"Genius of EARL HOOKER" - Cuca 4100/3400 - ORIG/EARLY P

$

29

Artist:

Earl Hooker

Title:

Genius Of Earl Hooker [on label; on cover, "The Genius of Earl Hooker"]

Format:

12" LP

Mono/stereo:

stereo

Label:

Cuca

Release number:

KS-4100 [on label] / KS-3400 [on cover]

Date of release:

c.1967-8

Date of this pressing:

unknown but no recent reissue!  I purchased this from another blues collector in the late 1960's - early 1970's.

Side 1

1. Two Bugs In A Rug

KS-4100A

F/ww

2. Hold On, I'm Coming [on cover: "Hold On . . . I'm Coming"]

3. Off The Hook

4. Dust My Broom

5. Hot And Heavy

6. The Screwdriver

Side 2

1. Bertha

KS-4100B

2. The Fox Trot [on cover: "The Foxtrot"]

F/ww

3. End Of The Blues

4. Walking The Floor

5. Hooker Special

6. Something You Ate

CONDITION

VINYL (AUDIBLE)

Very slight warp; does not affect play.

Side 1:  VG.  Pressed slightly off center; does not affect play.  Occasional light surface noise, mainly intros/soft parts, varies considerably over the side (some tracks are very clean).

Side 2:  G+.  Pressed noticeably off center; seems to affect pitch slightly.  Audible scratch, Track 3, ~15 secs duration near end of track.  Otherwise, sn about like Side 1, slightly worse on Track 1 (noisiest on the disc).

VINYL & LABEL (VISUAL)

Side 1:  G+.  Moderate scuffing.  Fine scratches.  Light spindle marks.

Side 2:  G+.  About the same as Side 1 but with heavier spindle marks.

COVER

Front:  VG+.  Light rub wear.

Back:  VG.  Light ring wear.  Moderate rub wear.

My grading follows the Goldmine® Grading Guide (http://www.goldminemag.com/collector-resources/record-grading-101), using only the 8 basic grades (M, NM, VG+, VG, G+, G, F, P) described there.  I do not use the alternate symbols M-, E, or VG- (I use NM, VG+, and G+), and I do not create additional, intermediate grades by appending plus or minus signs to the basic 8.  Past feedback says I grade conservatively...

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