PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78S LOUIS ARMSTRONG and HIS HOT FIVE 4975
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PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s LOUIS ARMSTRONG and HIS HOT FIVE 4975. 10” Blk. Okeh elec. 41157 [W400961A/W400991B]. SKIP THE GUTTER (Williams) / KNEE DROPS (Hardin). One silent (when checked here) hair crk. side two and a few depressions which should be harmless. Otherwise looks as new, just about 1-2. $15.00. FRED ASTAIRE [singer/dancer] 4946. 10” Dk. Blue elec. Eng. Columbia 3969 [WA3184/WA3185]. LADY BE GOOD: Fasci- nating Rhythm (Gershwin) / LADY, BE GOOD: The Half Of It Dearie, Blues (Gersh- win). Side one with ADELE ASTAIRE [s]. Both sides with GEORGE GERSHWIN [pianist]. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $35.00. GEORGE BAKER [b] 4187. 10” Victor Picture Record 17-4003. HOW DOTH THE LITTLE CROCODILE; FURY SAID TO A MOUSE / ‘TIS THE VOICE OF THE LOBSTER; THEY TOLD ME YOU HAD BEEN TO HER (H. Fraser-Simson). All from Alice In Wonderland. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00. LUCIEN BAROUX [entertainer/singer]. Toulouse, 1888-Hossegor, 1968. A celebra- ted entertainer and actor, Baroux appeared in over 80 films between 1912 and 1962, as well as on the stage. Among his stage creations was the role of Jim in Reynaldo Hahn’s 1931 operetta, Brummell. 4393. 10” PW French Odeon 238.316 [KI-4075-2/KI-4076-1]. BRUMMELL: Quand on est dans les pommes / BRUMMELL: Cherchez la femme (Reynaldo Hahn). Creator performances, directed by the composer. Just about 1-2. $15.00. JOHN BARRYMORE [actor] 1703. 12” Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 6827. HAMLET: Hamlet’s Soliloquy / HENRY VI: Gloucester’s Soliloquy (both Shakespeare). Great pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1493. 12” PoW Red Victor 6827. Same as preceding listing (item #1703) but post-War pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00. STEPHEN VINCENT BENET [poet] 4895. 10” Red Nat. Council of Teachers of English 43/44. JOHN BROWN’S BODY: A Portrait of a Southern Lady (Benet) / THE BALLAD OF WM. SYCAMORE (Benet). Few lt. rubs, one small PB. Cons. 2. $10.00. SARAH BERNHARDT [actress]. 1844- 1923. 4109. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 22035 [ ? / ? ]. PRIÈRE POUR NOS ENE- MIES (Unknown) / L’ÉTOILE DANS LA NUIT (Guerinon). Side one, SARAH BERNHARDT despite the label crediting the author as “unknown”, is by Louis Payen, which Bernhardt announces at the beginning of this impassioned performance. Recorded late 1918. Extremely rare. Just about 1-2. $350.00. WULF BLEY [speaker]. Berlin, 1890-Darmstadt, 1961. Bley was a German writer, play- wright and radio announcer in the era of National Socialism. The item below is a live recording documenting the noise, crowds, bands, and so on and described by Bley of the festivities of 30 Jan. 1933 when Hitler became Germany’s Chancellor. 5117. 10” Viktoria 4043. DIE HISTORISCHE NACHT, 30 Jan. 1933. Two sides. This and the few other Nazi related records on this list came originally from the collection of a Jewish doctor who emigrated to the U.S. in 1938 and was able to bring his record collection. It’s indeed surprising that he retained these souvenirs. Pressed on some sort of heavy plastic. Harmless superficial rubs (no reproduction problems), gen. 2-3. $100.00. - 202 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s General WILLIAM BOOTH [Salvation Army Founder]. Nottingham, 1829-1912. Booth was a British Methodist preacher who founded the Salvation Army and became its first General. The movement’s main thrust was being a distributor of humanitarian aid and related Christian ministry work. During his lifetime, Booth’s Salvation Army was extended to 58 countries and colonies. The poem General William Booth Enters Into Heaven was written in his honor by Vachel Lindsay. The royalties for his recording work were added “to the Salvation Army’s Fund for reclaiming the outcast and criminal, and aiding the unemployed.” 5035. 10” Blk. Columbia 2075 [26054/26056]. THROUGH JORDAN [an address in verse]/ PLEASE SIR, SAVE ME! (address). Excellent mid-20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $25.00. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN [three-time U.S. Presidental Candidate, 1896, 1900, 1908; Secretary of State, 1913-15, Attorney, Scopes “monkey” trial, 1924]. Salem, IL, 1860-Dayton, TN, 1925. These vinyl pressings of Bryan and of Taft were pressed in very small quantities decades ago. 5236. 10” White lbl. vinyl (no label) Victor 5535. THE TRUST QUESTION (Speech). This and the items below recorded by Bryan during the 1908 Presidential campaign. Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4082. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5536. THE TARIFF QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 5237. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5537. PUBLI- CATION OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4072. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5538. POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN as U.S. Secretary of State, 1914 5238. 