Hodges Brothers -RARE '61 Arhoolie LP Los Gatos address
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The Hodges Brothers- Watermelon Hangin' On The Vine, released by Arhoolie Records (F-5001) in 1961. Original pressing! Label shows the Los Gatos, Calif. address.
*Your looking at the original pressing of the very first release on Arhoolie's "hillbilly" series. Not only that, this Hodges Brothers LP was one of the absolute first Arhoolie releases, recorded during Chris Strachwitz's first trip (1960) through the South to find and record musicians for his new label! Chris was familiar with The Hodges Brothers from the handful of 78s they released on the Trumpet label and he tracked them down to a poor, one-room shack in Bogue Chitta, MS. The music here features some glorious old-time pickin' and singin'. I would liken it to J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, where it most certainly is old-time country music, yet it has subtle bluegrass or "proto-bluegrass" elements to it too. Strachwitz was very disappointed with the poor sales of this LP, so much so that he entirely abandoned seeking out hillbilly artists for a significant amount of time.*
The thick Vinyl is visually-graded in VG+ condition. When looked at under a bright light, the record shows a rich luster and a few, very light surface marks.
The Cover is graded in VG- condition, due to a significant 8-inch seam split on the left side that continues to a 4-inch seam split across the top. Otherwise, it shows a fair amount of edge & seam wear, some minor ring wear and some minor price tag residue. Despite these blemishes. the cover still does look quite nice.
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