78 RPM - Duke Ellington - Merry Christmas 1946 - S D

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Duke Ellington
Label:	S D
Country:	USA
Catalogue:
Date:	Dec 1946
Format:	10"
Title:	Merry Christmas 1946
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Duke Ellington	Frankie And Johnnie, Pt 1	Ellington	Rate
B	Duke Ellington	Frankie And Johnnie, Pt 2	Ellington	Rate

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From S D Records © Robert Pruter, Robert L. Campbell, Konrad Nowakowski, and Tom Kelly Revised: February 5, 2018
(http://campber.people.clemson.edu/sd.html):
"...S D put out a special 78 Christmas 1946, drawn from a Duke Ellington concert that Steiner had recorded at the Civic Opera House in Chicago... The first sign we've spotted of the Xmas 46 record is a bill from The Bishop Presses on March 11, 1948—for 25 copies. On April 26, 1949, Steiner ordered more copies of the Xmas 46 record, but made it clear that it wasn't a priority ("their [sic] simply experimental lots") and that it could be done on "Flex." or Vinylite at Bishop's discretion... Some copies of S D Merry Christmas 1946 have corrected the spelling on the title to "Frankie and Johnny" and fill out the name of the band (on both sides) to "Duke Ellington Orchestra." They still give 1946 as the date on one side. These do not show "John Steiner" or "Hugh Davis" in script across the middle of the label, so clearly are from a later pressing."

With regard to the above: Rec. Chicago, IL, at the Civic Opera House, 25 March 1945. (DESOR 4509ae; see also:
http://www.ellingtonia.com/discography/1941-1950.html)

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