[78-L] BLUEBIRD B-11262-A (Ain't Nothin' To It)

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

Clifford Bolling wrote:

> Got a nice Fats Waller Bluebird record B-11262.  The A side is labeled COME AND GET IT but the song is really AIN'T NOTHIN TO IT.  Rust says this was not issued in 78 rpm format.  
>  
> How often does this happen?  How could the wrong song be pressed accidently?  Was this song considered to 'hot' to release?
>  
> Watch and listen on YouTube:
>  
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwSMUZumpU8

Existence of this mispressing is mentioned on the French RCA-Black & White LP reissue of "Fats" stuff. Lucky you to find a copy!

"Come And Get It" (PBS 061335-1) and "Ain't Nothin' To It" (PBS 061337-1) come from the same 1 July 1941 session.

My copy of B-11262 plays as labeled. It probably didn't take long to catch and correct the mistake.

Mispressings happen. I have a copy of Bluebird B-10531, so-labeled and marked in the wax, by Earl Hines and his Orchestra (Riff Medley/X Y Z), but the side labeled "X Y Z" actually plays Charlie Barnet's "The Right Idea" (Bluebird B-10530-B). You'd think the wax would have "B-10530 B" but no, it's marked "B-10531 B." Really strange.

Take care,


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Joe
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