Jackie Brenston Rocket "88"/Come Back Where You Belong 1951 Chess 1458 xxxxxxx

$

105

Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Media Mail by weight with one handling charge per package, if any. Ebay applies tax. 

DISK: From a collector's vault, a rare classic, Rocket 88. The record surface looks pretty good with a small scuff or two, a pit and a few little scratches. It looks like it was stored pretty carefully. I don't know what happened to the label. It has a warp but plays through. If I hold one side to the table, the other edge is about a quarter inch up. The pit is on "Come Back.." and causes a pop on each rotation close to the runout (pic). Perhaps a little hissing and surface noise is there but it is hard to hear with the music being wall to wall and pretty loud. So, graded as V+ to V on the sound. 
From Discogs: Profile: In March 1951, Sam Phillips (2) recorded several songs by Ike Turner's band in Memphis.
Rocket "88", on which Jackie Brenston sang lead & was credited with writing, was given to Chicagos' Chess Records for release. The song, released by Chess as by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats, was a #1 R&B hit for over a month & has been referred to as the "first" Rock & Roll song by many. After one further recording session, Brenston and Turner parted company.
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