50's TRAD DIXIELAND JAZZ ACETATE FOUNTAIN GIRARD ASSUNTO IN NATIONAL GUARD BAND

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UNBELIEVABLE FIND....THIS IS AN UNRELEASED PRIVATE LIVE RECORDING OF THE 39TH INFANTRY BAND....THIS BAND WAS MADE UP OF NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AT CAMP POLK DURING THE KOREAN WAR INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE BASIN STREET SIX AND THE DUKES OF DIXIELAND...MEMBERS OF THIS BAND WERE PETE FOUNTAIN (CLARINET), FRANK ASSUNTO (TRUMPET / VOCALS), FREDDIE ASSUNTO (TRUMBONE), GEORGE GIRARD (TRUMPET / VOCALS), DONNY GERVAIS (PIANO), CLARENCE PISANTE (BASS), AND BILL BARATTINI (DRUMS).....THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND LIVE RECORDING FROM A PERFORMANCE AT THE HUB SERVICE PUB CAMP POLK CIRCA 1950 - 1953....THESE MEMBERS OF THE BASIN STREET SIX AND THE DUKES OF DIXIELAND WERE ALL MEMBERS OF THE LOUISIANA NATIONAL GUARD DURING THIS TIME PERIOD....IF YOU RESEARCH THIS YOU WILL FIND INTERVIEWS WITH PETE FOUNTAIN REFRENCING HIS TIME AS A NATIONAL GUARD MEMBER DURING THE KOREAN WAR (1950 - 1953)....ALSO IN THIS RECORDING FRANK ASSUNTO EXPLAINS THAT THEY FORMED THE 39TH INFANTRY BAND BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL MEMBERS OF THIS NATIONAL GUARD UNIT AT THE SAME TIME....HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE DUKES ARE CURRENTLY PLAYING AT THE FAMOUS DOOR ON BOURBON STREET A VENUE WHERE THEY PERFORMED FOR ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS. THEY STARTED AT THE FAMOUS DOOR IN 1950 AND ENDED THEIR RUN THERE MIDWAY THRU '53....BEING ABLE TO FIRMLY DATE THIS AS A 1950 - 53 RECORDING MAKES THIS THE EARLIEST KNOWN LIVE PERFORMANCE RECORDING OF PETE FOUNTAIN, THE BASIN STREET SIX, AND THE DUKES OF DIXIELAND...THIS IS ALSO THE ONLY KNOWN RECORDING OF THIS PARTICULAR ALL-STAR LINE-UP....THE DISC IS IN EXTREMELY GOOD STRONG VG+ CONDITION BUT NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY CLEANED...I DID NOT WANT TO ATTEMPT TO CLEAN IT BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS DONE PROPERLY AND THE ACETATE STAYS IN THIS GREAT CONDITION....SOUND WILL BE BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE IT PROPERLY CLEANED....LISTEN TO CUTS FROM BOTH SIDES AND ENJOY. TRACK LIST INCLUDES BASIN STREET BLUES, TIGER RAG, SHINE, TIN ROOF BLUES, A SHORT FRANK ASSUNTO INTERVIEW WITH BAND MEMBER INTRODUCTIONS AND AN AMAZING VERSION OF WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN WHERE EACH MEMBER TAKES OFF ON A SOLO...THERE IS A SHORT INTRO ON SIDE ONE AND A SONG BEFORE BASIN STREET, THE NAME OF WHICH ELUDES ME AT THIS TIME, BUT IT IS INCLUDED ON THE FIRST SOUND CLIP.....THE RECORD COMES IN THE COVER IT WAS IN WHEN I AQUIRED IT. PLEASE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PIC OF THE WHITE STRIP ON THE OUTTER SLEEVE. IT HAS BILL BARATTINIS NAME IN SCRIPT ABOVE THE OTHER INFO I AM NOT CERTAIN IF THIS IS HIS SIGNATURE OR HIS PRIVATE COPY....THERE IS ALSO AN ORIGINAL CARTOON DRAWING ON THE INNER SLEEVE. IT APPEARS TO BE SIGNED BUT I HAVE NOT TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE ARTIST, AFTER ALL, THIS MAY JUST BE THE DOODLING OF A PREVIOUS OWNER...HIGH BIDDER GETS IT ALL....GOOD LUCK.... INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING IS $50 FOR FULLY TRACKED AND INSURED GLOBAL EXPRESS MAIL. DOMESTICALLY THIS ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED MEDIA MAIL AND FULLY INSURED UNLESS BUYER REQUEST EXPEDITED SHIPPING.