LIGHTNIN´ HOPKINS • LIGHTNIN AND THE BLUES • 1954 LP HERALD 1012 NM
$
1,045
$ 1045
Sold For
Aug 4, 2013
Sold Date
Jul 28, 2013
Start Date
$ 50
Start price
12
Number Of Bids
France
Country Of Seller
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Description
NOTHIN´ BUT THE BLUES • DON´T THINK CAUSE YOU´RE REALLY PRETTY •
LIGHTNING´S BOOGIE • LIFE I USED TO LIVE • SICK FEELIN´ BLUES • EVIL HEARTED WOMAN •
BLUES FOR MY COOKIE • SITTIN´ DOWN THINKIN´ • MY BABY´S GONE •
LONESOME IN YOUR HOME • LIGHTNING´S SPECIAL • MY LITTLE KEWPIE DOLL
INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL “HERALD” PRESSING – ONE OF THE RAREST RECORDS IN
EXISTENCE, AND CERTAINLY THE RAREST BLUES ALBUM EVER RELEASED. ORIGINAL
BLACK “HERALD” LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT AND “TRUMPET & BANNER’’ LOGO,
DEEP GROOVE PRESSING ~ THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING
FROM 1954... NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, THAN ONE OF TWO OR THREE MOST
IMPORTANT MODERN BLUES ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE, AND DEFINITELY THE SINGLE
RAREST 12-INCH BLUES ALBUM IN HISTORY PERIOD! SO RARE IS THIS PIECE THAT
NOT EVEN MANY HARDCORE BLUES COLLECTORS HAVE SEEN ONE IN DECADES OF
COLLECTING ... IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY THAT THIS ALBUM IS A GOLDEN
STANDARD BY WHICH RARITY OF OTHER BLUES ALBUMS ARE MEASURED. EVEN
WHEN FOUND, THIS RARE PIECE OF BLUES GOLD IS USUALLY IN A SUCH A POOR
CONDITION THAT IT IS VIRTUALLY UNPLAYABLE. TO FIND ONE IN SUCH INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION AS THIS COPY IS REALLY, TRULY IMPOSSIBLE. THE COPY WE
HAVE HERE IS BARELY PLAYED, MAYBE JUST ONCE OR TWICE AND THEN TUCKED
AWAY IN SOME QUIET PLACE OVER THE NEXT 59 YEARS ! STRONG COVER WITH
PERFECT, SOLID SEAMS. THE REAR HAS A BIT OF SOILING, SOMETHING NORMAL
FOR ALL THESE UNLAMINATED COVERS ... NO WRITING OR STICKERS. VINYL SHOWS
FULL LUSTRE ON THE PLAYING FIELDS, SIDE ONE HAS NO SCRATCHES OR SPINDLE
MARKS, SIDE TWO HAS A VERY SMALL NON - FEELABLE TRACE THAT DOES NOT
AFFECT AT ALL THE OUTSTANDING LISTENING EXPERIENCE ~ MATRIX NUMBERS
STAMPED IN THE TRAIL-OFFDEAD WAX ARE : HLP 1012-A/HLP 1012-B...GOOD LUCK !!
