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the $37k blues record

buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
edited September 2013 in Strut Central
Just thought this event should be noted:

Tommy Johnson "Alcohol and Jake Blues"

This record just crushed everything

:balla:

Good sounding music too.

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  • LazarusOblongLazarusOblong 896 Posts
    Best track ever by a guy with a Hitler mustache.

  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts
    What's the story behind this?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Shipping: 4 dollars
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&LH_Complete=1&_ssn=jbookertee66&_sop=3
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    HOLLAFAME said:
    What's the story behind this?

    Behind the record? or the sale?

    Tommy Johnson was a Delta blues musician.
    Contemporary of Robert Johnson.
    The story of the blues musician selling his soul to the devil was first attached to Tommy.
    Pre war blues records are rare and the handful of people who are serious about buying them are... serious.
    That is all I know.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts


    Well I wasn't using it.
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    skel said:
    Shipping: 4 dollars

    I hope dude got on a jet plane and picked this up in person. Shipping regular 78s seems dangerous enough...
  • buttonbutton 1,475 Posts
    Also, there was a Son House paramount that nobody had ever seen or heard until one finally surfaced a few years ago. Collectors only knew it existed from old label catalogues. It was sold to Tefteller privately from what I remember; one can only imagine the damage that would have done if handled right.
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