Duke Ellington at Fargo 1940 Live - Jazz Vinyl Original 3 Record Set - Sealed
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Description
Three LP record set
Item is pre-owned in sealed package
Small dent in the cardboard packaging and small tear in plastic packaging
This is the original release from 1978 by The Book-of-the Month Records Club
This recording set is considered by many, to be one of the most significant of the Ellington concerts, which survived as a recording.
History behind this recording:
Born Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington in 1899. Duke was a pivotal figure in the history of Jazz music during his 50 year career as a pianist, composer and great bandleader until his death in 1974.
Two former South Dakota State College students, Jack Towers and Richard Burris received permission to record the event, held on November 7, 1940, at the Fargo City Auditorium. The students promised the William Morris Agency not to use the live bootleg recording for commercial purposes. So until sometime in the 1960’s, the music was only heard from the original disks. Only after Towers gave an aquaintance, a bootleg copy of the recording, did it eventually start appearing in Europe. It was then that Towers decided to make a reproduction of the recording from areas of the groove that were less worn. In 1978, the album was first officially released on three LP records, by The Book-of-the Month Records (30-5622). It was titled Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940. Since the original release, the concert has been reissued with a variety of track combinations and different cover art than the originally released version.
Jack Towers later said, "When Dick and I recorded this Fargo performance, we did it just for the excitement and pleasure of it all. We had no idea that people all over the world would be listening to it 60 years later."I accumulated this information from different sources. I cannot guarantee the accuracy of it. I found it interesting and threw parts of each together for a quick read, so I could share it with you. Please excuse any errors there may be in any of the details
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