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Huge Mega Lot! (89) V-Disc 78 RPM Jazz Country Opera Duke Ellington Sinatra WW2

Sold Date: February 22, 2021
Start Date: November 28, 2020
Final Price: $750.00 (USD)
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For your consideration, a fantastic opportunity to acquire a large group of WWII era 12" V-Disc records spanning many genres, from Frank Sinatra to Roy Rogers to Duke Ellington and Count Basie and on and on.  Records are in nice shape, having been sparingly to never played, and are well preserved.  All but 2 have their original brown paper sleeves.
Please see list below for complete list of records.  Please ask any questions before bidding!   

**I plan to try to keep this collection the way I found it and don't expect to break it up, but I can't stop you from making offers!


558 A. DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCH - KISSING BUG (v Joya Sherrill) / CARNEGIE BLUES     B. RANDY BROOKS & ORCH - STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

610 A. DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCH - IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE /
    B. SAM DONAHUE AND THE NAVY DANCE BAND - CONVOY

552 A. WOODY HERMAN & ORCH - LOVER MAN (voc Frances Wayne)
    B. COUNT BASIE & ORCH - GEE, BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU (voc Jimmy Rushing)

721 A. PAUL NERO & ORCH - THE HOT CANARY / PITZI CATS
    B. CLAUDE THORNHILL & ORCH - TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL

790 A. CLAUDE THORNHILL & ORCH - TROUBADOR
    B. BUDDY RICH & HIS BAND - NELLIE'S NIGHTMARE

811 A. WOODY HERMAN & ORCH - BLOOP BEEP HARRY / JAMES & HIS ORCH - COTTONTAIL
    B. CHARLIE BARNET & ORCH - TELL ME TELL ME DREAMFACE / TOMMY PEDERSON & ORCH - TONE BONE

733 A. RAYMOND SCOTT & HIS ORCH - THE PEANUT VENDOR / GET HAPPY
    B. DICK STYLE & HIS ORCH - SAVE ME A DREAM (VOC JERRY VANNIE) / SHORT STORY

739 A. BOBBY SHERWOOD & ORCH - JUST SQUEEZE ME (VOC MATT DENNIS) / SHERWOOD'S FOREST
    B. JACK JENNY, HIS TROMBONE, AND ORCH - THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE / BILLY BUTTERFIELD & ORCH - SOONER OR LATER

748 A. ELLIOT LAWRENCE & HIS ORCH - CLAIR DE LUNE
    B. ALEX WILDER OCTET - KINDERGARTEN FLOWER PAGEANT / DANCE MAMN BUYS A FARM

744 A. COUNT BASIE & HIS ORCH - SAN JOSE / B FLAT BLUES
    B. GENE KUPRA & HIS TRIO - STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY

788 A. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI - LE REVE / O PARADISO
    B. MONA PAULEE - ROMANY LIFE

804 A. DON REDMAN & ORCH - SNEAKY PETE
    B. KORN KOBBLERS - LET'S ALL SING LIKE THE BIRDIES SING / BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA / THERE'S A LONG, LONG TRAIL

651 A. NELSON EDDY - THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
    B. NELSON EDDY & CHORAL GROUP - GOD REST YE, MERRY GENTLEMEN / GATHERING CLOUDS / SILENT NIGHT / HALLELUJAH CHORUS

796 A. BING CROSBY - ADESTE FIDELIS
    B. BING CROSBY - THE CHRISTMAS SONG / JINGLE BELLS

801 A. BOBBY HACKETT - THE MAN I LOVE / ROSE ROOM
    B. MILDRED BAILEY - LOVER COME BACK TO ME / ELLIS LARKIN - BLUES IN A FLAT

800 A. TOMMY TODD TRIO - WAGON WHEELS / CHLOE
    B. RED NORVO & OVERSEAS ORCH - RED NORVO REPEATS

805 A. CLARK TERRY & HIS SECTION EIGHTS - BILLY'S BOUNCE
    B. ART LUND / BENNY GOODMAN & BAND - IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN

798 A. FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI - UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA
    B. MAURICE CHEVALIER - QUAI DE BERCY / PLACE PIGALLE

802 A. COUNT BASIE & ORCH W EARL WARREN VOC- SWEET LORRAINE
    B. BUDDY RICH & ORCH - I BELIEVE (VOC LINDA WARREN) / JUST YOU, JUST ME

704 A. COOTIE WILLIAMS & ORCH - WEST END BLUES / FLETCHER HENDERSON & ORCH - PEANUTS FROM HEAVEN
    B. SLIM GAILLARD W/ INTRO BY BOB HOPE - CHICKEN RHYTHM

