BLUES 78 test pressing TITUS TURNER Christmas Morning/Be Sure You Know COLUMBIA
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BLUES 78 test pressing TITUS TURNER Christmas Morning/Be Sure You Know COLUMBIA
Hard-hitting Christmas blues wailed by shouter Titus Turner, with good backing by guitar and horns. Flip is a blues ballad with similar backing. "Test Pressing Property of Coilumbia Records Inc." Discographers, note: these 1952 sides are listed in Blues Records 1943-1970 with a series of sessions for Columbia's OKeh subsidiary bearing the credit "with Danny Kessler Orchestra." However, on this test pressing "Christmas Morning" is stamped "Orch. under Leroy Kirkland." "Be Sure You Know" is stamped "with orchestral acc." These sides were issued as OKeh 6929. Matrix numbers stamped in wax are CO48518-1D and CO48279-1G. Record is VG to VG+, has some scuffs and scratches but still has some shine, plays well with low surface noise.
10-inch 78. See record grading codes below.
Combined shipping: each additional 78 $2.00 (US), $5.00, (Canada), $8.00 (other foreign).
78 RPM RECORD GRADING
Most of the following descriptions are based on the Vintage Jazz Mart grading codes.
N (new) or M (mint): New and unplayed. NM or N- (near mint): Nearly same as M but played a few times. or showing minimal storage wear.
E+: plays almost like new, with very few signs of handling, such as tiny scuffs from being slipped in and out of jackets.
E (excellent): Still very shiny, near new looking with few or no visible signs of groove wear but may have a few inaudible scuffs.
E-: still shiny, but without the luster of a new record. Very little wear, plays distortion-free. May have a few minor scuffs.
V+ or VG+: An “average” looking 78 in which scuffs and general use has dulled finish somewhat. Wear is moderate but playing is generally free of distortion. Surface noise still not pronounced.
V or VG (very good): Moderate, even wear throughout but still very playable. Surface noise and scratches audible but not too intrusive.
V- or VG- = quite playable; may have some distortion in louder passages but music remains loud in most places. Surface noise from wear and scratches are below music level.
G+: gray throughout or quite scuffed but still serviceable. Music begins to sound muffled.
G (good): quite worn/damaged, but surface noise still below music level. Listenable.
G-: Music muffled from wear but still exceeds surface noise.
F+: Music remains audible over surface noise but listening uncomfortable.
F (fair): Surface noise is as loud as the music.
P (poor): unplayable.
[+ and – denote in-between grades. Grades with a slash in between indicate the condition of Side A/Side B.]
Note: Some 78s look mint or near mint and may be graded so, but may play with some surface noise due to poor quality pressing material.
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