Note: seller has address wrong in both auctions. It's 25 - not 22.
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This is a real oddity from the early fifties. This is a private 10" record transferred by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder at his original studio in Hackensack New Jersey. The labels are handwritten. It is my guess they are not by Mr. Van Gelder. The music seems to be a television variety show by The Eastern Air Defense Orchestra and guests, including Elliot Lawrence, given to Mr. Van Gelder to press into a record. My guess is that this and it's companion, (we are listing two separate items) are two of only a very few originally pressed. The inscription at the bottom of the label reads "Recorded By Van Gelder 22 Prospect Ave. Hackensack N.J". The record looks unplayed but when sampled, to see what the music was, showed some background crackle, not unusual for a piece this old. The label on side 1 has some foxing but is otherwise excellent and intact. The label on side 2 has mostly been lost. A real rarity and a great historical artifact.http://cgi.ebay.com/Rudy-Van-Gelder-Hackensack-Studio-LabelPrivate-Transfer-/290517902336?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item43a4376400Description:
This is a real oddity from the early fifties. This is a private 10" record transferred by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder at his original studio in Hackensack New Jersey. The labels are handwritten. It is my guess they are not by Mr. Van Gelder. The music seems to be a television variety show by The Eastern Air Defense Orchestra and guests, given to Mr. Van Gelder to press into a recordl. My guess is that this and it's companion, (we are listing two separate items) are two of only a very few originally pressed. The inscription at the bottom of the label reads "Recorded By Van Gelder 22 Prospect Ave. Hackensack N.J". The record looks unplayed but when sampled, to see what the music was, showed some background crackle, not unusual for a piece this old. The label on side 1 has some wear and on the very top and bottom, is lifting away from the vinyl, but is not in danger of falling off. The label on side 2 is intact but shows some foxing and lifting on the top. A real rarity and a great historical artifact.These are very cool (and extremely rare).
In
http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php?topic=453.msg1013#msg1013, there is the following response to a question about where Van Gelder's home recording studio was in Hackensack:
"On The Corner of Prospect Avenue where now is at 25 Prospect Avenue stood the remains of what was a California Style Stucco Home converted into a recording studio by a man who is the subject of or contained in many books about Jazz, Sound Engineering and Acoustics. Rudy Van Gelder moved his studio to Englewood Cliffs where today he continues what many believe to be the fundamental methods of recording session jazz."Now you can (sorta) see a depiction of that house from when Van Gelder lived and recorded there.
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