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Things I am looking for:
Good HMV No 5a or b nickle reproducer-FOUND!
Victor 10" record binders in nice condition- FOUND!
An E or better gold print USA pressing of Tommy Dorsey/ Frank Sinatra on Victor 26500, "Too Romantic"
More Tungs Tone soft or full tone needles
Clean E or better Victors between 22800-24400- jazz or dance- no waltz or vocal 2 siders please
Things you may have that I don't know I need yet
1. Columbia Flag 287-D, Cotton Club Orch. "Down and Out Blues"/ "Snag 'Em Blues" visual V but plays V+ to E, V labels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCY4bf2YSig SOLD! $30
2. Harmony 1188-H "Frank Auburn Orch", "Kickin A Hole In The Sky" (Sam Lanin with Tommy Dorsey and others, non vocal version) "Blue Is The Night" (Jack Albin w/ Bill Coty vocal) visual E- with 2 lam cracks from under label not affecting play, plays E to E+, electric https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4aK1Dxij8 $20
3. Victor 23695, The Paradise Islanders, "The Missouri Waltz" / "Beautiful Ohio". Visual E+ with slightest scuffs, plays as new, original stampers on gold print circular "Non Commercial" label. Hawaiian guitars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx5kKo7p6Xk $35
4. Brunswick 3975, "Bennie" Goodman's Boys, "Blue"/ "Shirt Tail Stomp". Rare as hell first BG recordings. Visual V with faded labels showing some spindle damage, plays V+ to E- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmg39mo7SU $35
5. Brunswick 4968, "Bennie" Goodman's Boys, "After Awhile"/ "Muskrat Scramble" (sic). Visual V, plays V+ or better, label fade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z57LCGuWdAw SOLD! $45
6. Victor Scroll 25585, Eddy Duchin Orch, "The Merry Go Round Broke Down" (Looney Tunes theme!)/ South Wind. Lew Sherwood vocals. Visual V+ A with small label sticker, visual E- B. Plays E- or better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBgAHK36sx4 $10
7. OKeh 40961, large black label, Ted Wallace Orch., (California Ramblers/ Golden Gate Orch.) "For My Baby"/ "Changes". Visual V+ to E- with a scratch A NAP. A side is red hot- B is no slouch. Plays E+ Not on YouTube- a shame, too. SOLD! $10
8. Victor Scroll 21500, Geo. Olsen Music, "American Tune" / "I'm On The Crest Of A Wave". Visual V+, plays E. Iconic tunes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJ5U70Fj7s $10
9. Columbia Flag 259-D, "Oh! Joseph" / "Magic Moments" Savoy Hotel Orpheans. Visual E-, plays E to E+, nice labels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBhK2S_L8G4 $10
10. Victor Scroll 22461, Henry Thies Orch., "Sharing" / ""My Sweetheart Serenade". Recorded at Hotel Sinton, Cincinnati. Jane Froman vocal A. Slightly grainy V+, plays E-. One of the great bands that should have made it big but didn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp2OTNG_k5Q $10
11. Brunswick 4500, Red Nichols Five Pennies, "The New Yorkers" (Red McKenzie vocal and a classic "clinker" by Jimmy Dorsey on clt right after the vocal!) / "I May Be Wrong" Jack Teagarden and Glenn Miller are here too! Visual V+, plays at least E-, label fade. Fantastic contemporary lyrics on "The New Yorkers"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpSXlba9UHY SOLD! $20
12. Columbia 2096-D, Ben Selvin Orch, "'Taint No Sin (To Dance Around In Your Bones)"/ "Funny, Dear, What Love Can Do". A is just great, a fantastic arrangement of a snappy tune with a Roy Evans vocal and some great Tommy Dorsey trombone work. Visual V+, plays E- or better with some clicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeH0P-rjhVg SOLD! $15
13. Bluebird B-10416, Glenn Miller Orch., "In The Mood"/ "I Want To Be Happy". Original early 1939 pressing with gold print circular "non commercial" label. Visual V+ due to sleeve scuffs only- plays E to E+ with no distortion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXWBxHv3oaY $35
14. Silvertone 8132, "Silvertone Melody Men" (Carl Fenton orch off Gennett) "You're The Cream In My Coffee" / "Orange Blossom Home". A side needs no introduction, and this is a great version. B side sounds like a snoozer but actually isn't. Visual E- that plays E, but pressed just slightly off center- not noticeable till the last few bars. Small price tag and pen mark on "Coffee" side No YouTube... bummer. $20
15. Columbia 14141-D, Dixie Washboard Band with "Shufflin' Sam", "My Own Blues" / "You For Me, Me For You". Great band with Bennie Moten and Clarence Williams. visual e-, plays E to E+, needle run on label B. Really clean for a "race" washboard disc! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyZ7LVdnaPU $75
16. Victor scroll 21119, Paul Whiteman Orch., "Whiteman Stomp" / "Sensation Stomp". Probably the hottest pre Bix Whiteman record. This copy is EE+ and plays as new. Spider crack under label not affecting play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xXPk7Kmtk $30 SOLD!
