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(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info for details.

** Hard-to-find, Rare **
Fats Waller, Fractious Fingering

Label:
 RCA Victor ‎– LPV-537
Series:
 RCA Victor Vintage Series –
Format:
 Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono, Remastered, 12", 33 RPM
Country:
 US
Released:
 1967
Genre:
 Jazz
Style:
 Swing, Traditional Jazz

Tracklist

A1     The Curse Of An Aching Heart     2:28
A2     S'posin'     2:49
A3     'Taint Good     2:16
A4     Gladyse     2:53
A5     Nero     2:39
A6     I'm Sorry I Made You Cry     2:46
A7     My Feelings Are Hurt     3:02
A8     Floatin' Down To Cotton Town     2:17

B1     Fractious Fingering     2:39
B2     La-De-De La-De-Da     2:58
B3     Sweet Savannah Sue     3:15
B4     Bye Bye, Baby     2:18
B5     I'm At The Mercy Of Love     3:01
B6     Please Keep Me In Your Dreams     2:30
B7     Who's Afraid Of Love     2:55
B8     Swingin' Them Jingle Bells     2:55

Credits

    Bass – Charles Turner (5) (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, A8 to B2, B4 to B8)
    Clarinet – Gene Sedric (tracks: A1, A2, A6, A8 to B2, B5 to B8)
    Drums – Slick Jones (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, A8, B2, B4 to B8), Yank Porter (tracks: B1)
    Guitar – Al Casey (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, A8 to B2, B4 to B8)
    Piano – Fats Waller
    Reissue Producer, Liner Notes – Mike Lipskin
    Remastered By – Don Miller
    Tenor Saxophone – Gene Sedric (tracks: A3, A5, A6, A8, B2, B4, B8)
    Trumpet – Herman Autrey (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, A6, A8 to B2, B4 to B8)
    Vocals – Fats Waller (tracks: A1, A2, A5, A6, A8 to B2, B4 to B8)

Notes

Note: Gladyse is a previously unissued take

All selections were recorded in 1936, except for the piano solos (1929): tracks A4, A7 and B3.

- BIO - Fats Waller
Real Name:
Thomas Wright Waller
Profile:
 Favorite American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer (born 21 May 1904 in Harlem, New York, USA - died 15 December 1943 in a Santa-Fé-Express near Kansas City, Missouri, USA (bronchial pneumonia).

One of the most popular jazz performers of his era.

Thomas Wright Waller was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos ("Muscle Shoals Blues" and "Birmingham Blues") were recorded on October 1922 in Race Records when he was 18 years old.

He was the prize pupil, and later friend and colleague, of stride pianist James P. Johnson. Fats Waller was the son of a preacher and learned to play the organ in church with his mother. Overcoming opposition from his clergyman father, Waller became a professional pianist at 15, working in cabarets and theaters. In 1918 he won a talent contest playing Johnson's "Carolina Shout", a song he learned from watching a player piano play it. -wikipedia

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NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.
VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.