2 BLUE NOTE 12” 78 TEST PRESSINGS– BECHET/JOSH WHITE
$
300
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Description
The labels for each disc read:
No. 23-A
Careless Love
White-Bechet
671-A
No. 23-B
Milk Cow Blues
White-Bechet
672
The song titles and artist names are in Alfred Lion’s handwriting. These songs were recorded on March 7, 1940. Personnel: Sidney Bechet (clarinet), Josh White (vocal, guitar), Wilson Ernest Myers (bass).
The Blue Note catalog number was #23. 671-A and 672 are the matrix numbers for the songs. Both one-sided discs are in mint condition.
In the LP era, only 25 test pressings were made of a title before its release. With 78s, the number may be even smaller. These are most likely the only surviving test pressings of this 78. They were found in a box among cartons from Blue Note’s New York offices.
