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Brunswick 8241 Duke Ellington Famous Orch. Baby, When You Ain’t There 1938
Sold Date:
November 12, 2016
Start Date:
November 7, 2016
Final Price:
$15.51
(USD)
Bid Count:
5
Seller Feedback:
1328
Buyer Feedback:
2183
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Born in Washington to middle class parents, Duke Ellington (1899-1973) helped define and shape jazz music (and scared too) his entire life. In the mid-1960s, I was lucky to see him in a live performance at an outdoor concert at the Des Moines Art Center. This Brunswick features reissues of two earlier songs, “Baby, When You Ain’t There,” with a vocal by Cootie Williams, recorded on February 4, 1932 and issued as Brunswick 6317 and “The Mooche” recorded on October 1, 1928 and issued as Okeh 8623. Condition V+
NOTE: I grade records by a rating system that has been standard in the industry for decades. Still, it can be a subjective undertaking. I am more likely to grade by how the record reproduces aurally (I use a 78 Shure cartridge with a 1950s Voice of Music turntable that has been fit into a 1946 Magnavox Belvedere radio-phonograph) than by how it looks visually. Sometimes a record that appears substantially worn plays very well and sometimes the opposite is true.
