Sold Date:
March 29, 2021
Start Date:
March 24, 2021
Final Price:
$199.00
(USD)
Bid Count:
1
Seller Feedback:
96
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If you picked out this title on EBay, you probably know the story about it. I heard the story at the Radio Station in Sedalia, Missouri.
They stored their 78RPM records all in sleeves, on long rows of shelves in the basement. They just sat undisturbed until I showed up. I was hoping for Rock & Roll, Blues and Hillbilly Western... 78s.
By the time this record was released, I am told, it was no longer a novelty and few of these 78 shellac records sold. Probably why this copy looks close to being unused, if not unused. Under a light if you rotate the record the grooves have a shine. Like a new record.
You have to take my word that it is clean. It is not cracked, warped or damaged. No edge chips. Embossed in the reject area is embossed DLA2326A. The flip side is "Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four" embossed DLA2325A. I do not know when the Record was released to the retail market.
This is a Shellac 78.
Late 1950's 78 are actually flexible Vinyl... if you want to know how to crack the shellac is to test brittle shellac against flexible vinyl recordings. Vinyl 78s are thinner from my experience.
Many 78RPM pre War 1940's jukebox boxes this era would use a 3 mil needle and lead weighted tone arm. The weight was needed to trip the 'Reject Arm' lever, below the mechanism board. This combination would wear out the hit side of a 78 to a dull grey. The reverse flip non popular side would be shiny new. I know.
Rock & Roll, Blues, Hillbilly and my Andrews Sisters 78's... sorry. These 78's were getting scarce already at that time. Big Band, Pop and Group 78s of Top 40 were plentiful to stock a 20 or 24 record stack.
I did not play Elvis Sun 78's or 45's. Same reason. Those late 1950's Vinyl Rock and Roll 78s were easy to spot, but hard to find.
I would not buy the USED 78s from a Jukebox Operator who handled the 10 inch 78 playing jukeboxes and not used cartridge conversions in the tone arm and reject system. Maybe Sun Elvis and some rare titles... but I would not play them. It was not until Light Weight cartridges and sapphire / diamond tip needles were use with the High Fidelity 78's that were being played in the later 1950's that the wear was reduced to the point when the patron was tired of a song... it was replaced and still collectable.
This record comes with a Decca sleeve. It cannot be original as the reverse advertises 45's. The sleeve kept the record looking fresh, clean and shiny. I scanned both sides. No scuffs on either side as it has always been in this sleeve. You may grade it very good, or better... so be it. The price I ask would be the same. I call it near fine... or probably better. Considering both the Hit and B sides look the same, I lean towards barely, if ever used. I see some finger prints from years ago. For me that would be odd, but if you want to wipe them off, be my guest.
I hold and flip my 78's on the edge when sorting... as I had to handle lots to sort years ago. If this hype is a bit too long and you made it this far... you may be the one bidder that knows that there are lots of average copies, coming up for sale over time. I have had MORE Sun 78 rpm Elvis 209's than this record.