Sold Date: April 8, 2021
Start Date: April 1, 2021
Final Price: $18.28 (USD)
Bid Count: 7
Seller Feedback: 937
Buyer Feedback: 0

Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Ebay applies tax. 

DISK: From a collector's vault, The Robins at Smokey Joe's Cafe. Good looking with 2 or 3 tiny scratches. Pretty shiny, not worn looking. Sounds very good. Not really hearing much if any surface noise with my ear by the speaker.    From Discogs: The Robins Profile: This Los Angeles vocal group were the forerunners of the Coasters. They began as the Four Bluebirds in 1947, then became the Robins. Ty Terrell, Billy Richards, Roy Richards, and Bobby Nunn were the original members, with Carl Gardner and Grady Chapman adding in 1954. In 1957, Gardner and Nunn departed to form the Coasters. The Robins had two R&B Top Ten hits. "If It's So Baby" was done with the Johnny Otis Band in 1950 for Savoy, while their best-known number, "Smokey Joe's Cafe", was recorded for the LA based SPARK label in 1955.

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