BLIND BOY FULLER Whats That Smells Like Fish Get Your Yas Yas 78 COLUMBIA E

	£		50
	$		66

This original 10-inch shellac 78 RPM record features the legendary Piedmont blues innovator Blind Boy Fuller performing his irreverent, fast-paced classic "What's That Smells Like Fish" (Matrix W 21509) backed with the definitive ragtime shuffle "Get Your Yas Yas Out" (Matrix W 23623) on the post-war red Columbia label (37155). Originally tracked during intensive late-1930s sessions, Fuller’s intricate, fingerpicked National steel resonator guitar work is accompanied by the rhythmic washboard clatter of his long-time studio partner, Oh Red (George Washington). Fuller's gritty vocal delivery and fluid string bends provide a textbook demonstration of the uptempo East Coast blues style.
Originally tracked during the twilight of the Great Depression and later reissued by Columbia to meet heavy post-war consumer demand, these sides capture a highly influential segment of Southern Black musical culture. Unlike the somber, sparse country blues of the Mississippi Delta, the Piedmont region style developed along the tobacco and textile belt of the Carolinas, adopting a faster, dance-oriented rhythm heavily drawing from ragtime.Lyrically, both selections are prime examples of the popular "hokum" genre, using witty double entendres and coastal fish market slang to bypass radio broadcast restrictions. These tracks provided direct, lighthearted emotional relief for a displaced working-class population navigating both rural agrarian poverty and the industrial migrations of the era. The phrase "Get Your Yas Yas Out" became an embedded cultural idiom, serving as the raw linguistic blueprint for generations of urban electric music that followed.
The Resonator Voice: Fuller's signature bright, metallic tone was generated by a 1933 National Duolian steel-body guitar, chosen explicitly because its mechanical amplification could cut through the noise of crowded street corners and rowdy fish-fries.
The Famous Title Source: The B-side, "Get Your Yas Yas Out," is historically recognized as the direct title inspiration for The Rolling Stones' legendary 1970 live concert album, highlighting Fuller’s profound reach into modern rock and roll history
.The Post-War Demand: Columbia pressed this reissue block in 1946–1947 because the wartime shellac rationing had starved the market of Fuller's catalog, creating massive buying competition among returning urban workers desperate for his music.
Detailed Condition Report
Grade (VJM System): Excellent (E).Play Surface: Phenomenal, high-grade preservation. The shellac retains an exceptional percentage of its original deep factory black gloss and mirror sheen. Under intense inspection lighting, the surfaces present as remarkably clean, revealing nothing more than one or two microscopic paper-sleeve wisps from careful archiving. Completely free of deep scratches, gray acoustic groove-wear, needle digs, stress lines, or edge chips
.Audio Performance: Both sides play beautifully loud, crisp, and robust. Fuller's stinging steel string bends and Oh Red's rapid washboard accents track with exceptional clarity over an extraordinarily quiet background.
Center Labels: Classic post-war red Columbia typography with the twin-eye logo. Both sides are remarkably clean, crisp, and bright with fully legible text. The spindle hole remains perfectly tight with zero trailing wear. Completely free of modern ink writing, layout tearing, or vintage dealer sticker residue.
Postage & Packing Information
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Double-Skin Box: Enclosed within an ultra-rigid, double-walled outer corrugated shipping box.
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Void Fill: The entire internal assembly is locked in place using dense void-fill material to ensure absolutely zero movement within the box during shipping
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