. Brunswick 4168, Ben Bernie Hotel Roosevelt Orch. "Glad Rag Doll" / "I'll Get By". Jack Pettis, of course, and Eddy Thomas vocals. V+ to E- due to scuffs. $10.00 SOLD!

35. Victor VE Batwing 20063, Irving Aaronson Commanders, "What Good Is Good Morning?" / "Hi Ho The Merrio". Visual E that plays great with very slight graininess. Excellent labels too. Fun one! $15.00

36. Victor Program Transcription, 10" gold label shellac L-10622, Don Bestor Orch, "Close To My Heart" / "Meet Me In The Gloaming" / "You Must Believe Me". Rare 1933 early "LP", plays at 33 ⅓ RPM. Visual E with good label- slight label ring wear. $65.00

37. Victor Program Transcription, as above, L-16016, Fred Waring Pennsylvanians, Music From "Flying Colors"- "Louisiana Hayride" / "A Shine On Your Shoes" / "Rainy Day" / "Mother Told Me So" / "Smokin' Reefers" / "Two Faced Women" / "Alone Together". Fun one from 1932! Visual E- with some lite notations in white chalk on the label. Maybe it can be removed. $75.00

PM sent #34 Ben Bernie.

Jwb88 wrote:PM sent #34 Ben Bernie.

Sold! Thanks! PM to follow.

Some nice Depression- era CROWN issues

38. Cr 3254, Lou Gold Orch. "Underneath The Mistletoe" / "Between The Devil & the Deep Blue Sea", visual E, plays E+ great labels $40.00

39. 3298- The High Steppers "Lawd, You Made The Night Too Long" / Joel Shaw Orch. "If It Ain't Love", V/V+, label damage A, plays E with few pops A $35.00

40. 3387- Leo Hannon B'way Bell Hops, "Let's Put Out The Lights" / "Underneath The Harlem Moon", visual E, plays E+, great labels $40.00

41. 3168- Frank Novak Orch. "I'm All Dressed Up With A broken Heart" / "At Your Command" visual E, great labels, plays E+ $40.00

42. 3497 Tommy Tucker Californians "Blue Prelude" / "Good Night Mr. Nightingale" visual E plays E+ great labels $45.00

43. 3150 Al Lack's City Radiolians "When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" / Frank Novak Orch. "Pardon Me Pretty Baby", visual V+, plays E, slightest label wear, $30.00

44. 3365, The High Steppers "Here's Hoping" / "AM to PM" V+ plays E, ex. lite label dmg, $35.00

45. 3404, Leo Dreyer Orch. "Just A Little Home For The Old Folks" / "Fit As A Fiddle", visual V+ plays E, nice labels, nice tunes $40.00

46. 3360, Russ Carlson Orch. "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" / "I Can't Believe It's True". Visual E-, plays E to E+, great labels. $35.00