AUTOGRAPHED TEST PRESSING Bing Crosby "Linger a Little Longer in the Twilight" E
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Description
HERE'S something you don't see every day: A white-label A.R.C. - Brunswick shellac test pressing from 1932, by BING CROSBY, autographed in Bing's unmistakable hand, in flowing blue ink, "Sincerely, Bing Crosby."
It's A.R.C. mx 12500-A, "LINGER A LITTLE LONGER IN THE TWILIGHT." (the issued take, Brunswick 6491).
It's intriguing to speculate who could have placed a white labeled A.R.C. test pressing before Bing. These things were NOT commonly available in 1932! The blue fountain pen suggests that Bing signed it right at the time, rather than years later. Perhaps it was someone who worked in the pressing plant? Or maybe an executive in the Brunswick office? At any rate, this is QUITE a rare item!
This UNIQUE single-sided white-label A.R.C. test pressing Mx. 12500-A is in respectable E- condition.
PHOTOS: 1) Bing with a cool condenser mike, 1932. 2 and 3) Genuine autographs of Bing Crosby from the early '30s. As you can see, his signature was remarkably consistent. Note the huge gap at the base of the "B," and the swirly-curly bizniss in the "C."
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