78 RPM Columbia 2674-D Claude Hopkins Orch. How’m I Doin’? 1932
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Born to educated parents who were on the faculty of Howard University, Claude Hopkins (1903-1984) was a stride pianist and bandleader who, after a stay on Europe in the 1920s, led a Harlem-based band into the 1930s. According to Wikipedia, he died a “disheartened” man not feeling he had received the acclaim he deserved for his musical achievements. Hopkins recorded “How’m I Doin’?” and “Mush Mouth” on May 24, 1932. Some wear, few light scratches. Condition V++
NOTE: I grade records by a rating system that has been standard in the industry for decades. Still, it can be a subjective undertaking. I am more likely to grade by how the record reproduces aurally (I use a 78 Shure cartridge with a 1950s Voice of Music turntable that has been fit into a 1946 Magnavox Belvedere radio-phonograph) than by how it looks visually. Sometimes a record that appears substantially worn plays very well and sometimes the opposite is true.
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