Perry Bradford Louis Armstrong Vocalion 15165 Lucy Long Jazz 78 LA Press PreE/E-

$

400

ARTIST:  Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools
LABEL:   Vocalion 15165
TITLES:  Lucy Long / I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
CONDITION:  E/E-
DESCRIPTION: This November 2, 1925  session was recorded as Louis Armstrong was wrapping up his time with Fletcher Henderson and about to move to Chicago where he would begin his Hot Fives with Okeh on November 12th.  With Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools, Louis is paired with members of the Henderson band plus James P. Johnson, the only time Louis would appear on record with James P.   Fabulous hot sides with Louis' brilliance on full display.Early crude electric recording on Brunswick’s “Light Ray” system, which has inherent distortion, but no additional distortion due to needle wear. Light scuffing, occasional pops from small scratches. One small needle drop on side A that pops a few times just before the music starts. B side has two 2-groove digs on the same two grooves near the start, and a small 3-groove dig near the end, all of which pass easily.
QUIET LOS ANGELES PRESSING. Muskegon pressings are much noisier.

78 GRADING:  We use the universally recognized VJM (Vintage Jazz Mart) 78 rpm system in grading our 78s with some streamlining as noted,  eliminating some of the hair splitting on records graded V- and below (G+, G, G-, F).  

E+

Highest grade used. A record that might have minor handling marks but has no visible signs of wear.  N, N- and E+ records will all be graded as E+.

E
Record has slight signs of handling and use but groove wear should be barely detectable and grooves should still be glossy and black. 

E-
Light groove wear with grey rubbing and light circular gray grooves starting to appear, but record should still retain glossy black grooves for almost all of the surface.

V+
Grey wear, handling and groove wear more apparent, but much of the groove area will still have black.

V
Record is approaching an overall grey surface with uniform wear, but will still play well even though the level of surface noise and distortion could be distracting.

V-
Record has wear throughout, and was subject to continual playing to wring more sound out of it, so even the grey is in a more advanced state of deterioration with groove walls disappearing.

P
This grade generally indicates poor condition on a good title.