Sold Date: December 21, 2024
Start Date: December 14, 2024
Final Price: $30.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 1
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SONNY CLAY'S PLANTATION ORCHESTRA heat up the floorboards on their epic Vocalion record of Jelly Roll Morton's "CHICAGO BREAKDOWN," and their eponymous tribute to their place of employment, Fatty Arbuckle's "Plantation Club" in Culver City, "PLANTATION BLUES."   

This original 1926 Vocalion 15254 is in rather thrashed V- condition.  It has a rim-to-label hair crack, stabilized at the edge. The record still plays respectably.  Despite the late number, this still is an acoustical recording! 

PHOTO:  Sonny Clay and his 'Colored Idea' Orchestra, in 1928, on the way to their ill-fated gig in Australia. The girl on the right (I think!) is IVIE ANDERSON, who later shone for ten years as Duke Ellington's best gal singer.  For a detailed report on the shameful treatment Clay and his musicians received in Australia, see: http://coogeemedia.com.au/clay.htm

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These records come from my private collection, which I have been accumulating since 1967, and now am downsizing!  My highest priority in these eBay auctions is to give you the best possible idea of a record’s true condition and aesthetic value.  I always post at least four clear images, showing the record fore and aft, a close-up of the label, and the whole disc, warts and all.  If my purple prose won’t cut it, the pictures will!  Shipping is done with expert care. Your record will brave Media Mail in a stout corregated box, between four sheets of cardboard and a couple of “packers.”  I hope you are amused by these descriptions, and by the quality of service being offered.

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