78rpm pressing: Stomp It Off - Jimmie Lunceford and his Orchestra, 1934 - Decca 712

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Uploaded by on Nov 15, 2009

Classic Lunceford/Oliver collaboration - enough said. ;)

Part of swing's foundation right here.

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  • All I know is, before I started using elliptical needles (before elliptical stylus' were available for 78's, actually), many of the Decca 78's I've got from the 1940's had an irritating "fuzz" to them.

  • It seemed that the grooves were actually wider on some from the early 40's and a very wide diameter needle was needed.

  • The early ones sure did - then their pressings slowly worsened as the 30's turned to the 40's.

    The Decca Sunbursts were of relatively higher quality - got a couple of Earl Hines orchestra 1st pressings on Decca Sunburst labels (1934-1935) & they're out of this world!

  • I have this one too Mark. Bought it from a collector back in '67. I've always been impressed with 2 things that jump out at me.

    1. Loose informal groove - very relaxed

    2. On a technological level, now didn't many of those early American Deccas have a nice CRISP fidelity response. They must have been using those Western Electric ribbon mics too!

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