George McClennon Okeh 8329 While You'r Sneakin' Out Stolen Kisses Jazz 78 E-
$
331
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Description
ARTIST: George McClennon's Jazz Devils
LABEL: Okeh 8329
TITLES: While You're Sneakin' Out / Stolen Kisses
CONDITION: E-
DESCRIPTION: While other George McClennon jazz 78s might be dominated by a liberal share of barnyard squawking out of McClennon's vaudeville act clarinet, this June 1926 coupling is from the one session that sounds like he was backed by a terrific working band that had its act together. They have their own sound, and there's only a minor peep or two out of McClennon - any other bleating is well covered by the band. Rust incorrectly lists these sides with vocal. They are both hot instrumentals, and it's very scarce - very nice copy from 78 Quarterly founder Pete Whelan's collection. "While You're Sneakin' Out" was released on Yazoo's Jazz The World Forgot CD series and can be heard on Youtube.
78 GRADING: We use the universally recognized VJM (Vintage Jazz Mart) 78 rpm system in grading our 78s with some streamlining as noted, eliminating some of the hair splitting on records graded V- and below (G+, G, G-, F).
E+
Highest grade used. A record that might have minor handling marks but has no visible signs of wear. N, N- and E+ records will all be graded as E+.
E
Record has slight signs of handling and use but groove wear should be barely detectable and grooves should still be glossy and black.
E-
Light groove wear with grey rubbing and light circular gray grooves starting to appear, but record should still retain glossy black grooves for almost all of the surface.
V+
Grey wear, handling and groove wear more apparent, but much of the groove area will still have black.
V
Record is approaching an overall grey surface with uniform wear, but will still play well even though the level of surface noise and distortion could be distracting.
V-
Record has wear throughout, and was subject to continual playing to wring more sound out of it, so even the grey is in a more advanced state of deterioration with groove walls disappearing.
P
This grade generally indicates poor condition on a good title.
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