700 A. BING CROSBY W EDDY DUCHIN & JOHN SCOTT TROTTER - THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL
    B. FRANK SINATRA W AXEL STARDAHL - COME RAIN OR SHINE / YOU GO TO MY HEAD

705 A. LEE WILEY ORCH - YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME / YOU'D BE SO EASY TO LOVE
    B. KING COLE TRIO - ROUTE 66 / BUDDY RICH ORCH - A LITTLE HANDICAP

752 A. BUDDY WEED TRIO - READY TO GO STEADY / WHAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY BABY
    B. WOODY HERMAN STARS - JOHN HARDY'S WIFE

708 A. ARTURO TOSCANINI - PRELUDE A L'APRIES-MIDI D'UN FAUNE PART 1
    B. PART 2

702 A. SAMMY KAYE & ORCH - I'M A BIG GIRL NOW (BETTY BARCLAY VOC)/ ATLANTA, G.A. (VOC BILLY WILLIAMS)
    B. MICHAEL LORING W ORCH - WANDERIN' / OH YOU GYPSY

727 A. NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - SUNDAY IN BROOKLYN (PART TWO)
    B. MICHEL PIASTRO ORCH - WALTZES BY BRAHMS

716 A. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - SHOSTAKOVICH NINTH SYMPHONY PART 1
    B. PART 3

717 A. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - SHOSTAKOVICH NINTH SYMPHONY PART 2
    B. PART 4

718 A. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - SHOSTAKOVIC NINGHT SYMPHONY PART 5
    B. HENRI RENE ORCH - LYDIA

786 A. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ & ORCH - ANDANTE
    B. AL GOODMAN & ORCH - UNDERCURRENT

701 A. DUKE ELLINGTON & ORCH - PRELUDE TO A KISS / RING DEM BELLS
    B. BENNY CARTER & ORCH - MELODRAMA IN A V-DISC RECORD ROOM / JIMMY MUNDY & ORCH - AIRMAIL SPECIAL

591 A. WILLIAM KAPELL - RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI PART 1
    B. PART 3

592 A. WILLIAM KAPELL - RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI PART 2
    B. PART 4

593 A. NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - JOTA ARAGONESA PART 1
    B. NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - JOTA ARAGONESA PART 2 / HUNGARIAN DANCE NO. 1

599 A. THE THREE JESTERS - THE PANTS THAT PAPPY GAVE TO ME / I HAD A HAT
    B. THE THREE SUNS - BY THE WATERS OF THE MINNETONKA / WHAT WOULD ANNIE SAY / BUSY HOLIDAY

583 A. WOODY HERMAN & ORCH - 125TH STREET PROPHET
    B. SAM DONAHUE NAVY DANCE BAND - DEEP NIGHT / I FOUND A NEW BABY

589 A. LOS ANGELES SYMPHONY ORCH - AVE MARIA / JAMAICAN RUMBA
    B. VICTOR YOUNG & ORCH - PEARLS ON VELVET

563 A. IGOR GARIN - LARGO AL FACTOTUM
    B. FRED WARING & PENNSYLVANIANS - OL MOSES PUT PHAROAH IN HIS PLACE

568 A. JIMMIE LUNCEFORD & ORCH - THE JIMMIES / I NEED A LIFT
    B. MAL HALLETT & ORCH - AFTER ALL THAT GIN

562 A. HANS KINDLER & NATIONAL SYMPHONY - DREAM PANTOMINE PART 1
    B. PART 2

565 A. MORTON GOULD - ADIOS MUCHACHOS / JARABE TAPATIO
    B. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ - FLAMINGO

550 A. HOAGIE CARMICHAEL - MEMPHIS IN JUNE / SLEEPY TIME GAL / GINGER AND SPICE
    B. JOSH WHITE - THE RIDDLE SONG / THE HOUSE I LIVE IN

556 A. BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET - SHINE / TIGER RAG
    B. MARTHA TILTON & HER V-DISC PLAY-FELLOWS - IF I HAD YOU

533 A. MAJOR GLENN MILLER & THE AAFTC BAND - SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME / PEGGY, THE PIN-UP GIRL
    B. SAM DONAHUE & THE NAVY DANCE BAND - MY MELANCHOLY BABY

540 A. SPIKE JONES & HIS CITY SLICKERS - BLUE DANBUE (CARL GRAYSON NARRATOR) / TOOT, TOOT, TOOTISE, GOO'BYE (DEL PORTER VOC)
    B. THE LES PAUL TRIO - HOW HIGH THE MOON / BEGIN THE BEGUINE

549 A. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ - WARSAW CONCERTO
    B. VICTOR YOUNG & ORCH - THEME FROM MOVIE FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - THE EARTH MOVED / ROBERTO'S FAREWELL