10” White lbl. vinyl (plain label) Victor 5540. THE LABOR QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4385. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5541. IMPERIALISM (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4073. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 5542. THE RAILROAD QUESTION (Speech). Just about 1-2. $30.00. 4994. 10” Brown Silvertone 4034 [11529a/7497a]. THE IDEAL REPUBLIC (Speech) / SILVERTONE MILITARY BAND. NATIONAL EMBLEM MARCH (Bagley). Recorded by Gennett on July 3rd, 1923. This is a pressing made for Sears, Roebuck’s Silvertone label. Just about 1-2. $25.00. CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS 4578. 10” Blk. elec. Edison lateral 14045 [N-1053-B/N-1054-B]. SONG OF THE BLUES (Jones). Vocal Chorus by Phil Dewey. / BROKEN IDOL [Squires]. Absolutely harmless shallow inherent pressing indentations side one. Just about 1-2. $35.00. GEORGE M. COHAN [entertainer/composer] 4778. 10” Pats. “A” plate Victor 60042. LIFE’S A FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL (Cohan). One very tiny nick (three or four ticks), otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00. RUTH COLEMAN [blues singer] 5242. 10” Blk. acous. Pathé Actuelle 021061. SHE WALKED RIGHT UP AND TOOK MY MAN AWAY (Williams). Piano acc. L. Hutchinson / EMMA GOVER [blues singer]. M. T. POCKET BLUES (Oliver). Piano acc. Fletcher Henderson. Just about 1-2. $40.00. - 203 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s JAMES M. CURLEY (Massachusetts House of Representatives; U.S. House of Repre- sentatives; four term Mayor of Boston, Gover-nor of Massachusetts). Boston (Roxbury), 1874-1958. A fascinating politician, Curley was elected to Boston’s Board of Aldermen in 1904 while in prison on a fraud conviction. His father had been a petty criminal who died when James was ten. His mother then worked scrubbing floors. Curley “rose rapidly” through “corrupt machine politics” as a result of “his easy affability combined with his connections in the underworld”. This allowed him to quickly “use graft and corruption in the city services to solve constituent problems”. He served four terms as Mayor of Boston between 1914 and 1950. During his last term he was convicted of mail fraud and served five months in prison but was granted full pardons by President Harry Truman for both his 1904 and 1947 convictions. 4712. 10” Blk. & Gold acous. Gennett 5472 [8877a/8878a]. ADDRESS OF WELCOME TO BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, Boston, July 7, 1924 / THE ELKS’ ELEVEN O’CLOCK TOAST (Speeches). A very rare private issue. Lt. rubs, 2-3. $40.00. Col. FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCQUE. Lorient, Brittany, 1885-1946. De la Rocque was leader of the French right-wing league named the Croix de Feu from 1930–1936, before forming the more moderate nationalist Parti Social Français (1936–1940), that can be seen as a precursor of Gaullism. -Internet 5045. 10” PW Plum French PW Disque Gram. K- 7550 [OLA589-1/OLA588-1]. ALLOCUTION PAR LE COLONEL DE LA ROCQUE (Spoken Remarks) / CHARLES PANZÈRA [b]. CHANT DES CROIS DE FEUX ET DES VOLON-TAIRES NATIONAUX (Claude Delvincourt). Small JAMES M. CURLEY (in 1914) lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00. DODGE BROTHERS INDUSTRIAL BAND 4799. 10” acous. Emerson Private Recording for Dodge Bros., 1920 [41569-3/41574-4]. DODGE BROTHERS MARCH (Victor Herbert) / UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER. “BROTHERS” (An Editorial from The Detroit News, Dec. 13th, 1920). Gen. 2-3. $20.00. ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS [Austrian Chancellor, 1932-34/Speaker]. 1892-1934. Views of Dollfuss from a historical perspective are, at best, mixed. He came from modest circumstances (an illegitimate child raised on a farm) and was a brave officer in World War I. His distinguishing physical feature was his height: he was only 4' 11''. Dollfuss was, from most reports, an amiable, likable, well-intentioned man. When he was selected to be Chancellor in May, 1932 -- a very difficult time in Austria when the economy was in near free-fall -- he was the youngest head of government on the continent. At the time, his party had a one-vote majority in Parliament. He immediately came into conflict with German Nazi interests because of plans to maintain Austrian independence. He proclaimed a dictatorship (March 7, 1933) and, soon after, dissolved the Federal Assembly and abolished freedom of speech, press and assemblage and the use of Nazi distinctive uniform. He was shot and killed on July 25, 1934 by Austrian Nazi rebels who then seized power. – Wikipedia. 4616. 10” Red and Silver D.Pl [SDWHA-13-2/SDWHA-15-1]. ÖSTERREICHS-SENDUNG / Dr. PHILIPP DE LA CERDA dir. ORCH. and CHOIR. ÖSTERREICH ÜUBER ALLES, WANN ES NUR WILL! (Richard Schmal). Cons. 2. $75.00. JIMMY DURANTE [comedian]. See: HELEN TRAUBEL [s] in Vocal Section. - 204 - PERSONALITY, SPEECH, JAZZ and CURIO 78s TESS GARDELLA [singer/actress]. Wilkes-Barre, PA, 1894-Brooklyn, NY, 1950. A vaudeville artist of Italian-American ancestry, Gardella most frequently performed in blackface as Aunt Jemima.