Ben Tobier California Cyclones Champion 16465 Hot and Heavy RARE CA Jazz Hot

$

407

ARTIST:  Ben Tobier and His California Cyclones / Lou Gold and His Orchestra
LABEL:   Champion 16465

TITLES:  Hot and Heavy / Walking Through A Field Of Daisies
CONDITION:  V+, two long and deep digs on the Tobier side that don't pass on a modern table with normal weight. 
DESCRIPTION: Hyper-rare 1930 jazz. Only the second time on eBay. Probably salvageable with some careful work. Top jazz side derived from Tiger Rag. Sounds like a black band and some educated speculation out there that it may be based on cryptic notes in the Gennett ledgers and the overall sound of the band. It also sounds like the real Tobier band (white guys from NJ) may have been given the records after they were pressed? Crazy stuff!
PERSONNEL BELIEVED TO BE:- * Ben Tobier and His California Cyclones * Lou Halmy (trumpet) * Al Weinstein (clarinet, saxophone) * Al Goldstein (saxophone) * Perry Silverman (piano) * Lou Tobin (drums)  recorded 3rd December 1930.   Other side is LOU GOLD AND HIS ORCHESTRA - Walking through a field of Daisies (Reynolds - Gold)  
78 GRADING:  We use the universally recognized VJM (Vintage Jazz Mart) 78 rpm system in grading our 78s with some streamlining as noted,  eliminating some of the hair splitting on records graded V- and below (G+, G, G-, F).  

E+

Highest grade used. A record that might have minor handling marks but has no visible signs of wear.  N, N- and E+ records will all be graded as E+.

E
Record has slight signs of handling and use but groove wear should be barely detectable and grooves should still be glossy and black. 

E-
Light groove wear with grey rubbing and light circular gray grooves starting to appear, but record should still retain glossy black grooves for almost all of the surface.

V+
Grey wear, handling and groove wear more apparent, but much of the groove area will still have black.

V
Record is approaching an overall grey surface with uniform wear, but will still play well even though the level of surface noise and distortion could be distracting.

V-
Record has wear throughout, and was subject to continual playing to wring more sound out of it, so even the grey is in a more advanced state of deterioration with groove walls disappearing.

P
This grade generally indicates poor condition on a good title.

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