78 RPM ACETATE RARE FRANK SINATRA W/TD '41 UNRECORDED
$
100
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78 RPM ACETATE RECORD FROM 1941 FEATURING THE TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH FRANK SINATRA, CONNIE HAINES AND THE PIED PIPERS. THE SONG IS, "I'VE LOST MY HEART AGAIN" BY LEO RABEN OF CHICAGO. AT THAT TIME THE DORSEY RADIO SHOW HAD A CONTEST FOR SUBMISSION OF SONGS BY LISTENERS AND THE WINNER WOULD RECEIVE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS AS A PRIZE (I BELIEVE THAT IS THE WAY "I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN" WAS DISCOVERED). I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THAT SINATRA OR DORSEY PERFORMED THIS TUNE (AND NOT A BAD SONG). IT WAS CAPTURED BY A PERSON WITH A HOME RECORDING DEVICE USING ALUMINUM BASED DISCS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CUTS ON THE DISC: FIRST IS A VERY SHORT BIT OF MUSIC BY ALVINO REY, THEN THE RECORDIST SWITCHED TO 33 1/3 SPEED AND RECORDED THE END OF THE MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE TIME SHOW. BACK TO 78 STARTS THE SINATRA CUT BEGINNING RIGHT ON FRANK'S VOCAL. HE TAKES A FULL CHORUS ALONE THEN THE NEXT CHORUS IS SHARRED BY THE PIED PIPERS, CONNIE AND FRANK. YOU HEAR THE ANNOUNCER CREDIT THE SONG TO LEO RABEN AND DECLARE HIM THE WINNER OF THE $100.00. THE TOTAL TIME OF THE TD/SINATRA CUT IS TWO AND ONE HALF MINUTES AND IS FROM APRIL 10, 1941. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DISC IS FROM MARCH 22, 1941 AND IS A SWING VERSION OF THE "WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE" BY ALVINO REY AND HIS ORCHESTRA FROM WOV RADIO 1630 AM. THE SOUND QUALITY IS VERY GOOD FOR THIS TYPE OF DISC FROM THIS PERIOD. THE TD SIDE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WELL RECORDED AND THERE ARE NO SKIPS OR REPEATS. THE CONDITION IS "E-" TO "E". I HAVE CHECKED WITH SINATRA SPECIALISTS AND NONE HAVE HEARD OR KNOW OF A COPY OF THIS SONG BY FRANK. AS IT IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEM, THE STARTING BID IS $99.99. THE RECORD WILL BE PACKED VERY CAREFULLY AND WE SHIP WORDWIDE. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE SINATRA ITEMS.
