paneity 23rd Jun 2018 | | 78 RPMThe Ipana Troubadours - Promises / Dancing With Tears In My Eyes | Promises was recorded on 27 May 1930 and Dancing With Tears In My Eyes on 16 May 1930, both in New York.
Vocal chorus on Promises is by The Mariners.
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paneity 23rd Jun 2018 | | 78 RPMDuke Ellington - Second New Rhythm Style Series No. 137 & 138 | Diga Diga Doo was recorded on 10 July 1928 in New York. The vocalist is Irving Mills.
That's A Plenty was recorded on 19 April 1929, also in New York. According to the Discography of American Recordings, it is an edit of two different takes.
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paneity 6th May 2018 | | 78 RPMLouis Armstrong - Takes Two To Tango / That's My Desire | Takes Two To Tango is with Sy Oliver's Orchestra and was recorded on 25 August 1952 in New York.
That's My Desire was recorded live at the Symphony Hall, Boston on 30 November 1947. The full length song is on the double LP "Satchmo at Symphony Hall", released in January 1951.
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paneity 6th May 2018 | | 78 RPMLouis Armstrong And His Hot Seven - Second New Rhythm Style Series, No. 115 & 116 | Both sides recorded on 10 May 1927 in Chicago.
The correct title of the A side is Alligator Crawl, written by Fats Waller, Andy Razaf and Joe Davis.
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paneity 6th May 2018 | | 78 RPMLouis Armstrong - New Rhythm Style Series No. 81 and 82 | Dallas Blues was recorded on 10 December 1929, and Put And Take on 7 May 1930, both in New York.
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paneity 6th May 2018 | | 78 RPMBessie Smith - Second New Rhythm Style Series No. 77 & 78 | Both sides were recorded on 24 November 1933 in New York. Both songs were written by Wesley Wilson.
The Orchestra (credited on the linked US release) is Buck and His Band - Buck Washington (piano), with Jack Teagarden (trombone), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Billy Taylor (bass), Frankie Newton (trumpet), Bobby Johnson (guitar) and Chu Berry (tenor sax)
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paneity 23rd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMDuke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra - East Saint Louis Toodle Oo / Birmingham Breakdown | Birmingham Breakdown recorded on 28 February 1927 and East St Louis Toodle-oo two weeks later on 14 March, both at Brunswick Studio, New York.
The catalogue number of the original 1927 US Brunswick release - 3480 - is given on the label.
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paneity 23rd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMKing Cole Trio - A Boy From Texas (A Girl From Tennessee) / Lost April | A Boy From Texas was recorded on 4 November 1947 and Lost April on 20 December 1947, both in New York.
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paneity 22nd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMTed Heath And His Music - Time's A Wastin' / Big Mamou | Both sides recorded in London, April 1953.
'The Dame' is trumpeter Duncan Campbell. His wife June was Elvis Presley's cousin.
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paneity 22nd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMTed Heath And His Music - Blue Skies March / Sidewalks Of Cuba | Both sides recorded in London on 8 February 1950.
Sammy Stokes plays bass on both tracks, and the drummer is Jack Parnell.
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paneity 22nd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMDuke Ellington - Saratoga Swing / Sloppy Joe | Saratoga Swing recorded on 3 May 1929 and Sloppy Joe on 7 March 1929, at the Liederkranz Hall, New York. Ellington's Orchestra for the sessions was actually Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra.
The vocal on Sloppy Joe is by Sonny Greer.
The 6-disc Duke Ellington Album also contained the following tracks: 1. Harlemania, 2. Jazz Lips, 5. Old Man Blues, 6. Japanese Dream, 7. The Mooche, 8. Mood Indigo, 9.That Lindy Hop, 10. Mississippi Dry, 11. Black and Tan Fantasy, 12. The Dicty Glide.
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paneity 22nd Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMDuke Ellington - Swing Music 1947 Series | Swamp Fire was recorded on 3 September 1946 and Just Squeeze Me on 9 July 1946, at RCA-Victor sessions at the Hollywood Studio, Los Angeles.
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paneity 21st Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMKid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - Ory's Boogie / St. Louis Blues | Label variant added with variation of catalogue number.
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paneity 21st Apr 2018 | | 78 RPMDuke Ellington - Merry-Go-Round / Sophisticated Lady | Label variants added.
