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Click on image to enlarge	The Sheik Of Araby
	This recording is from an original 16" acetate, one of three simultaneous recordings, made on 7th August 1939, and issued for broadcast use on a 16" transcription for the Associated Program Service. The logo (left) is from a booklet published in the early 1930's for Radio City, New York City. [2.7 MB download]

Click on image to enlarge	Piccadilly
	From a private Lp produced by Ed Kirkeby (Fats Waller's manager) and distributed to his friends, which uses original masters or test pressings. All commercial issues use dubbed masters of the "London Suite" with inferior sound quality. Recorded in England on 13th June 1939. The reverse of the Kirkeby Lp (left) has his signature pasted on the hand-typed label. [1.8 MB]

Click on image to enlarge	Moon River (excerpt)
	This excerpt is from "Moon River" 16" transcription from 1946 (after Waller's death), and broadcast over station WLW in Cincinnati. Fats Waller is reputed to have played the same Wurlitzer pipe organ on the program during the early 1930's, but unfortunately no recordings have been found from this period. [2.5 MB]

Click on image to enlarge	Stop Pretending
	Commercial issue on 78 rpm record Bluebird B-10829, recorded in New York City on 16th July 1940. The record is in excellent "E" condition, but a few small sound faults have been repaired using another copy of the same record, and the sound has been lightly restored using computer software. [3.0 MB]

All records from the collection of the author

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