Benny Goodman 2nd session under his name complete. 3 78s, E, E+, E+ Jazz 78
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Description
ARTIST: Bennie Goodman's Boys
LABEL: Brunswick (See Below)
TITLES:
Recorded June 4, 1928:
E-27638-A or -B Jungle Blues - c, clBG Br 4013, 80029, A-7839, A-500201, 602098 E-27639-A or -B Room 1411 (Goin' To Town) - cl, barBG Br 4013, 80029, A-7839, A-500201, 602098 E-27640-A or -B Blue - asBG Br 3975, 80030, A-7815, A-500202 E-27641-A or -B Shirt Tail Stomp - clBG Br 3975, 80030, A-7815
DESCRIPTION:
Here is Benny Goodman's second session as leader, as complete as possible at this late date. Two takes (A & B) were made of each of the four sides. A copy of the Brunswick session sheet is included. The Brunswick 80000 reissues were pressed from dubbed parts in 1944, indicating the original metal parts were even then missing. For "Blue" and "Shirt Tail Stomp" only one take of each survives. A test pressing of the B take of each was offered at auction in Vintage Jazz Mart #166. (Mark Berresford, the knowlegable and thorough auctioneer, surely would have noted if these takes were alternate to the released ones.) A and B takes were released of the other two titles, Jelly Roll Morton's "Room 1411" (titled in reference to Benny Goodman's room in the Whitby Hotel, New York, where many of Ben Pollack's bandsmen were then encamped), but which takes are A and which B isn't known. This lot includes two takes of each. The rare take of "Jungle Blues" was only issued on Los Angeles pressings of Brunswick 4013. One take of "Room 1411" was released in the U.S., the alternate in Europe. The German Brunswicks are excellent pressings, superior to the U.S. issues. The best pressings of the six sides are offered here. The two German Brunswicks are E+, the West Coast Brunswick is E. Goodman shows his talents on multiple instruments. This is a landmark session in BG's discography.
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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