Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington (1965)
MVC Rating: 4.0/$$$
This is a good old school jazz record, like the kind my dad used to play many years ago. My father had a rather large collection of Dixieland, which included an ample selection of ‘Satchmo.’
He also had a boxed set of 45s by Bill Haley and the Comets that included Shake, Rattle and Roll and Rock Around the Clock. I would have loved that one but, after many many moves in at least a half dozen states, those records –and my huge baseball card collection– have slipped through the cracks of time.
So I can’t remember where I obtained this particular record. But I was surprised to find it on the Sears record label.
Yes, that’s correct, that place where you buy Kenmores is/was in the music business? Did not know that.
I kind of expected the sound of washing machines in the background. But Sears is serious. It seems. In small print on the back cover, Sears assures us that the ‘hallmarks of Sears Authentiphonic True Dimensional Sound are your tickets to a new experience in listening pleasure.”
Authenti-wha? Bah.
But the sound is fine. Vinyl well-preserved. Music good. Mood? Indigo.
Hidden gem: ‘Black and Tan Fantasy.’ (1929).
Counting down my 678 vinyl records before I die of brain disease.
(Little known fact: Tom Petty’s first guitar was a Sears brand, no kidding.)
Lotta people still use those old Sears fat bodies and get some nice tones out of ’em.
I’m gonna bring you a bunch more albums to add to your collection
cause I wanna read the review and I don’t wanna have to listen to em.
Is Louis Armstrong the greatest trumpet player of all time?