1934 Tallahassee Tight Perfect 0301 78 rpm blues record
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Hello Hello again, fellow 78 rpm buffs. The job hunt is not going so well; looks like I'm going to have to start selling off some of my record collection. I've been avidly collecting pre-WWII 78's for over twenty years, so be sure to check my other periodic auctions for goodies. The selection will get better and better as I get more desperate. The first batch started Wed. and Thurs. of last week (28 & 29 Apr.) and runs for ten days. The next batch starts Wed. & Thurs. of this week, and that will be it until probably in the Fall, at the earliest. Shipping will be by either Media Rate or Priority Mail shipment (your choice) in the US (or Priority Mail Int'l for international shipment). Ebay now mandates that sellers are responsible for the safe arrival of your package (yet cannot charge buyers for insurance), so insurance is included in the final auction value. And don't worry - I pack very well (even though it's expensive - I'm spending approx. $300 for boxes and packing materials). I'll probably end up paying more to pack and insure some records than I'll make off of them, but that's just the new cost of doing business on eBay, I guess. I will of course combine shipping in cases of multiple wins by one bidder, but, rather than your using eBay's automated checkout in those cases (which unduly complicates matters), we should communicate by e-mail after you're done bidding on things, so I can send you an accurate, economical invoice . Also, I stand by my record grading, but if you are dissatisfied, you may return the record for a full refund of the final auction value. Some of the label pictures look kind of blurry, but this is only scanner schizz. So, here we go with the next item up for bid.
RAMBLIN' MIND BLUES / LONESOME AND WORRIED BLUES: TALLAHASEE TIGHT, on 'G' (plays okay...read description) Perfect 0301, recorded 18 & 15 Jan. 1934 respectively, in New York. This is thought to have been a pseudonym for one Louis Washington, whose gospel output would've been issued on Vocalion under his real name. The singer accompanies himself on guitar with a plaintively simple bottleneck guitar style, and occasionally 'yoo-hoo's' sort of like Robert Johnson. On the second side and the first half of side one, the music plays reasonably strongly and clearly, with a little intermittent distortion, just above moderate, not-too-brash blast. The noise increases to a more uncomfortable level and the performance muddies up on the last half of the first side. As you can see, the labels are rather heavily abraded around the spindle hole (the way a 'real' blues records' oughta' be, right ?) Docks' 6th ed."E" value would be $ 60-100. No reserve on this one. How many Tallahassee Tight 78's you seen ?
PLEASE SEE MY OTHER RECORDS UP FOR SALE.
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