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Crazy Otto - Self Titled LP Vinyl Record Album
$21.95
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Estimated to arrive by Thu, May 22nd.
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$4.00 via USPS Media Mail (2 to 9 business days) to United States
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Estimated to arrive by Thu, May 22nd.
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$4.00 via USPS Media Mail (2 to 9 business days) to United States
Offer policy
OBO - Seller accepts offers on this item.
Details
Return policy
Refunds available: See booth/item description for details
Purchase protection
Payment options
PayPal accepted
PayPal Credit accepted
Venmo accepted
PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express accepted
Maestro accepted
Amazon Pay accepted
Nuvei accepted
Item traits
Category: | |
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Quantity Available: |
Only one in stock, order soon |
Condition: |
Used |
Style: |
Pop 1950s, Jazz Jazz Pop |
Speed: |
33 RPM |
Record Size: |
12" |
Duration: |
LP |
Record Grading: |
Very Good (VG) |
Sleeve Grading: |
Very Good Plus (VG+) |
Special Attributes: |
1st Edition |
Record Label: |
Decca |
Release Year: |
1955 |
Country/Region of Manufacture: |
United States |
Edition: |
First Pressing |
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Shipping discount: |
Items after first shipped at flat $1.00 |
Posted for sale: |
More than a week ago |
Item number: |
1509932915 |
Item description
Cover is VG+ (shelf wear)
Record is VG
Labels are clean
Visually Graded
Tracklist
Side 1
1 Glad Rag Doll
2 Beautiful Ohio
3 My Melancholy Baby
4 Red Sails In The Sunset
5 In The Mood
Side 2
1 Smiles
2 Rose Of Washington Square
3 S-H-I-N-E
4 Paddlin' Madelin' Home
5 Lights Out
Fritz Schulz-Reichel (July 4, 1912 โ February 14, 1990) was a German jazz and pop pianist.
Schulz-Reichel was born in Meiningen. His father was a classical musician, and he began playing piano at the age of six. He developed an unusual technique where he played the melody of a tune with the left hand and the rhythm with the right hand.
While he trained to be a concert pianist, he chose a career in pop music, playing light jazz and pop tunes. He invented a device called the Tipsy Wire Box, which could be attached to a piano to make it sound like an out-of-tune barrelhouse upright. (Another interpretation is that "Tipsy Wire Box" was a slang expression for the piano itself, which was merely "detuned"; that is, one of the three strings that make up each note of the main section of the piano is slightly flatted, giving the piano the characteristic sound.)
In 1953 he adopted the moniker Schrรคger Otto (Crazy Otto), and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon. His tunes became hits in Germany, France, England, and America; his albums were released on Decca and MGM in the U.S. and Polydor which were distributed by Philips Electrical Industries Pty. Limited in Australia. In 1955, American musician Johnny Maddox played a medley of his songs, entitled "The Crazy Otto Medley"; this went to #2 on the U.S. charts, and in the U.S. both Reichel and Maddox were subsequently known as "Crazy Otto", to some confusion.
Schulz-Reichel continued to perform live and on film, and remained a popular jazz favorite in Germany for many years.
"Crazy Otto" is referenced in the song "Ramble on Rose" written by Robert Hunter and performed by the Grateful Dead.
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