Sold Date: October 22, 2023
Start Date: October 12, 2023
Final Price: $33.60 (USD)
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WILLIS JACKSON Blue Gator PRESTIGE 7183 mono DG RVG Bergenfield NJ address on label & jacket (M-; jacket VG+, corner & edge wear, small torn spot on back)

This record came from the collection of the late Paul Garon, blues and surrealist author and collector. Paul collected contemporary jazz in the 1960s, buying new releases from stores in Louisville and Chicago and finding used copies in thrift stores and neighborhood homes. Most of the jazz LPs are mono, either because of preference, price (mono was cheaper than stereo on some labels), or perhaps he didn't own a stereo system. He soon focused his collecting and writing on prewar blues.
See grading codes below. See photos for label damage, markings, stickers, etc.  Combined shipping available on multiple purchases. If you have any problems with your order, please contact me before opening a case with eBay. 
I have many more records, CDs and magazines listed at my eBay store, BluEsoterica.com Mail Order, and if you are in Kansas City, see my bins at Happy Rock Antiques, 100 NW 72nd St. in Gladstone, MO (10 miles north of downtown KC via U.S. Highway 169). The store is open every day (10am-8 pm Tuesday through Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-6pm Monday). My booth is number 152 (the one with the most soul, jazz and blues records; there are several other booths with records, too).   -- Jim O'Neal, Co-founder, Living Blues magazine (eBay seller Stackhouse232) 
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GRADING: LPs, EPs and 45s are graded M (mint), NM (near mint), VG+, VG (very good), VG-, G+, G (good), G-, F (fair), and P (poor). A VG+ record may have some visible scuffs and light scratches and plays well with little surface noise. Scratches on records graded VG and VG- may be deep enough to feel with your fingernail, or there may be scuffs or scratches throughout that cause surface noise. On records in the G+, G and G- range the level of the music is still above the surface noise caused by scuffs and scratches. Surface noise is as loud as the music on records graded F and louder than the music on P records. P records are likely to be unplayable. [+ and - denote in-between grades. 
Grades with a slash in between indicate the condition of Side A/Side B.] 
Jackets graded VG+ have only slight wear; jackets graded VG are more worn but still intact unless defects are noted. G jackets show definite damage and F and P jackets are probably falling apart. Splits, markings, cut corners, and other defects will be noted.