10"LP ILLINOIS JACQUET And LESTER YOUNG Battle Of The Saxes ALADDIN R10
$
200
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Description
Although numbered 701, this LP may not have been the first to be issued on Aladdin, the honour possibly going to “Party After Hours” (LP 703), a compilation of tracks by Amos Milburn, Wynonie Harris, Velma Nelson and Crown Prince Waterford.
The 33? rpm vinyl long playing record was a format that was less than three years old when this disc was issued and the paltry (to modern ears) 21 minutes of music contained therein should be seen as a major improvement over the usual 3 – 4 minutes contained on each side of a 10” 78 rpm shellac disc, a format which had been around since 1901. To be accurate, the longest playing time squeezed on to a 10” 78 rpm disc was six minutes on each side – Rossini on one side and Verdi on the flip side – on Sterno 5022. Doubtless it was a big hit on tavern juke boxes.
One of the hardest to fine very excelent condition 2 small screatch's play's fine
