BG--Off the Record: A Bio/Discography of Benny Goodman de Connor, Donald Russell - 1958

Fairless Hills PA.: Gaildonna Publishers., 1958. First edition. Staed first. LCCN 58-12401.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Jacket end flaps trimmed, taped inside. Cover staining, bleaching, 4 irregular blotches, largest 2inx3/4in. Rear back lower corner at spaine darkened, no inside damage.. 1 305 p. Includes: illustrations, index. Light brown cloth over boards; gold spine, front titles. Musician Benny Goodman, b.1909, with his clarinet and his Big Band members, as well as other musicians and composers are featured in several B&W photo plates throughout the book. A facsimile single-page letter from Goodman, who had read the proof copy of the book, serves as an introduction. Goodman was part of many groups large and small, and their stories accompany the discography. A prior owner has neatly penciled recording ID numbers next to titles, those which had not been numbered before publishing.