SLEEPY JOHN ESTES:"THE LEGEND OF".1962 ESQUIRE MONO-MEGA THICK VINYL AND RARE

	£		22
	$		29

ATTENTION 1960s BLUES ALBUM COLLECTORS! 

HERE'S AN LP THAT RARELY TURNS UP IN 2013. INDEED THE FIRST COPY I HAVE FOUND IN YEARS! TRY AND FIND ANOTHER COPY OF THE FOLLOWING ALBUM BY SLEEPY JOHN ESTES!   "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY JOHN ESTES".

APRT FROM A VERSION OF ARTHUR CRUDDUPS "DEATH VALLEY BLUES" ALL THE SONGS ARE ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS BY ESTES RECORDED IN 1962 FEATURING ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST OVERLOOKED OF ALL AMERICAN BLUES SINGERS. THESE TRACKS RECORDED WHEN HE WAS 58. THERE ARE ALSO ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS ON PIANO,HARMONICA AND BASS WITH A GREAT ACOUSTIC SOUND AND DIRECT APPROACH OFTEN MISSING ON OTHER BLUES ALBUMS OF THE 1960s!

1962 ESQUIRE 32-195 WITH MEGA-THICK VINYL. ROUGH TEXTURED LABELS AND NATURALLY SOLID MONO! 

APART FROM SOME SHORT LIVED CLICKS ON A COUPLE OF THE TRACKS+ISOLATED"POPS",THE DISC IS GENERALLY QUIET WITH SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS. HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE.THE DISC PLAYS VERY NICELY INDEED! NO JUMPS-NO STICKS STRICTLY GRADED AS VERY GOOD++++ CONDITION BUT THE SOUND IS MUCH NEARER TO NEAR EXCELLENT FOR MOST OF THE DISC! THIS IS A COPY THAT HAS BEEN ENJOYED WITH A NUMBER OF PLAYS BUT NO MAJOR FAULTS-NO NASTY DISTORTION!

THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS ADDED "SIDE 1" AND "SIDE 2" TO EACH RESPECTIVE LABEL,OTHERWISE THE LABELS ARE VERY CLEAN! 

HARDLY ANY COPIES SOLD AND IT PROBABLY ONLY HAD A PRINT RUN OF ABOUT 500-1000 COPIES AT THE VERY MOST AS ESQUIRE WAS A SMALL INDEPENDENT LABEL,QUITE POSSIBLY DELETED WITHIN A YEAR OF ISSUE. VERY FEW COPIES SURVIVE, 51 YEARS ON-THE MAJORITY IN THE HAND OF PRIVATE COLLECTORS WHO WON'T SELL! REMEMBER THAT IN 1962,LPs WERE VERY EXPENSIVE.MOST COPIES SOLD WERE PLAYED ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE!

PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE SOME COVER FAULTS. DAMAGE! THERE IS A LARGE CREASE AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER AND SOME SMALLER EDGE ONES. THERE IS A SMALL SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM EDGE,A PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME AT THE BACK,SOME STAINING AND SURFACE WEAR BUT DESPITE ALL THIS THERE ARE NO REPAIRS.THE SPINE DETAILS CAN BE READ EASILY. INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE TRACING PAPER INNER SLEEVE.

PLEASE SEE ALL FOUR OF THE PHOTOS SHOWING THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE COVER AND BOTH LABELS-NOTHING TO HIDE!

MINT COPIES WHICH OF COURSE ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND CAN FETCH £50 OR MORE AND WAY OUT OF THE REACH OF MOST COLLECTORS SO THIS BETTER THAN A "GAPFILLER" EXAMPLE THAT SOUNDS NICE IS AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE WITH MY REALISTIC,LOW STARTING PRICE OF JUST £12. POSTAGE IS £4-50(UK 1ST CLASS SIGNED FOR) AIRMAIL:EUROPE £6-50.REST OF THE WORLD £9-50.  SUGGESTED POSTAGE IS UK SPECIAL DELIVERY £7. INTERNATIONAL SIGNED FOR-EUROPE £12-REST OF THE WORLD £18. IF THE BIDDING GOES HIGH.

MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE LPs FOR AUCTION ENDING ON THE SAME EVENING AS THIS ONE ON EBAY! THERE ARE NICE COMBINED POSTAGE DEALS AVAILABLE!

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many BLUES MUSIC collectors and given my experience, I am aware of the titles that are GENUINE RARE ITEMS.

Now of course for those who are"chained"to the record collector price guide books,for whom I am one of the main consultants, the prices are still a SUGGESTION and as we all know ACTUAL prices SOLD can vary.

The sellers on ebay who continually put"listed"or "list price"on everything should be aware of this!!!!     

This is my honest grading!!!

Please see my listening policy below. 

I test on a lightweight pickup of approx 2 grammes and listen with the treble full on and no filtering or mono switch used.As both a collector and dealer,I AM VERY STRICT ON GRADING but DO CHECKOUT MY FEEDBACK FOR GRADING PROOF!!!!  

Checkout my  feedback of over 16,000 comments of my standards and service many from some of the world's most respected collectors and dealers.Always adding quality Records, cd's and related items to ebay several times a week. Customers from all over the world regard my ebay selections as the #1 for QUALITY,VARIETY AND SERVICE.

UK Customers are very welcome to collect ebay winnings by prior email  arrangement. 10 years on ebay  and many more before as a keen collector! Thanks for looking and good luck.

OTHER STYLES OF MUSIC ON EBAY FROM ME-SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE-LOOK NO FURTHER!!!!!

MORE DIFFERENT FOLK,BLUES,JAZZ AND ROCK LPs,EPs AND 45s  FROM ME EVERY WEEK ON EBAY FOR AUCTION AND MANY AT LOW,REALISTIC BUY IT NOW PRICES!

I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE ON ITEMS FROM OTHER NIGHTS BUT WOULD LIKE COMMUNICATION THANKYOU!!