Duke Ellington - Black and Tan Fantasie (1927)

[bigkittysmile]

wow. fantastic! thanks much for the post. 

[packers56789]

I think the okeh records are much better, including this song.

[n64wilbert]

Thanks is that a electric Victrola 

[sirjuandabicho]

Maravilloso, muchas gracias por publicarlo.

[Turkeydoodlers]

Hi I bought a early Granada the other day for 75.00, I noticed it had a 4 digit serial number so I wondered if it had a brass reproducer not pot metal and it was brass, not bad for 75.00 my question is do you think a 4 digit serial number Granada came with a brass or pot metal repro? I'm wondering if it was aced later on. Not sure when they started making brass and ended,

[mlaprarie]

@Turkeydoodlers - I think the brass reproducer was a 'higher end' option available for these machines. The standard reproducer was the pot metal one. They are identical in their construction, but the brass reproducers sound a little better and are not prone to the oxidation and cracking that plagues the pot metal.

[donkemoz]

dammi sto vinileeeeee :)

[IFeelHappy]

that first minute sounds like Danny Elfman's oogie boogie song

[jasonmit]

I have to agree with what everyone else is saying. It's a beautiful Victrola but it can't be good on the vintage records.

I have this same record by the way. Found it at a local Salvation army for a buck. There is no better way to listen to classic jazz than on a 78.

[payless1981]

Now, that's JAZZ!!!!

[rene15092]

It's actually ie instead of a y

[mikeb1444]

That's a crazy looking lead out! Thanks for posting.

[MrXnews]

@mikeb1444 The back-and forth oval run-out was a Victor design, in order to trip auto-shut off.

[teendude16]

ITs real nice to see this antique working, the thing is, the steel, (nail type needle), and weight of the arm, distroys the records completley, and if there a collectable kind of 78 type records, there distroyed after playing only a few times on this kind of player. I would buy a modern player for 78s and save your collection. Thanks.

[wawclw]

@teendude16 You can buy wood ,ivory needles that only need sharpened every record but they wont hurt the record,also if you spray pledge on the record and play it a few times this will bring back the sound.

[teendude16]

@wawclw , this machine is an early model, and was invented to play music, but it is far from protecting record disks, believe me, it is wearing them out. record wear is caused by tonearm weight, and needle typed used, if you speak to a pro person, you will get the truth. Those old 78's are not replaceable. I just want to help you protect your collection, since i know this information. It sure is great to look at though. thx.

[ToddCMorgan]

hahaha, also one of my favorite Ellington records, maybe my favorite, if not, it's way up there, Bubber Miley's trumpet is sooooo great on this, no could quite make the horn talk like he could!!!!

[onbendedknees]

thanks for posting, great old music from a great jazzer

[transformingArt]

By the way, I never knew that Victor made a dubbing from an electric recordings. I have plenty of dubbings made from acoustic era, but none of them was made from an electric recording. Do you know the reason?

And...one more thing - I prefer the Brunswick version which was recorded few months earlier than this one. If you don't mind and have the record, can you upload that recording?

[transformingArt]

Thanks for posting this!