HJULMAND BOTSCHINSKY Danish Debut Pettiford -Blue Bros-

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111

First of all: Sorry for the blurry picture. When taking this picture and the picture for my other current auctions they all came to look like this. I think my camera is now defunct, as it still takes pictures like this. This is of course only the picture, and the descriptions should speak for themselves. As always, I guarantee all the records I sell! I took picture of some of the records for my current auctions, which is why some of pictures are ok.

This is Louis Hjulmand and Allan Botschinsky featuring Oscar Pettiford "Blue Bros" released on the Danish Debut label in 1961, catalogue no. DEB-135. The record also features Bent Eriksen, Jørn Birkeholm and Bjarne Rostvold.

When looking at the record in the light of my 60 watt table lamp, which I feel is very good at detecting dirt and such, and my 50 watt halogen spots, which reveals even the slightest hairlines, I would grade the record approx. Good, maybe slightly below on Record Collector's grading scale: Mint, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor, Bad. It has many surface scratches, though none deep and no one that causes skips.

When playing the record on my Thorens TD-126 Mk III Centennial record player with an Ortofon MC20 Super MkII needle, Marantz PM 7000 amp and Audio Vector C1 speakers I can hear consistent noise through the songs. The music is often quite mellow, and the sound doesn't appear to be particularly loud and the amount of noise I would therefore deem as a "medium" amount (meaning not heavy noise, but not very light either). On side 2 the noise is slightly less audible than on side 1, bordering on "light noise".

The cover is better than the record. Its major flaw is the bottom flap on its flipback cover. This flap has two cracks in it (dividing the flap into 3 equal sized parts). The flap is still attached to the rest of the cover, although the right crack has a small piece of paper that flutters a bit. Otherwise the cover only has light wear and fading. On the front it has a sticker from the record shop in the bottom right corner and some light glue from another sticker in the top right corner. When holding the cover up against the light very light ring wear is showing. If I disregard the cracks to the flap I would grade the cover VG+ on Record Collector's scale.

I grade accurate and honest as I hate buying records myself that are graded as EX/VG+ or something and getting a record that has noise through all the tracks. I play grade every record I sell (except for sealed ones), as I feel that a visual grade doesn’t cut it. A record can look great but be trashed and also the other way around! No offence to any seller, but I think a lot of people don't know how to grade visually (I can't say by eye if a record will sound very good or excellent either). It seams like a lot of people just take out the record, look at it quickly (with no use of bright lights) and then slap on some high grade to increase the interest! I also feel that if you don’t grade a record correct, why even bother to grade it at all? When I buy a record here at Ebay that's graded excellent or something, it usually has noise during the tracks, which isn't excellent in my book! A grade should sound like the name it has. Very Good should sound very good, not have noise through all the tracks – no matter how it looks! Whenever I see a record graded near mint or mint, I simply do not believe it and I advise you not to trust it either! All grades are 100% guaranteed! If you have any questions please feel free to contact me - I accept cash and Paypal (ONLY if the amount is already on your Paypal account, as I only have a personal account) at the current moment.