Poor Jab
My Love Is Cold / Poor Jab Blues
- Item Sold
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$4,555.55
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- Request on order
- Defects
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ScuffedStain On GroovesNAP Not Affecting Play
- Primary Artist
- Poor Jab / Memphis Jug Band
- Other Artists
- Picaninny Jug Band
- Description
- We have a very special auction here; it’s the first known copy of this Champion to surface. I’m grading it as a conservative V+, but with proper EQ and stylus, it’s quite easy to bump the audio up to around E- or better. Most of the flaws on the record are not of the audible variety. There are light scratches and scuffing but the grooves retain most of their shine and luster. The Poor Jab Blues side has about a quarter size stain at the 11 o’clock position. It’s clearly visible (you can see it better on the high resolution images), but barely if at all audible. The labels are small orange rather than the more often seen red. There is some light label damage on both sides – see images. There is also a very tiny flake at the 1 o’clock position of the My Love Is Cold side – not affecting play and barely worth mentioning. Please listen to the following audio samples by clicking the links below. My Love Is Cold Poor Jab Blues This was one of the few sides recorded by the Memphis Jug Band between the Victor and Okeh sessions. It was reported to have only sold 107 copies. You can really hear the transition of the band into something of a more urban style. Because the images allowed on the auction site are somewhat limited, I’ve uploaded some higher resolution photos and they can be accessed by the links below. My Love Is Cold 1 My Love Is Cold 2 Poor Jab Blues 1 Poor Jab Blues 2 There is a great story behind this record and how we almost lost it as soon as it turned up. I won’t go into detail here (the entire story is posted in the Rarest 78s group on Facebook) but I’ll just say that the record was packed up and in a van that was carjacked at gunpoint and luckily found 3 days later with the box still in it! Best of luck on the auction!
- Genres
- Blues, Pre-War
- Format
- Record 10" 78 RPM
- Item Seller
- Venerable Music Consignments 4
- Feedback Score
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- Member Since
- 03/04/2015
- Seller Location
- US
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