CHICAGO BLUES LP Original Acetates: JUNIOR WELLS Hoodoo Man Blues DELMARK stereo

Two 12-inch metal-based acetates made by RCA Custom Records for the Delmark stereo album HOODOO MAN BLUES by JUNIOR WELLS’ CHICAGO BLUES BAND, from the sessions recorded Sept. 22-23, 1965, with “Friendly Chap” (Buddy Guy) on guitar.

(Although they are called acetates, they are defined by one source as "aluminum discs coated with nitrocellulose lacquer with acetone added for the sake of making a varnish."

One of the acetates has the Side One tracks on both sides, and the other has the Side Two tracks on one side only. On one of the Side One versions there is a tiny pinhole-sized hole in the lacquer on the first track which causes a skip; however on the version of the same tracks on the other side, the track is intact (perhaps it was re-cut by RCA due to the hole on the other side). As acetates made in the manufacturing process prior to the mothers, stampers, and actual vinyl record pressings, these are a few steps closer to the sound of the original master tapes. But they do seem to have been handled and probably played by Delmark owner Bob Koester to test the sound, so there can be some surface noise. (I played in spots only to test for possible skips, but I did not play all the way through as I wanted to keep these as clean as possible without causing any damage.)

 

The acetates have the following information typed in:

Delmark Records

Speed 33.3

No. T4RS-1737

Hoodoo Man Blues Pgm.

B911D-9612

Side One

 

and

 

Delmark Records

Speed 33.3

No. T4RS-1738

Hoodoo Man Blues Pgm.

B911D-9612

Side Two

 

The acetates are in manila Transco 12-inch sleeves.

 

These acetates are from the collection of the late blues and surrealist author and collector Paul Garon, who was an employee of Delmark Records and the Jazz Record Mart in the 1960s.

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