This lot contains five 10-inch 78 RPM records by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. All five records showed up for the first picture, then they are shown individually, both sides, in the following order (with vocalists in parentheses where applicable):

Columbia # 36993 -- "Afternoon Moon" and "A Blue Serge Suit with a Belt in the Back" (vocal by Cab Calloway on both sides)

Columbia # 36611 -- "I'll Be Around" and "Virginia, Georgia and Caroline (vocal by Cab Calloway and the Cabaliers on both sides)

Columbia # 38227 -- "The Calloway Boogie" and "Two Blocks Down...Turn to the Left" (vocal by Cab Calloway on both sides)

Okeh # 6720 -- "Let's Go Joe" (vocal by Cab Calloway and the Cabaliers) and "A Smo-o-o-oth One"

Brunswick # 7411 -- "Moonlight Rhapsody" and "Avalon" (vocal by Cab Calloway on both sides)

Eight of the ten sides are considered "hot" enough for inclusion in Brian Rust's "Hot Jazz Discography" and/or Charles Delaunay's "New Hot Discography", which give recording dates between 1934 (the Brunswick) and 1945 (Columbia # 36993). And, to be fair, Columbia # 38227 seems to have been released too late for Delaunay's cutoff date of 1947.

Visually, they grade mostly within the VG to VG+ range, but "Moonlight Rhapsody" has a nasty little needle gouge that causes a single forward skip near the beginning. Otherwise, they all played through without skipping or repeating on my Audio-Technica turntable, with levels background noise commensurate with visual expectations, including some pops and clicks and short passages of ticking, as well as some general background hiss typical for records of this age. Because of variations in tracking ability, filtering technology and needle weights, I can offer no guarantees as to how well they will play on your equipment. Please check the pictures for any label damage or inscriptions or stickers.

Also included are the company sleeves shown in the pictures, but they are chipped, creased and torn, and don't add anything to the overall value.


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