NEARLY 200 VINTAGE 78 RPM RECORDS
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VINTAGE 78 RPM RECORD COLLECTION
Barring a few “specials”, which I will be selling individually or in small lots, this is the last of the 78 rpm record collection I built up in the 1970’s and which just don’t get played any more. Rather than have them gather dust or go on the dump, I would like to see them go to a “Good ‘Ome” and they are therefore offered at a low starting price.
There are 184 of them. About forty are in a black carrying case (included in the deal), half a dozen are in an album (also included), and the rest are in individual sleeves, most of them original, either from the record company (paper) or the retailer (better quality card). They are all 10 inch bar one, which is 8 inch – this was a size unique to the UK, produced for about ten years by one or two companies between the wars. Condition varies – some are excellent, pretty well mint, others are well worn but in pretty good nick, and about 15 have chips or cracks though generally the damage is restricted to the rim/non-playing surface area.
Most of the records feature dance bands from the 1920’s through to the 1940’s/early 1950’s and there are a fair number for the most famous British bands of the period, Jack Hylton, Ambrose, Geraldo, Victor Silvester, Billy Cotton, though there are some from American bands as well, including Glenn Miller (“In The Mood”), Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and Paul Whiteman. There are also a good number by individual artists who are remembered still, Bing Crosby (including the original “White Christmas” from the film “Holiday Inn”), Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields, Flanagan & Allen, George Formby, Marlene Dietrich (singing “Lili Marlene”) and Danny Kaye, to name but a few. Plus, of course, my personal favourite, Anton Karas performing the immortal “Harry Lime” theme from “The Third Man”. Finally, there are some records by performers who were all the rage in their day but are now almost completely forgotten, and these were probably the most interesting of the lot, looking back on it – the lesbian comedy duet of Norah Blaney (piano) and Gwen Farrar (cello and fabulously wealthy in her own right); the “Two Gilberts” (who were not called “Gilbert” at all and had no fixed membership!); the black American duet, Layton and Johnstone, who settled in the UK with great success in the 1920’s until Clarence Johnstone caused a racial scandal by being cited in the divorce case of the violinist, Albert Sandler; Alan Jones (singing “Donkey Serenade”), the father of the singer, Jack Jones.
I could ramble on but if you want a full list, please send an ebay message to me with your e-mail address and I will reply with a spreadsheet attachment giving all the records (including details of any damage where applicable).
Anyone who knows anything about 78 rpm records and their weight when in any number knows that shipping 184 of them is not a viable proposition. So collection only, please, from Leatherhead, Surrey (and bring some boxes!).
No reserve. Payment via PayPal, cash on collection, postal order or cheque (items only available when cheque is cleared).
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