BOTTLENECK GUITAR Casey Bill Weldon/Kokomo Arnold R. CRUMB 1st Press YAZOO LP

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BOTTLENECK GUITAR Casey Bill Weldon/Kokomo Arnold R. CRUMB 1st Press YAZOO LP

  Description: A few first pieces from a friend's massive LP collection
Several First Pressings & highly sought Imports included.
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Various genres represented in this 1st small sample from very broad and deep collection.

Most of the vinyl is in VG++ to NM condition -a few VG+
Condition details and specifics listed below.
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Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s
Casey Bill Weldon / Kokomo Arnold

YAZOO Records L-1049
Original 1975 issue LP
FIRST PRESSING on ORANGE Label
Cover Artwork by R. CRUMB

VINYL is NM-
High gloss vinyl is superb with very faint sleeve marks only. LP plays absolutely like new. Labels are super clean.

COVER is NM
Super clean, vivid unfaded front and snapping bright back! No creases, wear, writing or soil. Seams and spine 100% intact with no wear or splits. All edges straight, all corners sharp.
 
Rare Original Pressing on first Orange label.
This label was used only on original YAZOO issues in the 1040s-1050s catalog numbers.
Most YAZOO copies found of this LP will be on the later issued “colored peacock” label version.

.7 tracks each from these 2 early slide guitar greats.
Great R. CRUMB cover art and XLNT, comprehensive liner notes.

CASEY BILL WELDON
Casey Bill Weldon recorded over a hundred records from 1927 to 1938.

KOKOMO ARNOLD
Kokomo Arnold, left handed slide guitarist got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" a song about a brand of coffee, for the Decca label.

These tracks were recorded from 1934-37; the best surviving 78's were transcribed to masters for this LP.

Track Listing
Side 1
Casey Bill Weldon – You Just as Well Let Her Go
Casey Bill Weldon – Go Ahead, Buddy
Casey Bill Weldon – Lady Doctor Blues
Casey Bill Weldon – The Big Boat
Casey Bill Weldon – Hitch Me to Your Buggy and Drive me Like a Mule
Casey Bill Weldon – You Shouldn't Do That
Casey Bill Weldon – Back Door Blues

Side 2
Kokomo Arnold – The Twelves (The dirty dozens)
Kokomo Arnold – I'll Be Up Someday
Kokomo Arnold – Busty Bootin'
Kokomo Arnold – Sagefield Woman Blues
Kokomo Arnold – Back to the Woods
Kokomo Arnold – Salty Dog
Kokomo Arnold – Feels So Good

Listen to Tracks from this LP


NOTE: Sound Clips are mp3 quality only.
Actual LP sound is much better.

"The finest album of bottleneck slide guitar ever! The two most essential and underrated blues guitarists"

"Weldon plays his steel as though it were a Hawaiian steel guitar, but with blues feeling, he is truly unique...Kokomo Arnold is a trendsetter in his own right, influencing every rock 'n roller from the 60's on. He plays something fierce, and if you thought Robert Johnson sang the blues great, listen to Kokome, who at least sings as good as Johnson or better. These two greats are well featured in thsi Yazoo essential collection"

"Meaning no disrespect to Robert Johnson, but it's a bit of a mystery why Arnold is obscure and Johnson is famous, given that Arnold sold more records than did Johnson at the time. Maybe it's because Arnold didn't have the good fortune to die at his prime in mysterious circumstances that has made his memory fade in relation to Johnson's. No matter. Arnold picks it up on this collection of his tunes with some of the fastest blues playing you'll ever hear.

The second half of the LP (the first half is dedicated to Weldon) starts off with "The Twelves (The Dirty Dozen)" roaring at you with a blazing pace, and while he never quite matches that tempo in the other tracks, neither does he slow down much. His "Sagefield Woman Blues" is as important an early blues track as you'll find, introducing the "I believe I'll dust my broom" line. Weldon's material seems subdued in comparison to that of Arnold, but his playing is also worthy of note. The themes in his tunes (and Arnold's as well) are surprisingly raunchy and semi-explicit, and there's both a celebration and a mocking bitterness to be found in the lyrics, from the self-confidence of "You Just as Well Let Her Go" to the demi-tragedy of "You Shouldn't Do That" ...and Weldon's "Hitch Me to Your Buggy and Drive Me Like a Mule" has got to be one of the best country blues song titles ever coined!"

Original YAZOO Company sleeve included

Vinyl inside anti-static, poly lined inner sleeve.
LP housed in protective poly outer sleeve.

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On Feb-07-12 at 21:42:37 PST, seller added the following information:

 NOTE:
any light tics, crackle heard in spots is from the original 78rpm recordings that were transcribed to the masters for this LP.

The grooves of the LP itself are superb with no scratches or needle marks.