MYSTERIOUS COLUMBIA PERSONAL "PARTY" RECORD ca. 1936 E
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HERE IS AN ODD DUCK INDEED. On the "Columbia Personal" label - the same brand that gave us the Princeton Triangle Club Jazz Band and the Barbary Coast Orchestra - is an otherwise unnamed, uncelebrated, literally anonymous couple of artists from around 1936, whom I will do my best to characterize.
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This original 1936 un-numbered, un-labeled, un-identified Columbia Personal record is in highly playable E condition!
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These records come from my private collection, which I have been accumulating since 1967, and now am downsizing! My highest priority in these eBay auctions is to give you the best possible idea of a record’s true condition and aesthetic value. I always post at least four clear images, showing the record fore and aft, a close-up of the label, and the whole disc, warts and all. If my purple prose won’t cut it, the pictures will! Shipping is done with expert care. Your record will brave Media Mail in a stout corregated box, between four sheets of cardboard and a couple of “packers.” I hope you are amused by these descriptions, and by the quality of service being offered.
On May-01-18 at 15:02:56 PDT, seller added the following information:
N.B.! Even though this record clearly is from 1936, and very likely a product of the "Hollywood Hot Shots" company, the "Columbia Personal" label hadn't been used since 1931, and before that, never for "Blue" material. The last example I could find was the Princeton Triangle Club Jazz Band record from 1931, of "Day After Day," with vocal by Jimmy Stewart! There must have been a few odd Columbia Personal labels stashed at the pressing plant. I doubt that Columbia had anything to do with this.
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