Jazz 45, Kenny Burrell on Drummond, unknown (?), Detroit, 50s, RARE!
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March 31, 2017
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December 5, 2016
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The Townsmen with the Lorry Sisters and the Kenny Burrell Quartet, No More Love b/w the Townsmen and the Kenny Burrell Quartet, Paste Up the Moon, on Drummond 7000. Record has full orginal gloss and some very light, superficial marks and scratches, at least very strong VG to VG+, and both sides play great. This is an ultra-rare 45 from 1953 or '54, sufficiently unknown that it doesn't appear on any Kenny Burrell discographies I've seen. At the time of this recording, the quartet likely consisted of Kenny, Harold McKinney, Paul Chambers, and Hindal Butts. Both sides of the record feature white pop-jazz vocal groups of the era, but both also include nice instrumental breaks where the quartet gets to work a little magic. I don't know how many copies of this were pressed, but everything on the Drummond label out of Detroit is rare; the blues and group harmony records can go for well over $1,000 in nice shape, so I don't think they pressed more than a few hundred copies of anything. A-side label has a star, number sticker, and some yellowed tape, as you can see in the picture. B-side label is clean. A legitimately scarce piece of history from one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the last 60 years--or, more accurately, one of the greatest jazz guitarists ever.
Grading
MINT- Perfect or virtually perfect.
VG+ Light marks, full shine, great looking record
VG Still fairly shiny but clearly a used record, light scratches, will play well but with some surface noise
VG- Played or used more heavily, lots of scratches, more pronounced surface noise, but still plays through okay
G Rough record
