The record changer (Jan-Dec 1951)

2 GREAT NEW "flatly ^oy&i ^electee*, Mart Cross the Cellar Boys 2003 — SHIM-ME-SHA-WOBBLE I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU 2004— OH BABY DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND ONE-STEP Hugh McKay, cornet; Eph Resnick, trombone; Frank Chace, clarinet; John Dengler, baritone sax; Dick Wellstood, piano; "Beef" Gross, guitar; Pops Foster, bass; Tommy Benford, drums. —Unbreakable Vinyl 89c each — We also stock current jazz releases on ALL labels and all speeds. Many collectors' items and foreign releases at reasonable prices. See our ad in the latter half of this issue of the Record Changer. — On safe at — THE WAX SHOP 139 East 47th Street New York 17, N. Y. (One minute from Grand Central Station) PLaza 9-2373 HIGHEST SPOT CASH PRICES PAID FOR JAZZ RECORD COLLECTIONS AND ACCUMULATIONS. RECORDS WANTED I AM INTERESTED IN BUYING OUTRIGHT small or large collections of Jazz, Sweet, Swing, Personality, Blues, Bop, or Pops. I will pay spot cash for such collections. If you have a collection you wish to dispose of, please write, giving full details of the collection, type, artists included, labels, and most important of all please describe the condition of the records carefully. Then set your lowest price for the lot. I do not buy piecemeal but will take all or none. It is important that you set the price because I do not have time for long correspondence or haggling. If the price looks right and the collection is large enough I will travel to your town to inspect the records and close the deal. If you are on the west coast I have an agent there who will contact you. I am also interested in acquiring dealers' stocks from before 1940 and after 1924. WRITE, WIRE, OR PHONE BILL GRAUER, Jr. 125 LA SALLE STREET, NEW YORK 27, N. Y. 1891 dauphine st. (Continued from Page 5) They took it, of course. They stick together: George, Larry Marrero, and the others. If they make the Old Absinthe Inn — a good spot on Bourbon St. which George covets — well, things will be looking pretty bright again. But they won't be fooled. Only one thing seems reasonably certain about Lewis and his boys. They'll keep on playing, week-ends if they have to — or even at George's oil-lit house evenings, if it comes to that. Keeping their hand in. Playing jazz, in the way they think is right, is a habit these men couldn't break now if they tried. behind the cobwebs (Continued from Page 8.) owns and has played for Clarence himself, is also a Williams-with-Allen item. This Clarence verified and gave the following personnel: Ed Allen (tp.), Arville Harris (cl. & sax.), Williams (p.) and Jasper Taylor (wb. ). Walter says that Clarence at first named Fats Casey on washboard but then changed to Taylor, who he said was one of the first to originate washboard playing. Since the washboard style is so similar to that on other records which he identified as Casey, Walter isn't sure which one is one of the BH5's. Vocal on Mama Stayed Out is by Clarence. As to the dates, Walter sets them at January 1929 and says that a Paramount supplement sets the release date for 12851 as December 1929. John Steiner of Paramount says the QRS were the original issues for these discs. Walter is working on the staggering task of gathering all the information on Paramount, Gennett, and all their "pool" issues and labels, cataloguing them in numerical order. He still has more gaps than anything for Triangle and such labels, but says he has already found definite connections between the Triangle-Pennington-Broadway 11000 series group and Regal.and Grey Gull groups. He will welcome data on any of the Para-Ge pool labels, no matter how obscure the items; the more obscure and corny the better, since that's where the gaps in numbers are. His address, for those who can help him out with any such data, is: Walter C. Allen, 168 Cedar Hill Ave., Belleville 9, N. J. Discs and data: Woody Backensto, of Woodbury, N. J., writes about the Phantasie label in. June column. He suggests a tie-in with jhe Red Clarion label and with the Graham Novelty Orchestra being another pseudonym for Ben Selvin. He lists the following as a possible connection to show such a tie-in: Selvin Dance Orch.; Cl 1114 — June Moon (C 762-1 ), Cl 1120— April Showers (C 772-2) ; The Merry Melody Men; Cl 1114—/ Wonder If You Will Care (C 755-1); Frisco Syncopators; Cl 1120— 'Tucky Home (C 778-1). Woody is working on a complete list of Ben Selvin recordings for Columbia and would like data on same. Can anyone give us any clues to the identity of the band (if the name is a pseudonym) and the musicians on I'll Think of You (151869-2) /Jingle Bells (151868-3) as by Joe Gumin and his Orchestra on Co 2571-D? This is a tremendous swing band with fine trombone, muted growl trumpet, piano, string bass, and alto solos. Who are they??? (Continued on Page 18)