Blue Note 78rpm 78 rpm pink & black label no 2 ()
$
1,250
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Description
This is a grand piece of jazz history which every serious 78rpm jazz or Blue Note collectors will immediately recognize. This auction is about Blue Note no 2, a record you will very, very seldom see (on eBay). Both BN no 1 and BN2 were recorded in February 1939 and brought out together in the same year and sold on the counter of the Commodore record shop where Alfred Lion was earning a few bucks as he was just starting up a record label which would become the world’s most famous jazz label: Blue Note.
The story goes that Alfred who left Germany in 1932 in 1939 still had a terrible German accent and ordered the labels for BN1 and 2 at a printer who also fled his country of origin. Both men, who were both struggling to make a living in the New York melting pot of that time, were not able to have clear communication about the intended colors, blue and chartreuse (which appeared first on BN3, these colors were used until BN21, after BN21 the label colors became blue & white and are unchanged after 75 years), did not . This miscommunication led to a pink & black label which was used for BN1 and BN2 only. Only 50 copies of both pink & black BN1 and BN2 have been pressed. They are both indeed extremely scarce and extremely valuable.
Label: Blue Note
Artist and title : Albert Ammons: Boogie Woogie Stomp / Boogie Woogie Blues
Year: 1939
Condition: VG+ or better, some minor scuffs on side A and B. Both sides plays beautifully with only minor noise, not bad at all for a record of this age.
Label: VG++ (clean with a bit of damage around the spindle hole and some spindle marks)
Payment: Paypal only
Shipping costs: none (are included, including insurance and track&trace). I know how to pack 78rpms, I will do an excellent packing job on this gem.
This might be a serious change to own a serious piece of jazz history: good luck bidding!
