Sold Date: December 11, 2021
Start Date: December 4, 2021
Final Price: $29.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 3
Seller Feedback: 640
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IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO LEARN that Budweiser Beer already was a "thing" in 1876, when Adolphus Busch and Carl Conrad brought a Bohemian-style brew to the USA, and started their spigots in St. Louis.  So it was already a venerable brand, well before NASCAR, when Victor stalwart singer BILLY MURRAY waxed this charming little number, "BUDWEISER'S A FRIEND OF MINE," in 1908.  Indeed, this was a popular advertising slogan for the brew, in vogue when the song was written.    

The flip side, "SO WHAT'S THE USE?" is another charmer from Mr. Murray.  

This original 1908 "Patents" Victor 16049 is in spiffy E condition.  

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These records come from my private collection, which I have been accumulating since 1967, and now am downsizing!  My highest priority in these eBay auctions is to give you the best possible idea of a record’s true condition and aesthetic value.  I always post at least four clear images, showing the record fore and aft, a close-up of the label, and the whole disc, warts and all.  If my purple prose won’t cut it, the pictures will!  Shipping is done with expert care. Your record will brave Media Mail in a stout corregated box, between four sheets of cardboard and a couple of “packers.”  I hope you are amused by these descriptions, and by the quality of service being offered.