David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Mississippi Delta Bluesman (Folkways FS 3539)

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Mississippi Delta Bluesman (Folkways FS 3539)
Edwards (solo g, vcl, hrmnc).
Recorded, in New York City, on 9 march 1979.

This Issue: Classic Folkways album cover: heavy black cardboard. On front: white band above artist photo, with his name and album title in black and brown letters. At very top, names of producer and liner-note writer (Robert Palmer) left; "FOLKWAYS RECORDS FS 3539" right. Entire front is paper pasted on hard, black cardboard. Back, left half is just the cardboard. Right half has beige paper pasted on, with "FOLKWAYS RECORDS FS 3539" at top, track titles underneath. At bottom, artist's name and album title, with production credit underneath. At bottom: "FOLKWAYS RECORDS FS 3539".
A six-page, folded A4 booklet, on newsprint-type paper, is included.
Center Labels and Runouts: ?Blue label with "FOLKWAYS Records" at top, 43 W 61st street address underneath, and "Long Playing Non-Breakable Micro Groove 331/3 RPM" on third line. Below that, on three lines: artist's name, album title, and producer's name. Left of center hole: "Side 1". Right of center hole: "FS 3539 A" (or B). Below hole, track titles. At bottom: "(P) (C) 1979 Folkways Records & Service Corp.".
?Side 1: [etched] FS 3539 A Side 2: [etched] FS 3539 B
Condition of Record: NM. Record has no mark or blemish of any kind; not even a factory-made smudge. It was played once on my Thorens, whose spindle was a bit too big for the record's center hole.
Condition of Cover: Equally very fine (love Folkways; it used the heaviest cardboard). Front has no trace of a mark; photo and text perfectly clean. Beige-paper part of back cover has a few specks of dirt (record is more than forty years old). No ringwear on either side. Spine is fine, all text clear, corners not bumped. Open-end corners, top and bottom, have very slight wrinkles. Horizontal edges show no shelfwear at all.
Six-page booklet also unmarked, untouched (other than to photograph for this auction). Only thing marring a perfect score for album is a factory-made cutout circle, at bottom-right corner of front. It didn't cut the paper sleeve, however.

I'm the original owner of the record (bought after seeing the artist in concert; cover photo is from that event). I have carefully kept it stored upright on a shelf, away from sunlight, in its sleeve and cover.

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N A record known to have never been played. A CD that has never been removed from its jewel case.