Ernest Tubb 45 Mean Mama Blues NM 1949 Hillbilly Blues TCS # 6 USA Decca 46162

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-Artist / Group: Ernest Tubb

-Mini bio: Ernest Tubb was born on Feb. 9, 1914 in Crisp, Texas. Country singer/songwriter/guitarist. Worked on KONO-San Antonio and KGKO-Fort Worth in the mid-1930's. First recorded for Bluebird in 1936. Wrote I'm Walking The Floor Over You in 1941. Moved to Nashville in 1943, joined the Grand Olde Opry. In the films Fighting Buckaroo, Hollywood Barn Dance, Ridin' West and Jamboree. Broadcast from his own Ernest Tubb Record Shop beginning in 1947. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1965. Nicknamed The Texas Troubadour. 

-Ernest Tubb recorded a string of classic bluegrass, R&B and country numbers many of them rockers between 1944 and 1977 including Soldier's Last Letter, Rainbow At Midnight, Filipino Baby, Mean Mama Blues, Blue Christmas, I Love You Because and Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) and an extremely obscure Johnny Cash composition from 1957 titled My Treasure among others. Ernest Tubb died on Sept. 6, 1984 (age 70).

-Side one: Mean Mama Blues

-Written by Ernest Tubb, Mean Mama Blues is a mid-tempo killer, gritty hillbilly blues sizzler with blues guitar throughout accompanied with just bass and Ernest Tubb's amazing baritone voice including two cool yodels and a hot guitar solo with lyrics like: "gonna buy me a pistol, I think I'll get a 44, when I get through shootin' that gal, she ain't gonna step out no more".

-Side two: Yesterday's Tears

-Also written by Ernest Tubb is a mid-tempo country love ballad with guitar, strong bass, with a guitar solo and gritty, melodic vocals from Ernest Tubb.

-Label: Decca 9-46162

-Year released: 1949

-Billboard number: Top Country Single # 6

-Billboard debut: May 28, 1949

-Pressed in: United States

-Visual grade: Near mint

-Note: We play-graded this 66 year old record and this pressing plays quietly at the lead-in with full fidelity and no distortion from beginning to end, both sides.

-Labels: Near mint

-Original factory sleeve:  VG++ 

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Record grading:

(M) Mint: A mint record should appear to have just left the manufacturers without any handling; that is, it should appear perfect! No light scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains on labels or writing, tears or splits; nothing. Perfect. And age has nothing to do with it; the same standards for Mint apply to a rare rockabilly single from 1955 as they do to a Top 40 record from 1988! There are no sliding values for Mint. A Mint record cover should appear to have never had a record in it; no ring-wear, dog-eared corners, writing, seam-splits; nothing! Perfect! Even a new, unplayed old stock record can have factory flaws. Mint should be used sparingly and will usually attract a premium value to serious collectors. Mint means perfect and nothing else!

(SS) Still sealed: Still sealed in the factory shrink wrap.

(M-) Mint minus: A nearly perfect record. The record will show no obvious signs of wear, very light surface scuffs from normal handling are permitted but no light scratches. Original finish intact. Picture sleeves should have no more than the most minor defects, such as almost invisible ring wear or other signs of slight handling.

(VG+) Very good plus: The record will show some signs that it was played or otherwise handled by a previous owner who took good care of it. Record surfaces may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or light scratches. Picture sleeves may have some slight ring wear, lightly turned up corners, or a small seam split.

(VG) Very good: Many of the defects found in a VG+ record or sleeve will be more pronounced in a VG record or picture sleeve. Groove wear may be noticeable, the record may have light scratches (deep enough to feel with a fingernail) that will affect the sound, but the foreign noises will be less prominent than the music. Picture sleeves may have quite prominent ring wear. Creases, folds, seam splits and tears will be more obvious and may appear on all three sides, and there may be writing as well.

(VG-) Very good minus: Foreign noises may be about as prominent as the music. The record still plays through without skipping. The picture sleeve will have more significant seam splits, perhaps to the point where they were taped closed, and highly obvious ring wear and heavier writing. Can serve as a filler until a better one comes along.

(G) Good: We seldom offer a good record for sale unless it is particularly rare for the following reasons: Foreign noises are louder than the recorded music and listening can be distracted by the noise. May or may not play through without skipping, but should be so noted. Picture sleeves are so badly seam split that they may not be able to contain the record within.Tears, folds, writing and ring wear may be overwhelming.