78 RPM - Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament) / Cotton Tail - Victor - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Duke Ellington
Label:	Victor
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	26610
Date:	Apr 1943
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	10 Own, 1 Wants
Price Guide:	$25
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PRICE GUIDE

$25

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Duke Ellington	Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Never No Lament)	Bob Russell, Duke Ellington	10.0 Rate
B	Duke Ellington	Cotton Tail	Ellington	10.0 Rate

Notes

Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra

Both sides recorded Hollywood, CA, May 4, 1940.

Reissue with new A side title. The original title was simply "Never No Lament", and in this form, Victor 26610 had originally been released in June 1940.

Billboard, Apr. 24, 1943 Record Buying Guide (with new title)

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Comments and Reviews


xiphophilos 4th Aug 2015		Added RCA Victor label variant for A Side without the "Swing Classic", which my copy combines with a regular B Side with "Swing Classic". This repress must have been produced right when the patent nr. 2130239 expired in 1947.



xiphophilos 13th Dec 2013		Thanks again for the info. Your source is clearly better informed than the one from which I copied and pasted my info. Can't believe I didn't notice the misspelling of Billie Strayhorn's name. BTW, I tried to find the site again and noticed that there are 39 Billie Straynhorns floating around on the internet. ;-)



fixbutte 13th Dec 2013		"Billy Straynhorn" should be Billy Strayhorn. It's questionable if he was on this session. http://www.depanorama.net/40.htm has a slightly different lineup: Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart, c; Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams, t; Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Barney Bigard, cl; Johnny Hodges, as, ss; Otto Hardwick, as, cl; Ben Webster, ts; Harry Carney, bs, cl, as: Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, g; Jimmie Blanton, b; Sonny Greer, d. (no Ray Nance, no Strayhorn, some other instruments) This lineup also matches the musicians listed on the B-side from the same session (although Bigard is listed under "saxes", not clarinet). Tizol's instrument was a valve trombone (vtb), and Rex Stewart, although listed under trumpets, may have played the cornet (c, cnt). Nanton was born as Joe but had the nickname "Tricky Sam".



xiphophilos 13th Dec 2013		Recorded in Hollywood, May 4, 1940 Lineup: Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams - tp Rex Stewart - cnt "Tricky" Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown - tb Juan Tizol - vtb Barney Bigard - cl/ts Johnny Hodges - as/ss/cl Otto Hardwick - as:bs Ben Webster - ts Harry Carney - bars Duke -, Billy Strayhorn -p/arr Fred Guy - g Jimmy Blanton - b Sonny Greer - dr



xiphophilos 13th Dec 2013		Both recordings are available for listening on Youtube: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "Cotton Tail"



Jock_Girl 1st Mar 2013		Added Victor label images



W.B.lbl 17th Jan 2013		The 26610 cat. # would've also dated to 1940 (the old series came to an end with #27975 on 2 Oct 1942, with the new 20-1500 series inaugurated 9 Oct 1942 with a four-record memorial album of Bunny Berigan recordings, issued after Berigan's death). But the naming as Victor is correct, despite the 1946-47 RCA Victor label variant (with patent number within the rim print) shown on {Images #416625 & 416626}.



LaurenceD SUBS 17th Jan 2013		The A side was originally issued as "Never No Lament" credited to composer Duke Ellington. Bob Russell subsequently wrote lyrics, but due to the American Federation of Musicians' ban, Ellington was unable to record a new version with vocals. So Victor went ahead and re-issued the original instrumental track with a new title and writing credits, using the same catalog number. The 1943 date is for this second release with the revised title.

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