Unissued EDISON LATERAL TEST 1928 California Ramblers

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Edison 2-Sided Lateral 78 RPM Test Pressing 

ARTIST: Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers)/Piccadilly Players

SONGS: Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (MX# N-516-B), probably recorded October 18, 1928, vocal Jack Parker/Sonny Boy (MX# N-402-B), recorded August 31, 1928, vocal by The Rollickers

CONDITION: E-, light scuffs, few light marks NAP

Here is a two-sided Edison lateral test pressing from 1928. Neither side was issued commercially although alternate performances were issued on vertically-recorded Diamond Discs. The California Ramblers side has never been reissued, to my knowledge, and it contains fine, hot clarinet and alto sax solos. The Piccadilly Players side was issued on the Diamond Cut CD compilation "Unreleased Edison Laterals, Volume One." This will undoubtedly be the rarest California Ramblers side in anyone's collection, and it sounds great!

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