VARIOUS:"FIRST NATIONAL SKIFFLE CONTEST".1957 ESQUIRE.NEAR MINT-SERIOUSLY RARE

	£		26
	$		34

ATTENTION SKIFFLE AND 10 INCH LP COLLECTORS! HERE IS PROBABLY THE RAREST SKIFFLE LP ISSUED IN 1957 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE SHORT LIVED BUT HIGHLY INFLUENCIAL SKIFFLE BOOM. FEATURING THREE BANDS THAT WERE WINNERS OF THE FIRST (AND I THINK ONLY!) NATIONAL SKIFFLE CONTEST.

THE 2:19 SKIFFLE GROUP

THE STATION SKIFFLE GROUP

THE DELTA SKIFFLE GROUP.

ISSUED IN THE UK ON THE HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AND STYLISH ESQUIRE LABEL IN 1957.

20-089.VERY THICK VINYL+NATURALLY MONO!  THIS IS A VITAL RECORD FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTION OF 1950s MUSIC RECORDS-DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A FANTASTICALLY RARE AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER LP!  THERE ARE NO SURFACE MARKS!  HARDLY ANY SURFACE NOISE EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME! NO JUMPS-NO STICKS-NO DISTORTION! STRICTLY GRADED AS NEAR MINT CONDITION! VERY FEW COPIES SURVIVE, 57 YEARS ON-THE MAJORITY IN THE HAND OF PRIVATE COLLECTORS WHO WON'T SELL! REMEMBER THAT IN 1957,MANY SKIFFLE FANS WERE STILL STICKING WITH 78s AND MOST COPIES SOLD WERE PLAYED ON HEAVY EQUIPMENT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE! ESQUIRE LPs WERE MORE EXPENSIVE THAT OTHER LABELS.THEY HAD LIMITED DISTRIBUTION,MINIMAL ADVERTISING AND INDEED MANY SHOPS WOULD ONLY OBTAIN THEM TO SPECIAL ORDER! A FEW YEARS AGO I BOUGHT MOST OF THE RECORDS FROM THE COLLECTION OF FORMER ESQUIRE RECORD BOSS,PETER NEWBROOK.HIS SON FOUND PAPERWORK THAT BACKED UP MY GUESS THAT THEN PRINT RUN FOR MOST ESQUIRE LPs WAS APPROX 500 COPIES AND ONLY REPRESSED IF SALES WERE GOOD! GIVEN THE CHOICE OF LPs AND EPs,MOST FANS OF SKIFFLE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE OPTED FOR LONNIE DONEGAN OR THE VIPERS SKIFFLE GROUP! I HAVE ONLY FOUND 3 COPIES OF THIS LP IN THE LAST 10 YEARS-THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE-CLEARLY BEING PLAYED NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF TIMES! SO CLOSE TO MINT! WOW! PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 COPIES SOLD-JUST A FEW DOZEN COPIES PROBABLY SURVIVE! POSSIBLY THIS COULD BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET THIS LP ESPECIALLY IN THIS BRILLIANT CONDITION!

JUST TO MENTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUNGER COLLECTORS AND OVERSEAS COLLECTORS WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SKIFFLE MUSIC>>> IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,ROCK AND ROLL WAS NATURALLY AN INSTANT HIT IN 1954 WITH BILL HALEY AND TWO YEARS LATER WITH ELVIS PRESLEY,LITTLE RICHARD AND THE OTHER LEGENDS THAT WOULD INFLUENCE AND ENCOURAGE THE BEATLES,THE ROLLING STONES AND SO MANY MORE THAT FOLLOWED.HOWEVER,SKIFFLE MUSIC WHICH TOOK IT'S INSPIRATION FROM AMERICAN BLUES,FOLK AND WORK SONGS WAS AS INFLUENCIAL-MAINLY AS IT WAS A STYLE THAT MOST COULD PARTICIPATE IN WITH EASY TO SING SONGS-MINIMAL INSTRUMENTS WITH A VERY MUCH "DO IT YOURSELF" APPROACH. THE BEATLES WERE INITIALLY THE QUARRYMEN INCLUDING SKIFFLE SONGS AND THE REST IS HISTORY! APART FROM LONNIE DONEGAN WHO SCORED A MAJOR AMERICAN HIT WITH "ROCK ISLAND LINE",MOST SKIFFLE RECORDS WERE NOT ISSUED OUTSIDE OF THE U.K.OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE RARER ONES LIKE THIS WELL RECORDED AND EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION DISC DO NOT HAPPEN OFTEN! NATURALLY THERE IS NOT A SKIFFLE SECTION ON EBAY AND BEFORE THE PURISTS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT GOING UNDER ROCK AND ROLL-I WOULD REPLY THAT MANY ROCK AND ROLL FANS ALSO LIKE SKIFFLE AND IT'S IMPORTANCE IS EQUAL.IF YOU DISAGREE-NO PROBLEM!.

HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED FRONT+FLIPBACK COVER WHICH IS AMAZINGLY CLEAN FOR 55 YEARS OLD! NO WRITING,NO RIPS,NO REPAIRS.A TINY LAMINATION PEEL AT THE BACK EDGE-BUT IT'S ALL THERE.A LITTLE STAINING AT THE FRONT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER AND A FEW TINY EDGE CREASES.VERY PRESENTABLE INDEED! IT STILL HAS IT'S ORIGINAL POLYLINED INNER SLEEVE! 

POSTAGE:£4 RECORDED DELIVERY TO THE UK   EUROPE  £6 REST OF THE WORLD £9.

A REALISTIC £25 STARTING PRICE!

JUST TRY AND FIND ANOTHER COPY! 

Over the years I have helped to add to the collections of many 1950s 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!!!!     

SHARP,CLEAN LABELS!   

This is my honest grading!!!

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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!!!!  

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