548 A. JOSE ITURBI - POLONAISE IN A FLAT PART 1
    B. PART 2

546 A. CBS SYMPHONY ORCH - DAPHNIS & CHLOE SUITE NO. 11 PART 1
    B. PART 3

547 A. CBS SYMPHONY ORCH - DAPHNIS & CHLOE SUITE NO. 11 PART 2
    B. JASCHA HEIFETZ - IMPROMPTU (SCHUBERT)

606 A. ARTURO TOSCANINI & NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - FANTASIA FOR DOUBLE STRING ORCH - PART 1
    B. Part 3 + ENIGMA VARIATION NO. 7

607 A. ARTURO TOSCANINI & NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - FANTASIA FOR DOUBLE STRING ORCH - PART 2
    B. TOSCANINI - OVERTURE TO A FAIRY TALE

621 A. ERICH KLEIBER SUITE FROM THE BALLET PANAMBI - PART 1
    B. PART 3

622 A. ERICH KLEIBER SUITE FROM THE BALLET PANAMBI - PART 2
    B. PART 4

692 A. ANDRE PREVIN - SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN, I FOUND A NEW BABY
    B. TOMMY TODD & HIS TRIO - S'WONDERFUL / SPANISH OMLETTE

612 A. CLAUDE THORNHILL & HIS ORCH - NIGHT & DAY / SUNRISE ON A GUINEA FARM
    B. ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS V-DISC LITTLE JAZZ BAND - ROY MEETS HORN

641 A. RAY BLOCH & ORCH - POLLY WOLLY DOODLE / CINDERELLA SUE
    B. RAY BLOCH & ORCH - ALL THROUGH THE DAY / LIMEHOUSE BLUES

699 A. SPADE COOLEY & HIS BOYS - HEARTACHE, SADNESS, AND TEARS (VOC DINAH SHORE) / THREE WAY BOOGIE
    B. JERRY COLONNA W/ FRANK DEVAL ORCH - A FARMER'S LIFE IS A VERY MERRY LIFE / MY FICKLE EYE

654 A. TOSCANINI CONDUCTING SYMPH ORCH - OH SUAVE FANCIULLA
    B. TOSCANINI - MUSETTA'S WALTZ & FINALE OF ACT 2

676 A. SYMPHONY ORCH COND BY FRANK BLACK - FINLANDIA PART 1
    B. PART 2

686 A. FRANCO AUTORI & NBC SYMPHONY - FIREBIRD SUITE PART 1
    B. PART 2

687 A. FRANCO AUTORI & NBC SYMPHONY - FIREBIRD SUITE PART 3
    B. PART 4

696 A. NATHAN MILSTEIN W/ BRUNO WALTER NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCH - VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR OP. 64         PART 1
    B. PART 3

697 A. NATHAN MILSTEIN W/ BRUNO WALTER NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCH - VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR OP. 64        PART 2
    B. PART 4

698 A. NATHAN MILSTEIN - VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR OP 64 PART 5
    B. FRANCO AUTORI NBC SYMPHONY ORCH - GOLD AND SILVER WALTZ

680 A. SKINNAY ENNIS & HIS ORCH - GOT A DATE W/ AN ANGEL / THE IGGIDY SONG
    B. SAMMY KAYE AND HIS ORCH - I'VE NEVER FORGOTTEN (VOC BETTY BARCLAY) / GEE, I'M GLAD TO BE THE ONE THAT I AM

643 A. DINAH SHORE - REMEMBER / DIXIELAND BAND
    B. JOHNNY BALLARD & ORCH - STRANGE FEELING / 22 STEPS FROM THE CORNER (VOC CLAIRE HOGAN)

789 A. MAURICE CHEVALIER - VINGT ANS / MA POMME
    B. FRANK SINATRA - I FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU EVERY DAY / WHERE IS MY BESS

750 A. DUKE ELLINGTON &b ORCH - DEEP SOUTH SUITE PART 1 - RECORDED CARNEGIE HALL 23 NOVEMBER 1946
    B. PART 2

787 A. BILL GALE AND HIS V-DISC POLKA CATS - KRAKOWIAK POLKA / THREE RING POLKA
    B. ROY ROGERS - TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS / CAJON STOMP

746 A. ANAHID AJEMIAN VIOLIN W ELANOR GOUGH PIANO - SONATA NO. 3 FOR VIOLIN & PIANO PART 1
    B. PART 2

623 A. CAROL BRICE - O YE BALMY BOWS / COME TO THE FAIR
    B. JUSSI BJOERLING -  ADDIO ALLA MADRE

662 A. MARIE GREENE & HER MERRYMEN - STRANGE LOVE / PENTHOUSE SERENADE
    B. EVELYN KNIGHT - I DREAMT I DWELT IN MARBLE HALLS / ST. LOUIS BLUES