17. Victor Scroll 23008, Bix Beiderbecke Orch., "I Don't Mind Walkin' In The Rain" / "I'll Be A Friend With Pleasure". Bix is helped out by Joe Venuti, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Eddie Lang on this session. Visual V++ with slight label damage. Bix would pass soon after, and the others on this great record would go on to become huge names in their own right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7rJgIb-Z2k
$30 SOLD!
18. Victor Batwing 12" 35405, Victor Military Band, "Ballin' The Jack" / "Meadowbrook". Two great early rag- timey fox trots from 1914. Visual V+, plays E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTSUQRLXZIc $15
19. Melotone M-12068, Mills Music Masters, "My Ideal" (Sid Garry Vocal) / "Reaching For The Moon" (waltz). The end of the line in 1931 for Irving Mills' great white bands (Mills Musical Clowns, Hotsy Totsy Gang, Lumberjacks, Whoopee Makers, etc.) of the 1920s- and, according to Rust, never issued, but here it is. Visual V++ that plays E on A, but, full disclosure, I never listened to B. A is a very listenable fox trot ballad No YouTube- foiled again! $20
20. Victor Scroll 24494, Cab Calloway Orch., "Harlem Camp Meeting" / "Little Town Gal". The Missourians fronted by Cab Calloway in 1933. Visual V+, plays E- or better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhH4xgRUlcM SOLD! $25
21.Victor Scroll 22922, Roane's Pennsylvanians, "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea" / "(We've Got To) Put That Sun Back In The Sky". 1932, great Depression dance tunes. Visual E-, plays E+. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l-QoCgl5n0 SOLD! $25
22. Victor Scroll 24037, Calloway's Hot Shots, "Why Don't You Get Lost?" / "Sweet Birds". If memory serves, this is Roane's Pennsylvanians again and nothing to do with any of the Calloways. Another rare one from 1932. Visual E, plays New Minus. (This is the Bluebird reissue on YT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joRXyy0Uj0g SOLD! $25
23. RCA/ Victor DL5, Program Transcription, "Join The Victor Artist's Party" / "Victor Music Festival". Side A features Frank Crumit, The Revelers, Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra; B side is Shilkret and the Victor Symphony playing symphonic excerpts. This is a demo disc for Victor's new 33 ⅓ RPM "Program Transcription" Long Play system beginning in late 1931. This copy is a 10" shellac pressing. Visual E- that plays at grade or better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXXxvE2-4Y SOLD!!! $20
24. RCA Program transcription L- 4510, "Schubert Melodies", parts 3 and 4, Shilkret and Victor Salon Orchestra. Silver label 10" double face shellac pressing in E+ condition with file notations on both labels. No YouTube- Sorry! $20
25. Victor Batwing 19165, Arthur Gibbs and his Gang, "Old Fashioned Love" / "Charleston- Medley Fox Trot". Likely the first recording of this iconic tune ("Charleston" is on the "B" side)! Visual V+, plays E- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pTscWvmIkw $20
PM me with your offers or email me at [email protected].
I will be adding to this list so watch this space!
