Sold Date: January 5, 2021
Start Date: January 1, 2021
Final Price: $120.00 (USD)
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***NOTE: THIS IS A POLYURETHANE MASTER PRESSING AND NOT AN ORIGINAL ISSUE. MADE FROM A HIGH-RESOLUTION SILICONE MOLD AND EXTREMELY HIGH-VISCOSITY POLYURETHANE RESIN. IT SOUNDS AND PLAYS JUST LIKE AN ORIGINAL WOULD IN FULL ANALOG GLORY, ALL THE SURFACE NOISE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORIGINAL SHELLAC. I HAVE BEEN MAKING THESE FOR COLLECTORS FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, AND MANY SOUND ENGINEERS AND COLLECTORS CAN ATTEST TO THEIR QUALITY. CONTACT ME DIRECTLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE A LIST OF ITEMS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE***
ARTIST:  JC Johnson and His Five Hot Sparks
LABEL:   QRS R-7064

TITLES:  Red Hot Hottentot (single-sided)
CONDITION:  V++, plays closer to E
DESCRIPTION: Most collectors call this the hottest side ever. 
Cuban Bennett c / tb / cl, as / Mabel Horsey p / Charlie Vincento bj. Long Island City, NY, c. February 1929
78 GRADING:  We use the universally recognized VJM (Vintage Jazz Mart) 78 rpm system in grading our 78s with some streamlining as noted,  eliminating some of the hair splitting on records graded V- and below (G+, G, G-, F).  

E+

Highest grade used. A record that might have minor handling marks but has no visible signs of wear.  N, N- and E+ records will all be graded as E+.

E
Record has slight signs of handling and use but groove wear should be barely detectable and grooves should still be glossy and black. 

E-
Light groove wear with grey rubbing and light circular gray grooves starting to appear, but record should still retain glossy black grooves for almost all of the surface.

V+
Grey wear, handling and groove wear more apparent, but much of the groove area will still have black.

V
Record is approaching an overall grey surface with uniform wear, but will still play well even though the level of surface noise and distortion could be distracting.

V-
Record has wear throughout, and was subject to continual playing to wring more sound out of it, so even the grey is in a more advanced state of deterioration with groove walls disappearing.

P
This grade generally indicates poor condition on a good title.

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