Memphis Willie B, Hardworking Man Blues, BLUESVILLE 1048, orig sealed copy
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Prestige Bluesville 1048, "Hardworking Man Blues" with Memphis Willie B, from 1962. This is a sealed copy and is presumed mint. The jacket shows no signs of wear other than a couple of minuscule corner bumps (hardly visible, mentioned only for the sake of accuracy); the shrink wrap completely covers the LP and is broken for two inches at the opening center, next to Willie B.'s arm. I have no idea which pressing this might be, but I strongly doubt that it is deep-groove since the very first covers were frame-style with a thicker spine, and this one is not, though it is still a heavy cover and definitely not a reissue. It could be a trident-lable pressing. At any rate, this is Willie B. at his best on vocals, guitar, and harmonica, singing the title track plus "Lonesome Home Blues", "L&N Blues", "Dying Mother Blues", "Honey Maker Blues", "P-38 Blues", "Funny Caper Blues", "Good Potatoes", "I Have Found Somebody New", "Uncle Sam Blues", "Wine Drinking Woman", and "Car Machine Blues". 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.
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