78 RPM Edith Wilson, uniss 1922 shellac test "That Thing Called Love", EW's copy
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$ 1080 Sold For
Sep 24, 2024 Sold Date
Sep 17, 2024 Start Date
8   Number Of Bids
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ARTIST:  Edith Wilson with Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds
LABEL:    Columbia 80304-2
TITLES:   That Thing Called Love
CONDITION:  E-
DESCRIPTION:  
This is Edith Wilson's personal copy of a one sided Columbia shellac test of "That Thing Called Love" which she recorded in 1922 and was never issued.  I don't believe it's ever been reissued and this is probably the only existing copy of her performance of this song.  Mamie Smith also sang it on her first Okeh release.  Description on label of "scattered dents all over in master" has no effect on play of this test.  Some scuffs and small scratches that occasionally tic.  
Mamie's treatment accompanied by Fred Hager's group of white musicians was sad and melancholy.  Here we have a gutsier version backed by Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds who also take off on an fiery instrumental chorus.  Edith Wilson sings Perry Bradford's lyrics, then finishes with these spoken verses:
       Went to the furniture store to buy a rocking chair,       if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from here
       I don't want no sugar in my tea,       the man I love is sweet enough for me
       A high yellow will make a tadpole hug a whale,       and a brown skin will make a man break his tail
       Nobody knows what that thing called love will do.
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On Jul-21-24 at 12:04:58 PDT, seller added the following information:

From UCSB.  Indeed, there was a take 3.                                                                                                                                                                                          2/8/1929 Chicago, Illinois  1 Master Victor V-38040 10-in.                                                                                                                                                            2/8/1929 Chicago, Illinois  1 Master Bluebird B-6627 10-in.                                                                                                                                                                      2/8/1929 Chicago, Illinois  2 Hold Frog DGF 63                                                                                                                                                                            2/8/1929 Chicago, Illinois. 3 Hold


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