BIX BEIDERBECKE Hoagy Carmichael Barnacle Bill / Rocking Chair, Victor 38139 VG+
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Hoagy Carmichael & His Orchestra, Barnacle Bill the Sailor / Rocking Chair, Victor 38139. One of Bix Beiderbecke's best solos. Hard to find 38000 series Orthophonic label. Condition is VG+ due to a lot of surface scuffing, but no audible scratches. Grooves are glossy and not gray. No spindle marks on label, indicating it was not played a lot. It plays at E level.
I will ship in the standard method, with cardboard squares, a new box and packing peanuts.
There is a Wikipedia page about this song, which states: "This version was recorded on May 21, 1930 by Bix Beiderbecke and Hoagy Carmichael with Carson Robison on vocals and released as a Victor 78, V-38139-A and 25371. In 1996 it was released on CD on the album "Bix Beiderbecke 1927–1930".[3] According to Philip R. Evans, Bix Beiderbecke's biographer, in the second chorus of this recording, violinist Joe Venuti can be heard singing "Barnacle Bill the Shit-head," either to express his attitude toward the record producer, or typical of his wacky sense of humor. Esten Spurrier, a friend of Beiderbecke, is quoted by Evans as saying that Beiderbecke told him he could not believe the record would be pressed and had felt that it had been done just for laughs. Beiderbecke cut loose on the tune with what is believed to be one of his finest cornet solos."
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