Charlie Barnet Redskin Rumpus EP 45 7" EP Rare Jazz OG EPA-612 w/PS Jim Flora

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Up for bid is a rare 7" EP, "Redskin Rumpus," by Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra. This was released by RCA Victor (EPA-612), and features cover art by Jim Flora. Here is some extra info about Charlie Barnet from the internet (go to wikipedia to read his full bio):

Although he began his recording career in October, 1933, Charlie Barnet was at the height of his popularity between 1939 and 1941, a period that began with his hit version of "Cherokee", written by Ray Noble and arranged by Billy May. In 1944, Barnet had another big hit with "Skyliner". In 1947, he started to switch from swing music to bebop. During his swing period his band included Buddy DeFranco, Roy Eldridge, Neal Hefti,  Lena Horne, Barney Kessell, Dodo Marmorosa, Oscar Pettiford, and Art House, while later versions of the band included Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinson, and Clark Terry. Trumpeter Billy May was an arranger in the Charlie Barnet Orchestra before joining Glenn Miller in 1940. He was one of the first bandleaders to integrate his band; the year is variously given as 1935 or 1937. He was an outspoken admirer of Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

Here is some extra info about Jim Flora from the internet (go to wikipedia to read his full bio):

James "Jim" Flora (January 25, 1914 - July 9, 1998), best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s and the author/illustrator of 17 popular children's books. Less well-known is that he was a fine artist with a diabolical bent, who created hundreds of paintings, drawings, etchings and sketches over his 84-year lifespan. Flora had a cartoonish style that, in its earliest (1940s and 1950s) incarnations, betrayed a diabolic humor and uninhibited sense of outrageousness. Despite a later reputation for "cuddly" kiddie lit and family-friendly illustrations for mainstream magazines, Flora's fine art—both early and late—was by turns bizarre, playful, comic, erotic and/or macabre. It could, on occasion, shock or offend.

From January to December, 1952, he was Art Director at Park East magazine, for which he published the first commercial illustrations by R.O. Blechman, as well as spot illustrations by the young Andy Warhol. Flora resigned at the end of 1952, and was replaced as Art Director by Robert M. Jones, who in 1945 had replaced him as Art Director at Columbia Records.

As fate would have it, in March 1953 Jones became Art Director at RCA Victor Records, where he soon began jobbing out album cover assignments to his friend Flora. This resulted in a veritable Golden Age of Flora LP covers, including such celebrated designs as Mambo For Cats, Inside Sauter-Finegan, Lord Buckley's Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger-Poppin' Daddies, Knock Me Your Lobes, and Shorty Rogers Courts the Count. Around this time, Flora also did spot jobs for Columbia as a freelancer, illustrating album covers and reviving Coda during 1952 and 1953.

Tracks contained are: Pale Moon / Redskin Mambo / Wahoo's Lament / Along the Santa Fe Trail. EP is VG++, with a couple of light scuffs during the track "Along the Santa Fe Trail." Interior labels are very clean and retain a nice gloss. There is some surface noise (some crackle and tics). EP is extremely clean and retains a nice gloss. Stamped matrix info reads F2PH-2493-1S / F2PH-2494-1S. Cardboard picture sleeve is VG++, with no seam splits. There are small spots of discoloration on the front and back of the picture sleeve. The color on the front is still bright and the front and back retain a nice gloss. Don't miss your chance to pick up this extremely rare EP, in beautiful condition! If multiple items are won, we will combine items for a shipping discount. Any questions feel free to email. Item will be securely packaged and shipped via media mail within the US. Shipping outside the US is via USPS First Class Mail International. In regards to a return policy: In the event that this item is not as it is described, we do accept returns. This has been very rare for us to have to do so, whatever the circumstance. Buyer must pay shipping to return item back to us for a full refund. Item must be returned in the condition that it was in when we shipped it. Please understand, this is not intended for buyers to abuse this system, so SERIOUS BIDDERS ONLY.