1926 Thomas Morris and His Seven Hot Babies 78 rpm jazz
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Hello again, fellow 78 rpm buffs. The job hunt is not going well, so looks like I'm going to have to start selling off my record collection. I've been avidly collecting pre-WWII 78's for over twenty years, so be sure to check my other periodic auctions for goodies. The current batch starts Wed. and Thurs. of this week (28 & 29 Apr.) and runs for ten days. The next batch will start Wed. & Thurs. of next week, and that will be it until probably in the Fall, at the earliest. Shipping will be by either Media Rate or Priority Mail shipment (your choice) in the US (or Priority Mail Int'l for international shipment). Ebay mandates that sellers are responsible for insurance now, and cannot charge buyers for insurance, so insurance is included in the final auction value. And don't worry - I pack very well (even though it's expensive for me). Of course I will combine shipping in cases of multiple wins by one bidder, but we should communicate by e-mail first so I can send an accurate invoice rather than your using eBay's automated checkout. Also, I stand by my record grading, but if you are dissatisfied, you may return the record for a full refund of the final auction value. Some of the label pictures look kind of blurry, but this is only scanner schizz. So, here we go with the next item up for bid;
GEORGIA GRIND / CHARLESTON STAMPEDE: THOMAS MORRIS AND HIS SEVEN HOT BABIES, on V++ Victor 20180, recorded 17 Aug. & 13 Jul. 1926, respectively, in New York. Great jazz, spiced up by Ward Pinkett's piquant interjections on muted trumpet (on the second side, anyway) and anchored by Bill Benford's agile tuba and Lee Blair 'plinkin' away on banjo. Nice presence also for trombonist Geechie Fields, reedmen Ernest Elliott and Happy Caldwell, and pianist Mike Jackson, who banters vocally on the first side about how to do the Georgia Grind. As most of these guys were later to record with Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers when Jelly moved to New York in 1928, you can sort of hear a similar sound here to that of some of the New York Red Hot Peppers' sides, but with a looser cohesiveness. Before he joined a religious sect and became "Brother Pierre" and part-time porter at Grand Central Station, Morris made these and about twenty other sides that were issued under his own name between 1923 and 1927, and also made quite a few records as one of Clarence Williams' Blue Five. Music plays strongly and clearly over light surface noise. Labels are in near excellent condition, but with a small star crack visible under the second side's. Docks' 6th Ed."E" value would be $ 25-40. I found this in a Goodwill (of all places) in Alton, IL while we were visiting inlaws in 1998, which of course reinforced my crazed obsession with leaving no stone unturned.
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER RECORDS UP FOR SALE.
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