JUNIOR WELLS HOODOO MAN BLUES RARE EX LATE 1960’S DELMARK RECORDS BLUES LP

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This is a very rare and clean early US pressing of the landmark first album by Junior Wells, Hoodoo Man Blues, originally released by Delmark Records in 1965. The original pressing was issued on blue and white label with large D boxed at the top half of label and due to contractual issues did not identify by name guitarist Buddy Guy, just referring to him on cover as friendly chap. According to the research I have done using historical accounts of the label and its releases and a Delmark label discography, this pressing was issued in the late 1960’s, which is consistent with the address of Delmark at the time, 7 West Grand Street, Chicago IL. This address appears on both the release label and back of the cover. This was the home address of Delmark from the early 1960s until the early 1971. The last label used by Delmark while at the 7 West Grand address used on a Delmark release in 1970 was the same configuration as the label on LP I am selling, but was distinguished by the fact that the other label was a darker shade of blue. This LP featuring the great Buddy Guy on guitar is considered by many to have been one of the best blues albums ever recorded. Original pressings of this album in very clean condition which do not come to market very often, in the past have sold for hundreds of dollars.

The LP visually is in excellent condition, displaying maybe a few lines/shadows, and LP plays very nicely. The cover is in very good condition. All corners are relatively sharp with slight tip wear. The top seam has about a two inch split in the middle of the top seam that was tape repaired but is otherwise strong with minimal rub wear. The bottom seam is strong but due to slight moisture damage the slick itself is split about an inch but not the cover itself. The spine is strong and  clean with no splits. The front and back of cover are relatively clean with some yellowing age wear. But there is slight moisture damage along bottom seam to about an inch above the seam for about four inches horizontally along bottom cover and then for less than an inch for another about three inches across horizontally. In grading I use Excellent instead of VG++ for those items deemed just a notch below near mint.

Please understand that opened play graded copies may have been graded several weeks before listing and may be available for sale for some time, so the LP must be cleaned again before play. LP's are cleaned manually as I no longer have machine, so matter may have settled in the grooves in the interim. Please do not claim LP is not as described if you play the LP without first cleaning the LP.

The LP will be shipped within 24 hours of payment, which is expected within 3 days of auction end, in specially made LP mailer with the LP separated from the cover (for unsealed items) and well packaged to protect the item from damage during shipment. Returns are accepted if contact is made within 30 days after LP receipt with the buyer paying return shipping cost and as long as LP is returned in the condition received. Return of sealed items will only be permitted if returned unopened. Please note that I will not grant partial refunds. Please note for this listing that for some inexplicable reason the listing shows no returns accepted. This is not the case and I do not know why it came up this way and apparently is locked in as I was not permitted to change it once I noticed the anomaly. This was the only listing on which this occurred.

Shipping cost is $4 per LP which includes cost of material used. To reduce shipping cost, I will combine shipping on multiple items bid and won during the same auction cycle. Please do not pay until I have had the opportunity to manually adjust the shipping cost. I cannot hold items for multiple auction cycles as it will affect my EBAY standing in so far as it concerns shipment time. I only accept bids from continental US based buyers and will only ship to the address recorded for the buyer on PAYPAL, which is the only method I can accept for payment.

Please keep in mind that I am a person looking to sell their collection and not a store or commercial seller. I play grade open items sold and do the best I can in the process to give an honest assessment of the item As is shown by my feedback I think I do a good job of satisfying most buyers. I leave feedback for all buyers and if you are satisfied with the transaction I would greatly appreciate positive feedback from the buyer as well. It does not take very long and is very important to me as seller. If for any reason you cannot leave positive feedback or are not satisfied, please have the courtesy of contacting me before leaving negative or neutral feedback. In almost all cases the issue can be worked out to the buyers satisfaction even if it means returning the item. If the item is not as described I will bear all shipping costs including return shipping. If a buyer behaves in a rude or unreasonable manner, and/ or fails to contact me to address issues they have with an item before negative or neutral feedback is left, I will block that buyer from further auction participation. I also reserve the right to block any buyer that leaves negative or neutral feedback when I have done everything possible to put the buyer in a position as if the transaction had not taken place.

If a buyer requests LP return because it is claimed that an LP is not as described and on return it is found that LP is just as described, I will block that person from further auction participation. I felt I had to take this action as I have encountered few too many people who do not do their due diligence in cleaning the record before play, or are just plain dishonest. If you want to return an album that you just do not want and there is nothing wrong with the LP, then unless you want to be blocked from future auctions, you must pay return postage, simple as that.

I am auctioning almost 5000 records of my own collection, including rock. soul, blues and jazz, that are very clean and, included are some very rare items that rarely are available