Clarence Williams Blue 5 Okeh 8465 Black Snake Blues Jazz 78 E+
  $   125

 


$ 125 Sold For
Mar 3, 2025 Sold Date
Feb 21, 2025 Start Date
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Description

ARTIST:  Clarence Williams' Blue Five
LABEL:   Okeh 8465
TITLES:  Black Snake Blues / Old Folks Shuffle
CONDITION:  E+
DESCRIPTION: Superb copy of a Clarence Williams Blue Five Okeh recorded in April 1927.  More of a CW Orchestra side with 8 pieces and Floyd Casey on drums instead of washboard.

78 GRADING:  We use the universally recognized VJM (Vintage Jazz Mart) 78 rpm system in grading our 78s with some streamlining as noted,  eliminating some of the hair splitting on records graded V- and below (G+, G, G-, F).  

E+

Highest grade used. A record that might have minor handling marks but has no visible signs of wear.  N, N- and E+ records will all be graded as E+.


E
Record has slight signs of handling and use but groove wear should be barely detectable and grooves should still be glossy and black. 

E-
Light groove wear with grey rubbing and light circular gray grooves starting to appear, but record should still retain glossy black grooves for almost all of the surface.

V+
Grey wear, handling and groove wear more apparent, but much of the groove area will still have black.

V
Record is approaching an overall grey surface with uniform wear, but will still play well even though the level of surface noise and distortion could be distracting.

V-
Record has wear throughout, and was subject to continual playing to wring more sound out of it, so even the grey is in a more advanced state of deterioration with groove walls disappearing.

P
This grade generally indicates poor condition on a good title.


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