ORIGINAL SHELLAC TEST PRESSING "Some Sunny Day" Unknown Dance Band EE+ 1922
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HERE is a bit of a mystery: It's a white labeled shellac TEST PRESSING, very likely made in 1922. The tunes are "SOME SUNNY DAY" (mx. 1044 tk 2) and Zez Confrey's big hit, "STUMBLING" (mx. 1045 tk 3) - both hit songs that spring. Very snappily played, by a well-drilled dance orchestra.
Rust American Dance Bands has the two tunes coupled on OKeh 4612, by VINCENT LOPEZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA. Quite convenient - EXCEPT the test doesn't look or sound like a 1922 OKeh recording! It's by somebody else on some other label, and going by the numbers and type of pressing, is closer to a Paramount, or some other minor enterprise.
This original 1922 white-labeled test is a clean EE+. It's made of very fine grain shellac, with a very quiet surface.
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