Albert King 78 Parrot 798 Bad Luck Blues/be On Your Merry Way V+ Condition

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Greetings everyone! Thank you very much for stopping by another of my ebay record auctions. I appreciate that you took the time out of your busy schedule to click on my listing and have a look at what I have to offer!  Normally, all records that I list on ebay are my own property.  However, the record business that I work for, and have for the past 19+ years, has requested me to take some of the recent stock that has come through and list it here on ebay.  Please don't worry, everything is on the up and up, the business knows, and I have the approval to do so.  Mainly because the part of the business I work in is online only, not their walk-in retail store.  Problem is, my part of the business recently moved, and is still without internet access. So, to generate some income, I have been going through some stock that has not been added to the store's inventory-I will NOT "cross sell" between Ebay and other sites, you have my promise! But to (hopefully) garner some revenue, I get to go through it first, and give you folks first "dibs".  The first time I tried auctioning for the business, it was 10 day listings, but I have been requested to make these listings the standard 7 day.  The items I am listing are ones that I believe are scarce and/or would be excellent additions to any serious collector's selection. The opening bid prices are higher than ones I use for my own auction listings, but they are for the most part more valuable and scarce than some of the records I list for myself (Though if you'd like to have a look at my own records I have listed, I wouldn't mind!).  All proceeds of listings I do for the business will go to the business, minus the selling fees that Ebay takes. I hope that I/the store will have something you would like for your very own.  Let's see what's available this time!  

This time up, we have a 1953 10" 78rpm release on the Parrot Records label (not to be confused with the London Records subsidiary of the 60's onward), label # 798, by Albert King.  Apparently, this is said to be his first recording, and is the single of "Bad Luck Blues" b/w "Be On Your Merry Way".  I have probably seen more LPs by Albert King over the many years I have worked with records, even more than I have 45s. But I think this is the first time I have had the opportunity to actually have a 78 by him pass in front of me.  This is another piece from a collection that our business recently acquired that belonged to a disc jockey who was active from the late 40's through the 50's.  By the overall looks of the records in this collection, it's quite obvious these were not from a non-smoking environment though, as every single record I have handled has shown it's need of cleaning. This is no different. It will need cleaning before playing.  When I gave this a play, "Bad Luck Blues" sounds like the prototypical Blues song.  You name it-it's going wrong.  About the only thing Albert's baby didn't do was throw the cat at him. But dang-it's good!  "Be On Your Merry Way" is as good a way to say "It's over, See ya!" as I think I have ever heard as well.  Though there is the necessity of cleaning, plus this 78 does have many light needle marks, there really are not many true "scratches" on the surface. I believe it sounds much better, and play-graded, I thing this could be given a grading two notches higher than what I have gone with here, but my grading is visual-based, and with these light marks and need of cleaning, this is still only getting my less than average grading of V+. My grading is considered non-standard, and my list of gradings are in the paragraph beneath this one.  If you plan on placing a bid, please do read them, as it will not take much time to do. This 78 does not have much flexibility to it, and I believe it is mostly made of hard plastic, but not shellac. I may be wrong though, it's a little hard to guess. The labels have no noticeable wear on them, and all the text and logos are clean and clear.  This is probably one of the prettiest 2-tone (silver on red) labels I've seen!  If you have any questions or comments about this, please send them to me, and you will receive a response.  If you need more pictures or information, I can and will take care of them as soon as possible.


Here is my scale for grading.  M  Mint.  Reserved for still factory sealed.N- Near Mint, opened, no marks whatsoever.  E+, no marks other than a smudge, or very light-ineffectual mark,.  E, a light mark or 2, probably won't affect play. (why "probably"?  Because everyone claims their hearing is better than the next persons'.) E-, marks or wear that will cause a little audible affectation.  V+, wear that will cause some distortion of some type.  V, V-, P, well, you get the picture.

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All items I sell will be sent with a copy of the sale form, printed up from eBay.  I will not "mark item as a gift", just so you can evade import rules.  The people at my post office know me, and they will check overseas packages for inspection.  I hope you will understand my position about this, my apologies if you are not able to comply.

Also, international bidders, the price listed for postage on my listings are for domestic mailing.  I wish I could send overseas for that price, but reality speaks different.  I place a fair price on all international postage.  Watch for the invoice if you win.

ALSO-I need to let international bidders know of a certain problem that doesn't always happen, but will arise from time to time.  All International mail sent from this region has to go through the U.S. Postal Service sorting center in Sandston Virginia, by our local airport.  This sorting center has been named the least efficient sorting center in the entire U.S. Postal Service.  They prove this from time to time by mis-routing packages.  If this happens-and I will monitor the delivery-usually it will add at least an extra week for it to arrive.  If there are any problems, please contact me first, and I will do what I must to make sure you are satisfied with the order.
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All items that are sent to a U.S. address will have delivery confirmation (at my cost) attached, as I have found that it helps...a lot!....to ensure that packages are truly en route to the customer.  This is for both of our sakes.  I will be using USPS "Media Mail" as my primary shipping method, however, if needed, and for an extra charge, I can ship with "Priority Mail", and if i can get away with it for the price, I really like 1st Class, but that's weight-dependent.

Oh yes, if you are the winning bidder, and you are in the Commonwealth of Virginia, I'm afraid you are going to have to include the 5.3% Virginia State Sales Tax.

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Also, I do have other listings available as well, and if you would be interested in more than one item, I have no problem with holding onto wins in case you would like to combine wins to save some money instead of multiple p&h costs.

Again, thank You very much for stopping by, please feel free to check out my/our other listings as well!