HOWLIN WOLF SINGS THE BLUES - CROWN RECORDS CLP 5240
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Feb 7, 2023 Sold Date
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HOWLIN WOLF SINGS THE BLUES - CROWN RECORDS CLP 5240.
1962 CROWN 33 1/3 LP PRESSING OF THE 1951-52 SUN RECORDINGS OF HOWLING WOLF!!!
THIS RECORD INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF "SMOKESTACK LIGHTNIN'" ON THIS ALBUM IT IS CALLED "CRYING AT DAYLIGHT."

BOTH WILLIE JOHNSON, AND HUBERT SUMLIN APPEAR ON THIS LP. HUBERT SUMLIN WHO WAS HOWLIN WOLF'S PRIMARY GUITARIST WAS RANKED NUMBER 43 IN ROLLING STONE'S "101 GREATEST GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME."

ALBUM COVER, AND REAR COVER ARE IN  (VG+) CONDITION - THERE ARE SOME SEAM SPLITS ON LEFT SIDE, AND BOTTOM. SINCE CROWN 33 1/3 LP'S DID NOT SHIP WITH AN INNER SLEEVE TO HOUSE THE RECORD, THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON.
THE VINYL IS MINT MINUS (M-) WITH NO VISIBLE SPINDLE MARKS/TRACKS.
ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1951-2 EARLY KILLER HOWLIN' WOLF RECORDED BY SAM PHILLIPS. SAM PHILLIPS OFTEN SAID THAT HOWLIN WOLF WAS HIS BEST DISCOVERY.
VERY TOUGH TO FIND, AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT  KILLER BLUES!


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