THE 5 WILLOWS Doo Wop 45 Allen Label #1003

$

567

Original, early 1950s Doo Wop 45 by The 5 Willows on the Allen label #1003.  The labels are a dark burgundy with silver print. Songs are "The White Cliffs of Dover" and "With These Hands."  Vinyl is a very clean VG+ with full gloss and it plays very nicely indeed!! A-side plays with hardly any surface noise at all; b-side plays with ever-so-slight surface noise, again nothing significant. Very impressive sound on both sides, especially for a record that was pressed in 1953!! I played this record with a regular Stanton stylus tracked at 1.5 grams, as I do with all of my 45s. There are no scratches on either side of the record; just one faint 'fingernail line' on the b-side vinyl that has no impact on play whatsoever.  Both labels are very nice also.  The a-side has several paper flecks along the inner ring, slight bubbling on the left where an old sticker was removed (no paper loss), and a very faint grease pencil mark in the lower right.  The b-side label has just an old number sticker at the top and the faint grease pencil mark in the lower right (very hard to see on both sides).  This is a major Doo Wop rarity in well above-average condition for its age. Please review the photos and feel free to email me with any questions; however, I will NOT reveal the reserve price.

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