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The Best Of

LITTLE WALTER The Best Of (Blues Hall Of Fame 1958 US 12-track deep groove mono LP on the black & silver Chess label, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest Blues albums of its day on Chess. This, Little Walter's LP debut, collects ten songs that appeared in the Top 10 of the Billboard R&B chart from 1952 to 1955. Comes housed in a thick pasted picture sleeve with 'Sheldon Recording Studios' logo on the back. The matrix detail in the run-offs of the record are hand etched & read: "8648 ("Triangle")500/ 8649 ("Triangle")501". See 'more info' for condition details... LP-1428)

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Release Year 1958 - 66 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Chess
Complete Stock List Go to Little Walter
Product Catalogue No LP-1428
Music Genre Male Solo, Blues
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More Information

A1 My Babe 2:52
A2 Sad Hours 2:37
A3 You're So Fine 2:49
A4 Last Night 3:23
A5 Blues With A Feeling 3:08
A6 Can't Hold Out Much Longer 2:59
B1 Juke 2:47
B2 Mean Old World 2:57
B3 Off The Wall 3:01
B4 You Better Watch Yourself 3:23
B5 Blue Lights 3:08
B6 Tell Me Mamma 2:40

Condition :-

The pasted cover appears outstanding. The monochrome design has lost none of its impact & the print on the back is clear & legible & still largely off white with no writing. There is a thin 2" hairline split at the bottom opening & a small tape reinforced area along the bottom edge. The spine is majestic & the spine text is clear as daylight with no blemishes. A Very Good example indeed.

The vinyl has received a deep professional clean on a top of the line Matrix machine. It has come up looking sparking. The labels are unblemished with no writing or tears. The heavyweight vinyl sits nicely on the turntable & plays like a dream. On a mono setting, any background surface is all but eradicated. There are a couple of faint clicks on occasion as to be expected, & the sound quality is immense. There are no jumps during playback & the music is clear with no distortion & packed with bar-room atmosphere. Little Walter's harmonica sounds seemingly beamed down from another planet on some of the tracks, it is out of this world. It is so mean in places, you could cut down forest trees with it. Some very faint crackle is detectable inbetween tracks, not intrusive in the slightest. From a visual standpoint, there are a number of light paper hairlines & the odd faint scuff both sides, but having play tested both sides, we can confirm this is a stunning VG example. They don't come much better these days!

Highly recommended.

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Recording Artist Little Walter
Product Title The Best Of
Product Information Little Walter The Best Of USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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