647 A. HOAGY CARMICHAEL - EXCERPT FROM MOVIE 'CANYON PACKAGE' / RIVERBOAT SHUFFLE
    B. BOYD RAEBURN ORCH - MARCH OF THE BOYDS / TWO SPOOS IN AN IGLOO

671 A. DUKE ELLINGTON ORCH - UNBOOTED CHARACTER
    B. MONICA LEWIS W/ RAY BLOCH ORCH - BLUE AND MELANCHOLY MOOD / PUT THE BLAME ON MAME

683 A. JOHNNY BOTHWELL & HIS NEW ORCH - MY OLD FLAME (VOC DON DARCY) / FROM THE LAND OF THE SKY-BLUE WATER
    B. CLAUDE THORNHILL ORCH - TWILIGHT SONG / BENNY GOODMAN ORCH - RATTLE AND ROLL

690 A. LES PAUL TRIO - I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE / POOR BUTTERFLY / OUT OF NOWHERE
    B. THE VIVIAN GARRY TRIO - WHERE YOU AT / BABY I'M GONE

605 A. TOMMY DORSEY - A DOOR WILL OPEN / THE MOMENT I MET YOU
    B. ROY ELDRIDGE & HIS V-DISCUTTERS

624 A. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ ORCH - BOLERO
    B. AL GOODMAN & ORCH - SPELLBOUND

639 A. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ ORCH - LOTUS LAND
    B. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ ORCH - FIRE DANCE

688 A. DON BAKER NEW YORK CITY PARAMOUNT THEATRE ORGAN - CHARMAINE / DIANE / PLAY GYPSIES
    B. MAREK WEBER ORCH - CHITARRA ROMANA / LA PALOMA

638 A. ARTURO TOSCANINI SYMPH ORCH - SYMPHONY NO. 40 MOZART (1ST MOVEMENT)
    B. ARTURO TOSCANINI SYMPH ORCH - OVERTURE TO 'LA FORZA DEL DESTINO' VERDI

636 A. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCH -  DANCE OF SEVEN VEILS - PART 1
    B. PART 2

644 A. ART TATUM - WHERE OR WHEN / SONG OF THE VAGABONDS
    B. BENNY GOODMAN QUINTET - EXACTLY LIKE YOU

633 A. T/SGT. KEITH DAVIS W ARMY SERVICE FORCES RADIO ORCH MAJOR JOHN J. MORRISSEY - MEDLEY FROM CAROUSEL
    B. MAJOR JOHN J MORRISEY - MARTINIQUE

645 A. FRANK SINATRA & DINAH SHORE - MY ROMANCE
    B. HELEN FORREST & DICK HAYNES - AMADA MIO / BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT

659 A. DINNING SISTERS FORMER SGT WILLIE STEIN - WAVE TO ME, MY LADY
    B. HOAGY CARMICHAEL - EVERYBODY'S SEEN HIM BUT HIS DADDY / TWO SLEEPY PEOPLE

818 A. HARRY BLUESTONE AAF ORCH - APRIL IN PARIS / JOE MARSALA W ADELE GIRARD - HOW HIGH THE MOON
    B. CLAUDE THORNHILL ORCH - LA PALOMA

402 A. ARTHUR RODXINSKI PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCH OF NEW YORK - SERENADE FOR ORCHESTRA PART 2
    B. MORTON GOULD & HIS ORCH - TROPICAL / EL RANCHO GRANDE

808 A. ANDRE KOSTELANETZ & ORCH - DANCING IN THE DARK / YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL
    B. HOWARD BARLOW ORCH - NARCISSUS / THE PEANUT VENDOR


RETURNS: 

Refunds minus postage upon receipt of item back safely in same condition mailed. 

GRADING

I like the VJM grading system for 78 RPM records:

N. As new and unplayed (there are virtually no 78s that can categorically be claimed to be unplayed). N-. Nearly Mint, but has been played. No visible signs of wear or damage. E+. Plays like new, with very, very few signs of handling, such as tiny scuffs from being slipped in and out of jackets. E . Still very shiny, near new looking, with no visible signs of wear, but a few inaudible scuffs and scratches. E-. Still shiny but without the lustre of a new record, few light scratches. V+. An average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled the finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free from distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced V. Moderate, even wear throughout, but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not intrusive. V-. Quite playable still, but distortion and heavy greying in loud passages.Music remains loud in most passages.Surface noise and scratches well below music level. G+. Grey throughout but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled. Heavy scratches. G. Quite seriously worn and scratched, but music level is still higher than surface noise. G-. Music still prominent, but wear and scratch damage extensive. F. Most of music remains audible over surface noise, but listening now uncomfortable. P. Unplayable