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What s on offer?: Almost without the need for introduction, here we have a SIMPLY LEGENDARY NUGGET from the BRITISH BLUES scene - particularly as this copy is an ORIGINAL 1957 FIRST UK 10-INCH PRESSING LIMITED TO JUST 99 COPIES in WONDERFUL condition and with TOTALLY AWESOME heritage A SIMPLY ESSENTIAL DISC FOR TRUE BRITISH BLUES HISTORIANS, FANS and 50s COLLECTORS IN GENERAL Artist: ALEXIS KORNER S BREAKDOWN GROUP Leadbelly, Artwoods, The Rolling Stones, The Cyril Davies R B All-Stars Title: Alexis Korner s Breakdown GroupLabel: 77 Records LP/2 UK Original 10 Matrices: DAV LP 137/DAV LP 138Stampers: 1 at 9 o clock, B at 3 o clock- ONLY 99 copies pressed - A TRULY STUNNING, 60 YEAR-OLD DISC WITH A FANTASTIC HERITAGE - EVERY COLLECTOR S DREAM Wow Recorded in February 1957 and issued in the UK shortly thereafter, this absolutely incredible LP from ALEX KORNER S BREAKDOWN GROUP featuring CYRIL DAVIS sic.
is one of the most important items in the history of British Blues The LP was produced, in a run of just 99 copies in order to avoid liability to UK Purchase Tax , by the now legendary Dobell s Jazz Record Shop in London s Soho region and issued on the store s own 77 Records imprint.
The LP finds Korner and Davies attempting to re-create the US Blues of LEADBELLY and MONTANA TAYLOR.
Davies, who plays rack-mounted harmonica and 12-string guitar in addition to providing some fine vocals, serves up a very passable imitation of Hudie Ledbetter Korner takes centre stage on some tracks with his vocals and guitar playing and MIKE COLLINS on washboard and TERRY PLANT on bass complete the line-up.
As the title suggests, the recordings were captured at London s Roundhouse a Blues club established by Korner and Davies in 1956.
The session was committed to tape by the late, great JOHN R T DAVIES and the finished sleeve benefits from hugely informative notes courtesy of CHARLES FOX.
This incredible, 57 year-old gem came to me almost 20 years ago from DON SOLLASH the son-in-law of DOUG DOBELL who owned the label So, bid now to win this gem or, after the auction has ended, you can sit back in your chair and wonder how you managed to such a MONSTER BLUES RARITY pass you by Ask yourself when you honestly expect to see another one of these come up for sale?? Use the Auctionplayer to hear for yourself just how fantastic this LP truly is As you ll see from the photo, this is unconditionally guaranteed to be the ORIGINAL 1957 UK 1st 10 pressing made with machine-stamped matrices, so you can forget about having to settle for one of those dodgy so-called limited re-pressings many of which are actually bootlegs that are flooding the market.
A TRULY fantastic and landmark LP, any fan of Alexis Korner, Cyril Davies, the history of the British Blues scene or 50s music in general will simply have to have this item in their collection Grade labels : The classic dark green and white labels with gold and black print and DEEP RIDGE are in AS NEW condition absolutely NO wear and NO spindle trails Grade vinyl : This nugget is truly incredible and very strictly graded at EXCELLENT It looks like it had hardly seen a turntable prior to my ultra-careful play test and presents with just some contact traces from the plastic inner the disc was once housed within.
The platter sits perfectly flat on the turntable and the playing surface has a wonderful sheen Of course, with the hyper-sensitivity of modern styli and amplifiers, any lucky winning bidder would need to accept the likelihood of a 57 year-old hunk of vinyl producing a touch of static here and there.
Good luck in finding another one of these nuggets.........
they just do NOT turn up for sale Grade sleeve : This fantastic gem is housed within its fully original, fully laminated 1st edition West Brothers flipback sleeve The whole thing is in super EXCELLENT shape with just a few very small fissures at the title spine and a small fingernail-sized blemish in the laminate at the top left front corner.
Why buy?: This is an absolute LANDMARK MONSTER of a BRITISH BLUES gem and always so incredibly sought-after in this condition Truly a KILLINGLY RARE LP and VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND like this, don t miss this incredible example as it might be your only chance to buy an ORIGINAL 1957 UK 1st 10 LP pressing of Blues From The Roundhouse by Alex Korner s Breakdown Group featuring Cyril Davis in wonderful condition Don t forget: Look to see if I have other rare items on auction at the present time.
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