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20s Jazz lot-Ellington BRUNSWICK,Celestin COLUMBIA,Pine Top VOCALION,Senter OKEH

Sold Date: August 27, 2014
Start Date: August 20, 2014
Final Price: $17.39 (USD)
Bid Count: 3
Seller Feedback: 2005
Buyer Feedback: 99

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Lot of 7 early Jazz records from 1920s and 30s; almost all have some problems, mostly locked grooves.
VOCALION 15498-Red Nichols-Washboard Blues(play grades V to V+)/That's No Bargain(2 locked grooves and a short spell of distortion and blasting,otherwise grades about the same). COLUMBIA 636-D-Celestin's Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra-Station Call(V+ with a locked groove)/My Josephine(play grades V to V+).
BRUNSWICK 6265-Duke Ellington-It Don't Mean a Thing...(both sides play grade V- to V, no skips or locked grooves).
OKEH 40949-Boyd Senter (Jazzologist Supreme)-Wabash Blues(locked groove and laminate cracks, otherwise play grades V+ to E-, looks horrible played great)/Boss of the Stomps(V+ to E-).
GENNETT 5334-Bailey's Lucky Seven- Both sides play grade E-,big needle run does not affect play.
VOCALION 1245-Pine Top Smith-Pine Top's Boogie Woogie(play grades V with a locked groove, chiseled spindle)/Pine Top's Blues(play grades V to V+, no problems).
Not pictures in photos is REGAL 8337-Golden Gate Dance Orchestra-Just Another Day Wasted Away(stripped grooves at very beginning causing some distortion then solid V or better play)/Indiana Five-Some of These Days(locked groove).