Blues by Lonnie Johnson, BLUESVILLE 1007 dg, NM/NM

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Prestige Bluesville 1007, "Blues by Lonnie Johnson" with Lonnie Johnson, vocals and guitar; Hal Singer, tenor sax; Claude Hopkins, piano; Wendell Marshall, bass; Bobby Donaldson, drums; from 1960.  This is an original deep-groove pressing.  The vinyl plays at NM with virtually no background sound.  The heavy laminated jacket is VG++ with no real seamwear.  There is slight corner wear on the spine side - nothing much besides the loss of laminate - and about 1 cm of wear at lower right. There are no bends, and the jacket back is very clean with no writing or stamps.  Tracks are "Don't Ever Love", "No Love for Sale", "There's No Love", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "She Devil", "One-Sided Love Affair", "Big Leg Woman", "There  Must Be a Way", "She's Drunk Again", "Blues 'Round My Door", "You Don't Move Me", and "You Will Need Me".  This is Lonnie's comeback album that rescued him from obscurity.  Shipping is $4.00 media mail, $7.00 priority mail in the continental U.S.; $15.00 airmail for Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea; elsewhere inquire.  Insured priority shipping required for Italy and Brazil.  Additional LPs in one package are $1.00 per extra LP in the U.S. and Canada, $3.00 per extra LP overseas.  I dislike low-quality packaging as much as any other eBayer.  Individual records will be shipped in special, handcrafted mailers unlike the usual type in three ways: (1) They are significantly larger all around and padded around the edges to prevent corner bumps to the jacket; (2) they are padded on both sides of the record with styro sheets or thick cardboard sheets to prevent damage to the record surface; (3)  they are constructed of heavier-duty cardboard than normal mailers to provide further protection.  All used LPs are shipped with record securely inside an inner sleeve but outside the jacket to prevent seam splitting in transit; our innovative padded packaging will prevent seam splitting for new, sealed LPs.  The end product is designed to withstand a drop from a second-story window with no damage (though I will not test it with your package).  No record should arrive in a condition worse than described!  Multiple LPs are shipped in BagsUnlimited pizza-style boxes that are larger around than LPs and will also be well padded.  All opened LPs are play-graded on a VPI turntable with Audioquest tonearm.