Seven BING CROSBY 78's -- Ciribiribin, SIERRA SUE, Moonlight Cocktail, MARCHETA

Sold Date: October 21, 2022
Start Date: April 4, 2022
Final Price: $23.45 (USD)
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This lot contains seven 10-inch 78 RPM records featuring Bing Crosby, all on the Decca label, and a couple of them (as noted individually in parentheses below) are considered "hot" enough for inclusion in Brian Rust's iconic Hot Jazz Discography. All seven records showed up for the first picture, then they are shown in pairs or singly, both sides, in the following order:

Decca # 3161 -- "I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire" and "April Played the Fiddle" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Decca # 2800 -- "Ciribiribin (They're so in Love)" and "Yodelin' Jive" by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Joe Venuti and His Orchestra. (Both sides listed in Rust, with a recording date of September 20, 1939.)

Decca # 3133 -- "Sierra Sue" and "Marcheta (A Love Song of Old Mexico)" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Decca # 1819 -- "Let Me Whisper" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra; and "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" by Bing Crosby with the Paul Taylor Choristers.

Decca # 4184 -- "I Don't Want to Walk Without You" and "Moonlight Cocktail" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Decca # 3300 -- "Only Forever" and "When the Moon Comes Over Madison Square" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

Decca # 2360 -- "That Sly Old Gentleman (From Featherbed Lane)" and "Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb" by Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra.

They are in lightly played condition, still beautifully shiny, and not a lot of visible surface wear. I didn't notice this until I started playing them, but two of them (3300 and 4184), have hairline cracks, so those both play with a rhythmic ticking in the background. All seven play through without skipping or repeating on my Audio-Technica turntable, and the five that aren't cracked have mostly just very light background noise, but with some scattered pops and clicks and short passages of ticking. Because of variations in tracking ability, filtering technology and needle weights, I can offer no guarantees as to how well they will play on your equipment. Please check the pictures for any label damage or inscriptions or stickers.


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