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Fred Elizalde plays the classic song "It Had To Be You" as a modernistic piano solo.
Recorded in London in 1933 by Decca, but never issued, this is its first public release.
FRED ELIZALDE
Fred Elizalde - piano
Recorded in London, June 16, 1933
GB-5984-2…….It Had To Be You …….Vinyl 78 rpm master pressing
Two takes of this were recorded by Decca. This is take 2, the metal mother and/or stamper for which was retained and subsequently pressed onto vinyl in very limited quantities by Geoff Milne in the 1960s or 1970s. I also have a vinyl test of take 1.
Unfortunately, the metal parts used for this pressing had corroded by the time, causing some surface noise. I have managed to reduce it without interfering with the wanted music signal. As far as I am aware, the original metal parts no longer exist.
Fred Elizalde plays the classic song "It Had To Be You" as a modernistic piano solo.
Recorded in London in 1933 by Decca, but never issued, this is its first public release.
FRED ELIZALDE
Fred Elizalde - piano
Recorded in London, June 16, 1933
GB-5984-2…….It Had To Be You …….Vinyl 78 rpm master pressing
Two takes of this were recorded by Decca. This is take 2, the metal mother and/or stamper for which was retained and subsequently pressed onto vinyl in very limited quantities by Geoff Milne in the 1960s or 1970s. I also have a vinyl test of take 1.
Unfortunately, the metal parts used for this pressing had corroded by the time, causing some surface noise. I have managed to reduce it without interfering with the wanted music signal. As far as I am aware, the original metal parts no longer exist.
