8 Rare JAZZ Compilation LP's -- KING OLIVER, Kid Ory, BUNK JOHNSON, Joe Venuti

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This lot contains eight 12-inch 33 RPM compilation LP's of early jazz, most of it originally recorded in the 1920's and 1930's. They all showed up for the first picture, then they are pictured individually in the following order:
Historical Recordings # ASC-12 -- "Rare and Hot, 1925-1930" (includes tracks by the Memphis Jazzers, Cliff Jackson's Krazy Kats, Dixie Devils, Blue Rhythm Orchestra, LeRoy Williams, Levee Syncopators and others).
Byg # 529079 -- "Archive of Jazz Volume 29 - New York and Chicago Jazz" (includes tracks by Charles A. Matson's Creole Serenaders, Bernie Young's Creole Jazz Band, Sammy Stewart's Ten Knights of Syncopation, Wade's Moulin Rouge Orchestra and Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools). *
Byg # 529087 -- "Archive of Jazz Volume 37 - Early Dixieland Bands" (includes tracks by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band on one side and Ladd's Black Aces on the other). *
(* The two Byg records are made in France.)
Folkways # FP-57 -- "Jazz Volume 3" (comes with a 4-page booklet and includes tracks by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, New Orleans Wanderers, Kid Rena's Band, Dallas Jug Band, Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, Red Onion Jazz Babies and Johnny Dodds Orchestra).
Harrison Records # HR-VI -- "Fourteen Hot Jazz Hot Dance Sides, 1928-1934" (includes tracks by Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra, Mills' Merry Makers, Mack Rogers Orchestra, Ten Freshmen, Hollywood Dance Orchestra, Jack Pettis Pets, Walter Barnes Royal Creolians, Dixie Dance Demons and others).
Joker # SM-3095 -- "La Storia del Jazz - New Orleans Legends" (made in Italy, includes tracks by Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band, Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band and Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band).
Columbia Jazz Masterpieces # CJ-40833 -- "The 1930's - Small Combos" (includes tracks by the Chocolate Dandies, Rhythmakers, Jones-Smith, Inc., the Gotham Stompers, and combos led by Jack Purvis, Henry Allen, Wingy Manone, Red Norvo, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Cootie Williams, Frank Newton, Sidney Bechet, Chu Berry and John Kirby).
New World Records # NW-250 -- "Little Club Jazz - Small Groups in the 30's" (gatefold cover with 4-page booklet bound in. Includes tracks by the Harlem Footwarmers, Candy and Coco, Roly's Tap-Room Gang and combos led by Henry Allen, Joe Venuti, Eddie South, Gene Gifford, Putney Dandridge, Louis Prima, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson, Emilio Caceres, Joe Marsala, Bob Howard, Cootie Williams and John Kirby). 
Six of the eight records look to be somewhere between VG+ and almost unplayed condition, still beautifully shiny, and with hardly any visible surface wear of any significance. Those six all play through fine on my Audio-Technica turntable, with no skips or jumps, but some audible background noise, most of which appears to be transferred from the original recordings. 
So let's move on to the other two. "Archive of Jazz Volume 37" is in similar condition to the first six apart from a nasty scratch across the last two tracks of Side 2, causing a noticeable ticking and a couple of forward skips. The Folkways LP is in generally inferior condition, with some visible scuffs and scratches, and it plays with more background noise and a few forward skips (no repeats).
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. 
Most of the covers are in solid and functional condition, with the seams all intact. The two that fail the intact seam test are the Folkways and the New World, each of which has one seam partially split. Please also check the pictures for punch holes and other label damage, including scuffs and stains and stickers and inscriptions or underlinings. The inner sleeves are all either white paper or clear plastic.  
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