MAJOR BRITISH JAZZ RARITY - DON STANLEY 1935 JAZZ PIANO SOLOS ON ‘TELEDISK’ 78
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MAJOR BRITISH JAZZ RARITY - DON STANLEY 1935 JAZZ PIANO SOLOS ON ‘TELEDISK’ 78!
This is an extremely rare example (possibly the only known copy of this issue) of a British Teledisk 78 from 1935, featuring pianist Don Stanley playing two piano solos of his own Gershwin-esque compositons - ‘Rhythm Melody’ and ‘Syncopasia’. British discographer and researcher Mike Thomas writes of Teledisk: "Teledisk were custom record makers, offering to record you for a small sum, for which you would receive a small number of the recordings, double-sided and pressed on standard shellac. To be honest, the quality of the recording and pressing varied considerably and some are really dreadful. The labels were either blue or red depending usually on the type of fare being offered. The records date from 1935 and are, as you'd expect, extremely rare.
The company was at Crewdson Road, London SW9 and the proprietor was Cecil W. Nixon. Nixon had already been making bespoke recordings, on aluminium discs, using the name "Ronnie Records". During 1935, the Teledisk period, he would "issue" these as Teledisk records, such as the one found by Norman Field. However, outside of that period, he just used the "Ronnie" name, though I don't know the origin of this name.
It would appear Nixon used aluminium blanks to make all his recordings, and this accounts for the very odd grooving on Teledisk records, where it is just as likely you will be playing between the groove as in it! This is due to the way aluminium discs are cut. Actually they are not cut, in the way a wax or lacquer disc is, where material is removed. With aluminium, you are just displacing the material (known as embossing), which results in a "ridge and furrow" rather like medieval farming!"
ISSUE: Teledisk 3571
CONDITION: Visually E but noting Mike Thomas’ comments above about hopw they were produced, it plays realistcially around V+. A small stylus gets better results.
COMMENTS: Possibly the only known copy - go find another!!!
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