Metal blank with lacquer sides
No information on label except that this is out of 100 pressed
Label under "B-side" shows The Master Sound System
Reissue either of
A mx: E5178; B mx: E5176, recorded Chicago, IL, April 22, 1927 and released in the USA as Vocalion 1114.
or
A mx: E26315; B mx: E26317, recorded on the same day and issued as Brunswick 3998.
(Brian Rust, JRR)
No, xiphophilos, the ones I have are all Shellac so I was surprised to see this acetate. On the other hand that would fit perfectly with Davies' desire to circulate good quality jazz around his friends and it was often low-key small runs and dubs of jazz classics that not everyone (above all in the UK at the time) had access to.
Incidentally, it's interesting to see Brian Rust's name mentioned above since I've just uploaded photos of the Saydisc LP which was possible only because of Brian providing the records I'll Dance Till De Sun Breaks Through. He also wrote the sleeve notes to the LP.
If it is not Ristic 4 or 5, my next guess is that it was numberless. John R. T. Davies did these dubs for his own amusement and without a huge need or desire for profit. They would probably have been sold around his friends and jazz afficionados. Although it suits our purposes to have numbers, it may not have been essential for him then.
Incidentally this is a disc created at Master Sound System in Colnbrook, Berkshire. See here for another example of their direct recording service.
It's not Ristic 12 because that was an EP:
Trixie Smith and her Down Home Sycopators, "Ada Jane's Blues" and "Praying Blues" / "Sorrowful Blues" and "I Don't Know And I Don't Care".
(Jazz Museum Hamburg)
Rec. Chicago 22. 4. 1927. Matr. E 5175/77 W.
Personnel:
Joe Oliver, cornet.
Thomas "Tick" Gray, trumpet.
Kid Ory, trombone.
Omer Simeon, clarinet & soprano saxophone.
Unknown, alto saxophone.
Barney Bigard, tenor saxophone & clarinet.
Luis Russell, piano.
Bud Scott or Johnny St. Cyr, banjo.
Lawson Buford, tuba.
Paul Barbarin, drums.