Early Detroit R&B/Doo Wop 78-THE THRILLERS-Im Going To Live My Life

$

350

If you are reading this, you probably already know how rare this record is. A piece of early Detroit R&B history. 
The Thrillers (later the 5 Jets, earlier 5 Thrillers) from 1953 on "Thrillers Records" 3530  Record By Joe Von Battle of JVB fame (3530 was JVB's address on Hastings St in Detroit)
I'm Going To Live My Life Alone b/w Lessy Mae (sometimes misspelled "Lessie Mae")
This record was release twice in 1953 by The Thrillers and Joe Battle. As Thrillers OP-167 and #3530
THIS RECORD IS STUNNING. For 50 years old, it looks like its been kept in a vault. 
I will grade it EX++ to NM- (I don't have the ability to play grade but there is nary a mark on this record. Clean Labels. lightest of pitting.
Feel Free to ask any questions
Here is some info on this record from marv goldberg:
The Thrillers, who had an unusual R&B record that expounded on the evils of drink, were another of the multitude of Detroit groups. They grew up together in the North End area (around Oakland and Holbrook). Forming around late 1952, the members were: Joe Murphy (lead tenor), Charles Wright (first tenor), and three cousins: Lawrence Payton (second tenor), John Raymond Dorsey (baritone), and Roquel "Billy" Davis (bass, songwriter, and manager).
Originally calling themselves the 5 Thrillers, they got to record for Detroit's legendary Joe Battle in mid-1953. Battle (who styled himself "Joe von Battle") was the owner of Joe's Record Shop and had an almost limitless assortment of record labels and numbering systems. This time he named a label after the group (although he wasn't completely certain what the name of that label should be). Their first effort was released on the "Thrillers" label: "I'm Gonna Live My Life Alone" (led by Billy Davis), backed with "Lessy Mae" (which was fronted by Joe). "I'm Gonna Live My Life Alone" is the same song as "I'm Going To Live My Life Alone," which the 5 Red Caps had done in 1944 and the Crickets would do the following year.

This is an extremely rare record; in spite of the fact that von Battle released it multiple times, many collectors have never even heard of it! It appeared as Thrillers #OP-167 and again as Thrillers #3530; "I'm Gonna Live My Life Alone" also turned up on a J-V-B demo, with an instrumental on the flip. Note that 3530 was Joe von Battle's Hastings Street address in Detroit. 


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