SCARCE ED LANG 78 I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME / ADD A LITTLE WIGGLE PARL. R 1778 E/E+
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL UK PRESSED PARLOPHONE 78 FROM ED LANG
I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
b/w ADD A LITTLE WIGGLE
Eddie Lang was the first Jazz guitar virtuoso. A boyhood friend of Joe Venuti, Lang took violin lessons for 11 years but switched to guitar before he turned professional in 1924 with the Mound City Blue Blowers. He was soon in great demand for recording dates, both in the jazz world and in pop settings. His sophisticated European sounding chord patterns made him a unique accompanist, but he was also a fine soloist. He often played with violinist Venuti and with Red Nichols's Five Pennies , Frankie Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke (most memorably on the song "Singin' the Blues").
He played in many orchestras including Roger Wolfe Kahn Orchestra , Jean Goldkette and with Paul Whiteman (appearing on one short number with Venuti in Whiteman's 1930 film "King Of Jazz"). Lang was a versatile player who could back Blues singers, play Classical music, and jam with the greatest musicians of his day. He was the house guitarist at Okeh from 1926 to 1933. Using the pseudonym of Blind Willie Dunn, Lang often teamed up with Blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson. Eddie Lang led several dates of his own between 1927 and 1929, including an interesting session with King Oliver and Johnson, under the name of Blind Willie Dunn and his Gin Bottle Four.
He worked regularly with Bing Crosby during the early 1930s and appears briefly with him in the film "The Big Broadcast". Tragically his premature death was caused by a poorly performed operation, where he lost too much blood during a routine tonsillectomy. Bing was deeply disturbed by Lang's death, not only because he suddenly lost one of his best friends and most talented sidemen, but because he had personally urged Lang to have the operation.
These two sides released in the UK on the Second Mew Rhythm Style series were part of a set of memorial releases of his works. Two Great sides showcasing Ed Lang's guitar wizardry. The A Side was not released on 78 in the US.
DISC DETAILS
UK PARLOPHONE R 1778 10" SHELLAC 78rpm
I'll Never Be The Same
(Matty Malneck / Frank Signorelli / Gus Kahn) recorded 27th September 1928 New York
Add A Little Wiggle (from "Rise Or Shine")
With Piano by Frank Signorelli (Milton Ager) recorded 29th March 1928 New York
CONDITION = E/E+
TWO GREAT SIDES FROM THE GREAT ED LANG
DON'T MISS IT - Buy NOW !
10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!!
THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS.
I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK
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