GEORGE BROCK Sing Darkened Way JEWEL LP RARE KY Country Gospel Bluegrass bop EX

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Welcome to Rock2FunkYourSoul's Rare Vinyl Auction! 150 records with particular focus this week on: Rock, Country, Folk, Psych, Bluegrass, Prog, Experimental, spanning mainly from the 1960's, 70's, and 80's! All pressings are original, I do not sell bootlegs, or reissues :)

• Vinyl Condition: EX (unfortunately my VPI is still in Oregon, with a cleaning this is a NM copy, it was only played once by the former owner, probably residue from storing it in a musty garage in Pensacola, you rarely see the Ohio based custom label Jewel LP's in such pristine condition!)

• Cover Condition: EX (Extremely light almost imperceptible storage wear)

• Year of Release: 1967

• Record Label / Catalogue #: Jewel Records LP-115 (Rusty York's Cincinnati, Ohio based custom private press label, not the other Jewel out of Shreveport!)

• Additional Attributes: n/a

• Commentary (Something like the Beatles, Rush, etc. speak for themselves! This is a space for more obscure items, to provide a loving collector's notes, no dealer hype, just because a Xian private press has 5 seconds of fuzz guitar for example doesn't make it a psych grail out of acid archives or Pokora!)

Review: George Brock, guitar/banjo player singer, from Jackson County, Kentucky had recorded two LP's also on small private labels prior to this (in 65, then 66) with different ensembles. His Eastern Kentucky upbringing in the Appalachians gave him the natural surrounding of some of the best bluegrass, soulful country "hillbilly bop", a distinct sound, and unlike fellow East Kentucky player David "String Bean" Akeman of Hee Haw fame, Brock and his Traveling Crusaders are playing with their whole heart, nothing watered, the real deal.
The covers of Marty Robbins & Hank Williams breath a whole new life, the hellfire coming from picking up a guitar instead of a whiskey jug, to save their lives, souls in many ways... This can stand with any holy grail of the genre, one that is largely privately pressed recordings like this, made to preserve a unique musical heritage the way canvas does for a painting. One of the best bluegrass country gospel recordings in existence. I would tell you how hard it is to let go of this one, but you want to hear them wailing the blues, not me ;).  

Rarely turns up, and almost never in this fantastic of condition, I've only seen one other in a friend's collection, seam split, scratched up, but still cherished! 
If you aren't as deeply moved, and satisfied with this as me, I guarantee you a refund no questions asked! I put my money where my mouth is, and this is one of the grails of Bluegrass Gospel in recorded music.

My grading system comes from being a longtime collector myself, meaning conservative grading, and transparency :). NM EX VG+ VG VG- G+ 
Some terminology abbreviations: *DNAP = Does Not Affect Play *OIS = Original Inner Sleeve *WLP = White Label Promo
If a record is sealed, I will state "sealed" and presumed "mint", making sure it is flat, and such. Should a buyer win a sealed item, I am happy to unseal it for them upon request. 
Packing is done using LP mailers, record outside of jacket in polysleeve. All records that reach $30+ in final bidding will have a MoFi or similar high quality inner sleeve along with OIS (If OIS is applicable!) 
I have been collecting for about 20 years, and integrity is important to me; I want you to be proud and happy with your purchase, satisfied with accurate grading, and knowing you can have confidence in the record when bidding and purchasing.
At Rock2FunkYourJazzSoul we hope to have the honor of your business, and repeat business if another desired item comes up :)
Although the idea, practices is to absolutely avoid this for your satisfaction, if it happens, returns are accepted, money back, and for domestic purchasers in the US, the return shipping is on us. Everything possible is done to instead have an item you're completely satisfied with, but apart of integrity is standing by the customer, you. 
Please feel free to message with any questions, comments, concerns, and I will be happy to return a thorough, comprehensive response :)
*NOTE: PLEASE ALLOW FOR 5 DAY HANDLING TIME, I WILL ALWAYS INCLUDE TRACKING #*
If You Win Multiple Items Please Wait For My Invoice As I Will Combine Shipping To Be The Lowest Possible Cost For You :)

*NOTE ON CURRENT FEEDBACK: I have 1 negative feedback from a "buy it now" rare first edition book, from a partial refund troll, who refused full refund because they didn't want to return a book they admitted in the messaging was a great deal. eBay is currently adjudicating the matter, otherwise I have only positive feedback, check the one's left from my last vinyl sales for a good idea :)* - It's sad that this has happened, between Discogs, eBay, and selling at record conventions, I've never encountered this before. As someone who values integrity, I believe 99.9% of people are great, and will do good by others.