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snw_ecpWhat's on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY LEGENDARY NUGGET from the BLUES and R&B scenes - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL FIRST UK SAMPLE PRESSING in INCREDIBLE condition!!!

 

A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE BLUES and R&B FANS and 60s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL!

 

Artist: VARIOUS ARTISTS

(Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson)

Title: Blues Southside Chicago

Label: Decca LK 4748 (UK Original 'DEEP GROOVE' SAMPLE)   Recorded by WILLIE DIXON in CHICAGO Compiled by MIKE LEADBITTER

 

Matrices: XARL-7063-1A/XARL-7064-3A

Stampers: '1' at 9 o'clock, 'M' at 3 o'clock

 

 

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE WITH A FANTASTIC HERITAGE - EVERY COLLECTOR'S DREAM!!

 

 

Performers/Tracks:

  Side 1   Shakey Horton: Can't Help Myself

Johnny Young: One More Time

Sunnyland Slim: Every Time I Get To Drinking

Poor Bob: I Won't Be Happy

Eddie Boyd: Where You Belong

Robert Nighthawk: Merry Christmas

Homesick James: Crutch And Cane

  Side 2   Johnnny Young: Little Girl

Poor Bob: The Sun Is Rising

Homesick James: Got To Move

Sunnyland Slim: I Got To Get To My Baby

Ronda Mitchell and Mrs Lovell: J.F. Kennedy's Reservation

Robert Nighthawk: Lula Mae

Eddie Boyd: Losing Hand

 

Oh my goodness!!  Here we have a totally fantastic Electric BLUES LP in the ORIGINAL UK format!!  Perhaps the most revered of the mid-60s Blues issues on the Decca marque, the recordings on this fabulous set were captured by legendary bass player and tunesmith WILLIE DIXON!!  The performers are all from Bluesmen of the highest calibre and the set was compiled by a young MIKE LEADBITTER. 

This incredible PRE-RELEASE item came from the collection of the late CHARLES FOX; a Jazz critic who for many years lodged at the house of the legendary ALEXIS KORNER. It's hard to imagine that Charles would have been sent this disc (or would have been particularly interested in owning it), so it is perfectly plausible that it was perhaps owned by Alexis and then subsequently found its way into one of Charles' boxes by mistake??? Anyway, who knows......    

So, bid now to win this gem or, after the auction has ended, you can sit back in your chair and wonder how you managed to let this MONSTER BLUES RARITY pass you by!!!

  Use the Auctionplayer to sample for yourself just how fantastic this LP truly is!!!!!

 

As you'll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1st 'DEEP GROOVE' SAMPLE pressing made with the Decca 'open logo' label and machine-stamped matrices, so you can forget about having to settle for one of those dodgy so-called "limited re-pressings" (many of which are actually bootlegs) that are flooding the market.

 

A TRULY fantastic and legendary LP, any fan of the US Blues scene or 50s/60s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection!!!!

Grade (labels): The classic claret 'open logo' labels with DEEP GROOVE and silver print are in AWESOME condition; there is NO wear and NO spindle trails!!!  Side 1 has a SAMPLE label, supporting that this copy is an early pre-release example that would have been used for general promotional purposes!!

Grade (vinyl): Housed within its original Decca Group poly-lined inner bag, this heavy hunk of magnificent vinyl is absolutely stunning and strictly graded at MINT and believed to have been played just once prior to my ultra-careful play test!  Sitting perfectly flat on the turntable, the deep-grooved platter is in absolutely awesome shape with a lovely sheen and it plays wonderfully loud and clear throughout. Of course, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept the likelihood of a hunk of 50 year-old hunk of vinyl producing a touch of general noise and static here and there.  Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets......... they just do NOT turn up very often in this shape!!!!

 

Grade (sleeve): Printed in England by Clout & Baker Ltd, the front-laminated sleeve is in over all tremendous MINT minus shape; surely virtually impossible to find a better example!!!  The matt back has just the tiniest hint of ageing you could reasonably come to expect almost 50 years after manufacture!!

 

Why buy?: This is an absolute MONSTER of a BLUES gem and always so incredibly sought-after!! Truly a KILLINGLY RARE LP and ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND in ANY condition, don't miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1966 UK 1st LP 'DEEP GROOVE' SAMPLE pressing of "Blues Southside Chicago" by Various Artists in incredible condition!!!

 

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