This take was issued on the regular Victor label in early 1938, catalog No. This take was issued on the regular Victor label in 1938, catalog No.

Among hundreds of three-minute Fats Waller recordings, these are the only ones that feature steel guitar.ДЄpparently, the sides from this recording session are important in the Waller library. Ceele Burke moves his hands over the strings of a steel guitar, lazily sending ripples up through the simple structure of the song. The very title, 'Am I in Another World?,' obviously appeals to the pianist's poetic sensibilities, and he handles the melody gently as the tune unfolds. Waller plays the introduction to a pretty love song, one with enough merit that he will savor its nuances rather than ripping it to shreds. Five musicians have been rounded up to form a sort of West Coast rhythm band. It is December 1937, Fats Waller has landed in Hollywood.

Here is an excerpt of a review of a 'Best Of' album of Fats Waller tunes released in 1996: I've done some research and haven't found any other oversized sample records from this period, all the ones I could find being trimmed to the standard 10' size. I believe they are original to these records. Note that 4 of the records come with unmarked paper sleeves that fit the oversized records. These 5 pressings have been trimmed but it's interesting that they weren't trimmed to the standard 10-inch size, which would have left off the matrix data outside the run-in grooves. These 1937 recordings have it at the rim. Test pressings from the 1920s and earlier have it under the label. I don't know when Victor began to put the handwritten matrix information at the rim instead of under the label. These records are large enough that the handwritten matrix number and selection name are partially visible around the edges of each record. These labels reading 'RCA Victor Company, Inc.' on 1937 recordings just means some old-stock sample labels were being used up, but basically, this sample label's style is virtually unchanged from the very earliest Victor sample labels from the turn of the 20th Century. The name was changed from 'RCA Victor Company, Inc.' to 'RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc.' in the Summer of 1935. Though the labels on regular issue Victor records did not say 'RCA' until about 1945, the corporate name in 1937 was 'RCA Manufacturing Co.'. All electrical components were serviced and replaced when necessary.

Some spots with missing veneer were fixed. The paint was stripped off and the cabinet was refinished. These are Victor record sample pressings (as opposed to TEST pressings - though they're largely the same thing), recorded on one side only, the back sides being blank with almost a mirror finish. This radio had been painted by the previous owner in green latex paint in an effort to antique it. Here is a scan of the original session sheet for these recordings. RCA VICTOR 10 1/2' SAMPLE 78 RPM RECORDS - FATS WALLER, DEC 16, 1937ДҐ - 10 1/2' Victor Sample Records from 1937!

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