JIMMY REED -CHANCE 1142 "HIGH AND LONESOME" HOLY GRAIL MASTERPIECE CHICAGO BLUES
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JIMMY REED -CHANCE 1142 "HIGH AND LONESOME" HOLY GRAIL MASTERPIECE CHICAGO BLUES
HERE IT IS FOR ALL YOU CHICAGO BLUES, AND JIMMY REED FANS!
ORIGINAL 45RPM CHANCE 1142 FROM 1954 "HIGH AND LONESOME / ROLL AND RHUMBA" MATRIX 45-VJ-53-107 292 -AND- 45-VJ-53-104 292
OVERALL RECORD CONDITION: (VG-), THE "HIGH AND LONESOME" SIDE AND THE "ROLL AND RHUMBA" SIDE PLAY GREAT, AND SOUND GREAT! (hint of light crackle in spots) THE LABELS SHOW SOME WEAR WITH VERY LIGHT "RING" WEAR, AND SMALL AMOUNT OF MILD STAIN ON THE "RHUMBA" SIDE. (SEE PICS)
THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THESE KNOWN TO EXIST ON 45! (THERE HAVE BEEN FIVE (5) RECORDED SALES OF THIS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS.)
I CONSIDER "HIGH AND LONESOME" TO BE AMONG THE TOP TEN CHICAGO BLUES SIDES EVER RECORDED! ABSOLUTE KILLER!!!!!!
HOLY GRAIL CHICAGO UNDISPUTED BLUES MASTERPIECE BY LEGENDARY MASTER BLUESMAN JIMMY REED
Notes: Absolute monster here. Original Chance pressing. Jimmy Reed's first single, originally issued as the first VJ disc, but picked up by Chance for sale outside of Chicago as a favor for the fledgling Vee-Jay and very few were sold. Two great blues tracks with Side B being a killer instrumental.
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