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paneity 13th Jan 2018 | | Vinyl Album[no artist listed] - Beatlemania | The drummer is Jimmy Nicol, who later experienced the real thing. In June 1964 he briefly stood in for Ringo, who had tonsillitis, when the Beatles toured Denmark, Holland, Hong Kong and Australia.
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paneity 26th Dec 2017 | | Vinyl AlbumFats Waller - The Real Fats Waller | Crazy 'Bout My Baby incorrectly credited on the label - it is by Fats Waller and Alex Hill.
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paneity 30th Nov 2017 | | 78 RPMJohnny Hodges - Swing Music 1942 Series | Both sides arranged by Billy Strayhorn, and the orchestra is Johnny Hodges (as), Duke Ellington (p), Ray Nance (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Harry Carney (bs), Jimmy Blanton (b) and Sonny Greer (d).
Both sides recorded in Hollywood on 3 July 1941. It was one of Jimmy Blanton's last sessions - he died of tuberculosis the following year, aged 23.
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paneity 22nd Nov 2017 | | 78 RPMLouis Armstrong - It's All In The Game / When It's Sleepy Time Down South | Well spotted xiphophilos! I didn't notice the tax codes were different on either side. Amazing to be able to date this one so accurately.
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paneity 13th Nov 2017 | | 78 RPMLouis Armstrong - It's All In The Game / When It's Sleepy Time Down South | Sharper label scans added.
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paneity 13th Nov 2017 | | 78 RPMGlenn Miller - Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me) / Little Brown Jug | Label variants added.
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paneity 4th Nov 2017 | | 78 RPM"Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful / Dinah | When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful was recorded on 29 November 1935 in New York, and Dinah on 24 June 1935 in Church Building Studio 2, Camden, New Jersey.
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paneity 1st Nov 2017 | | 78 RPMEnrico Caruso - O Sole Mio / 'A Vucchella | A Vucchella was recorded on 8 September 1919 with Josef Pasternack conducting, and O Sole Mio on 5 February 1916 with Walter B. Rogers conducting. Both recordings took place in Camden, New Jersey.
Both recordings were dubbed with an electrically recorded orchestra on 3 November 1927 for later releases.
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paneity 8th Sep 2017 | | 78 RPMFrank Sinatra - The Things We Did Last Summer / Somewhere In The Night | The Things We Did Last Summer was recorded on 24 July 1946 and Somewhere In The Night on 28 May 1946, both in Columbia Studios, Hollywood.
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paneity 8th Sep 2017 | | 78 RPMFrank Sinatra - The Charm Of You / What Makes The Sunset? | The Charm Of You was recorded on 3 December 1944 in New York, and What Makes The Sunset? two days earlier. Sessions for the movie soundtrack took place the previous summer.
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paneity 6th Sep 2017 | | 78 RPMRenato Carosone - Infatuation (Scapricciatello) / Lots-A Piano (Pianofortissimo) | Both sides were originally released on the Pathe label in 1955.
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paneity 6th Aug 2017 | | 78 RPMJack Hylton - Selection Of Incidental Music From Cavalcade / Selection Of Incidental Music From Cavalcade (Continued) | Both sides were recorded on 14 December 1931.
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paneity 6th Aug 2017 | | 78 RPMJack Hylton - Wedding Of The Rose / Grasshoppers' Dance | Both sides were recorded on 16 June 1931, at the Small Queen's Hall in London.
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paneity 6th Aug 2017 | | 78 RPMGene Krupa And His Chicagoans - 1936 Super Rhythm Style Series No. 9 & 10 | Both sides recorded on 19 November 1935 in Chicago.
As well as Israel Crosby on bass, the lineup includes Benny Goodman on clarinet. Also Dick Clark (tenor sax), Nate Kazebier (trumpet), Joe Harris (trombone), Allan Reuss (guitar) and Jess Stacy (piano).
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paneity 6th Aug 2017 | | 78 RPMGene Krupa And His Chicagoans - The 1936 Super Rhythm Style Series No. 17 / 18 | Both sides recorded on 19 November 1935 in Chicago.
The lineup includes Benny Goodman on clarinet and Israel Crosby on bass. Also Dick Clark (tenor sax), Nate Kazebier (trumpet), Joe Harris (trombone), Allan Reuss (guitar) and Jess Stacy (piano).
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paneity 1st Aug 2017 | | 78 RPM"Fats" Waller And His Rhythm - When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful / Dinah | Earlier label variant (with no "Made in England") added.
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