RAREST BIG JOE WILLIAMS 1957 UK 100 COPIES ONLY

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Big Joe Williams (Here identified as "Poor Joe Williams"), "A man sings the blues" - vol. 2". NOTE THAT THIS IS A 45 rpm 7" EP. Recorded in Chicago at home by Erwin Helfer in 1957 (who plays piano), issued in May of 1960 in a run of 100 copies. Liner notes by Alexis Korner still recycle the myth that Big Joe was the King Solomon Hill who recorded for Paramount in the 1920's, showing the limited state of blues research at the time! Only recordings for Big Joe in this period between his Vee Jay and Cobra sessions, over a year before he again recorded for Delmark and started a second career during the blues revival.. Record in superb near mint condition, Cover beautiful NM- with a small bit of laminate lift near the sleeve opening and very faint label-sized ringwear the only small defects. Superb copy of a super rare blues item from a period when there was virtually nothing on vinyl.

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This can be shipped more cheaply than a standard lp - the cost of shipping is 11$ to Europe and 13.50 for the rest of the world, to register and insure the parcel costs an additional 7$. I cannot be responsible for unregistered/uninsured parcels sent through the post.

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