Otis Rush is deservedly regarded as one of the greats among blues guitarists.  His distinctive style was the result of his distinctive approach to playing guitar.  He is left-handed, and he played a left-handed guitar.  But he played it upside down.  Many of the great guitarists site Rush as one of their biggest influences, including three of my all-time favorites:  Peter Green, Michael Bloomfield, and Eric Clapton.  If you love great Chicago blues this is a must-have album.  This is a compilation of 18 of his historic recordings, and it is pure, raw, and simply stunning.  Check out the credits.  It’s an amazing lineup of players supporting this collection including Willie Dixon, Fred Below, Ike Turner, Lafayette Leake, and many more.  The album was released on Blue Horizon in 1980, number BM 4602.  This is the original release of the album.  The vinyl is in absolutely beautiful – almost pristine - condition with its bright original luster and just a couple of almost indiscernible scuffs that do not impact play.  It plays with virtually no background noise.  The vinyl grades a strong VG+.  The album cover still has its original shrink wrap.  It shows a hint of ring wear and some very light corner wear.  All seams are clean, sharp, tight, and intact.  The top right corner has been snipped.  The cover grades VG+. 

Album Tracks: 
Double Trouble
Jump Sister Bessie
She’s A Good ‘Un
Checkin’ Up On My Baby
Sit Down Baby
Love That Woman
Keep On Loving Me Baby
Keep On Loving Me Baby
My Baby is A Good ‘Un
If You Were Mine

I Can’t Quit Baby
All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Groaning The Blues
It Takes Time
Violent Love
Three Times A Fool
My Love Will Never Die
She’s A Good ‘Un

Grading Information I always clean and then listen to every record I list on eBay.  I do this to make sure I can give as accurate a description of each record as possible.  I will do both a visual check and an audio check.  I absolutely attempt to give as objective a grading as I can.  I don’t ever want you to be disappointed in the quality of the album you receive.   My promise is that I will never put up for auction any album that I would not be proud to play for others on my own turntable. 

I only use four grades in my grading:  NM, VG+, VG, and G.  The only exception is a sealed album which is presumed to have vinyl in mint condition.  My NM grading means that the vinyl looks and plays as though it is the first time out of the sleeve.  The VG+ rating is used on any album that plays great but has one or more small defects.  It may have a pop here and there or some occasional background static.  On a VG album you can expect that, typically, this album will play great, but you’ll see more defects on this than your VG+ rated album.   Most often the VG rated album may even play well enough to be graded VG+, but the color or blemishes drop the grading.  Likewise, you may occasionally find an album that looks almost NM but the sound quality just isn’t there.  That’s why I play every album first, because this does happen.  In this case the vinyl will be graded VG.  Very occasionally I will list an album with a grade of G.  This is one where I consider the collectible value of the album to be great enough that the copy being presented is worth having as a filler copy.  

Shipping Information – Combined Shipping Shipping is $4.00 in the continental U.S.  I happily combine records from multiple auctions to reduce total shipping cost.  In fact, I welcome it!  The $4.00 cost for U.S. shipping applies regardless of the number of auctions won in any 5-day period. 

Canada shipping is calculated based on weight using US Postal Service rates.  Combined shipping is also welcomed here and does result in significant per-album cost savings. Canada shipping rates have gone up dramatically. The first album will be shipped for $16.  Additional albums will be shipped for $4 per album, with up to five albums able to be shipped before we need to use International Priority shipping.  At that point we will work together on final determination of shipping cost. 

The Canada cost determination also applies for all other International shipping, except that the first album is shipped for $21 and each subsequent is just an additional $5.00. 

All albums will be shipped in specially designed album hard cardboard mailers with a cardboard insert to prevent damage upon opening.  The vinyl is removed from the cover and presented in a new poly sleeve.  I am committed to one day turnaround on shipments.  If I receive payment before 7:00 AM Central Time I will package and ship that same day.  Payment by Paypal is preferred. 

  Thank  you  for looking and please contact me with any questions.