78rpm JIM JACKSON Kansas City Blues part 1 & 2 1927 Vocalion 1144 G/G+ HEAR
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78rpm Jim Jackson Kansas City Blues part 1& 2 1927 Vocalion 1144 Condition: G / G+ VJM scale (play graded), quite a few pops. Music is a touch muffled. I've uploaded part 1 just below, part 2 plays about the same, maybe just a little better.
Below is a link to my youtube upload of part 1 https://youtu.be/O9-JXlBG97A
From Wikipedia
It was Jackson's first record and an early blues hit.Music writer Peter Silvester suggests it was one of the first million-seller records. This sales figure is disputed, but the recording was "immensely popular... and became a standard among Mississippi and Memphis bluesmen". The song is also mentioned as one of the first rock and roll records. William Harris's second and final recording stint occurred over three days in October 1928, in Richmond, Indiana, and included Harris's cover of the song. Jackson was also a medicine show singer and it is supposed that the two men knew each other from that time.
The song's melody line was re-used and developed by Charlie Patton ("Going to Move to Alabama") and Hank Williams ("Move It on Over") before emerging in "Rock Around the Clock", and its lyrical content presaged Leiber and Stoller's "Kansas City". The song contains the line "It takes a rocking chair to rock, a rubber ball to roll", which had previously been used in 1924 by Ma Rainey in "Jealous Hearted Blues",[8] and which Bill Haley would later incorporate into his 1952 recording, "Sundown Boogie." Both Robert Nighthawk and Harmonica Frank recorded versions of "Kansas City Blues" in 1951 Janis Joplin later recorded a song she called "Kansas City Blues". Her lyrics included "Goin' to Kansas City to bring Jim Jackson home".
VJM 78 GRADING SCALE
N:As new and unplayed (there are virtually no 78s that can
categorically be claimed to be unplayed).
N-:Nearly New, but has been played. No visible signs of wear or damage.
E+:Plays like new, with very, very few signs of handling, such as tiny
scuffs from being slipped in and out of sleeves.
E : Excellent. Still very shiny, near new looking, with no visible signs of wear, but a few inaudible scuffs and scratches.
E-:Still shiny but without the luster of a new record, few light scratches.
V+ :is an average condition 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled
the finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free from
distortion. Surface noise not overly pronounced.
V : Very Good Moderate, even wear throughout, but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not intrusive.
V- :Quite playable still, but distortion and heavy greying in loud passages. Music remains loud in most passages. Surface noise
and scratches well below music level.
G+: Grey throughout but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled. Heavy scratches.
G : Good Quite seriously worn and scratched, but music level is still higher than surface noise.
G- ; F ; and P The VJM system has these designations for records in extremely poor condition.
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