Ten Jazz & Dance Band 78's -- VICTOR Label -- Benson Orchestra, Tennessee Ten

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This lot contains ten 10-inch 78 RPM records, all in the genre range of jazz, dance band, popular and vaudeville, all on the Victor label. As noted individually below, six of the sides are listed in Brian Rust's Hot Jazz Discography. The others, presumably, were not considered "hot" enough for inclusion, although "Am I Blue?" and the two High Hatters sides must have come close. My guess at their age is approximately 1920's, give or take a few years. 

All ten are shown in the first picture, then I split them into smaller groups and shot each group from both sides for pictures 2 through 7. Get yourselves comfortable, and I'll go through them one by one, starting with pictures # 2 and 3. 

Victor # 18643 -- "You'd Be Surprised" and "Keep Movin'" by the All Star Trio.

Victor # 19201 -- "Dream Daddy" and "The Only Girl" by Jack Chapman and his Drake Hotel Orchestra.

Victor # 18081 -- "My Mother's Rosary" and "Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula" by the Avon Comedy Four.

Victor # 19087 -- "Stella" and "Carolina Mammy" by the Great White Way Orchestra.

Pictures # 4 and 5:

Victor # 19130 -- "That Big Blond Mamma" by the Tennessee Ten; and "Sobbin' Blues", by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago. Both sides are listed in Rust's discography, with separate 1923 recording dates.

Victor # 19138 -- "Oh! Sister, Ain't That Hot!" by Charles Dornberger and his Orchestra; and "Mean Mean Mamma", by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago. Both sides are listed in Rust's discography, also with1923 recording dates.

Victor # 19957 -- "But I Do - You Know I Do" and "My Darling" by Ralph Williams and his Orchestra. Both sides are listed in Rust's discography, with a recording date in December, 1925.

Pictures # 6 and 7:

Victor # 22780 -- "Me!" and "What Is It?", by the High Hatters, conducted by Leonard Joy.

Victor # 22241 -- "Dream Lover" and "Lonesome Little Doll" by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra. 

Victor # 22004 -- "Am I Blue?" and "Let Me Have My Dreams" by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra. 

They could probably all use a good cleaning, but they otherwise look to be on average in about VG condition (some not as good, but some closer to VG+). They all have some visible surface scuffs and scratches (some sides more than others). I've played them all on my Audio-Technica turntable, and there are no skips or jumps, but varying degrees of background noise, including some click-click-click passages. Because of variations in tracking ability, filtering devices and needle weights, I can offer no guarantees as to how well they will play on your equipment. 

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