JOHNNY BRUCE CARROL COUNTY FIDDLER SUPER RARE BLUEGRASS LP MISSOURI FIDDLE MUSIC

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COVER: VG++ PARTIAL SHRINK

VINYL:  VG++ VPI CLEANED

INNER SLEEVE: GENERIC


RECORDS/CD’s ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND DO MY BEST TO GRADE THEM ACCURATELY.  IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, PLEASE CONTACT ME.

RECORDS SHIPPED IN A CORRUGATED MAILER.  CD’S SHIPPED IN A BUBBLE MAILER. CD JEWEL CASES MAY GET CRACKED DURING SHIPPING, NO WHINING, THEY ARE EASILY REPLACED.

US & territories & APO addresses
single CD * single LP * $3.00 1st/$1.50 ea.add. $4.00 1st/$1.75 ea.add.
Canada
single CD * single LP * $8.00 1st/$2.00 ea.add. $12.00 1st/$3 ea.add.
Europe, S. America, MidEastern countries, S. Africa, Asia, Japan, Austrailia, New Zealand (some countries may require an additional registered delivery charge)
single CD * single LP * $12.00 1st/$4 ea. add. $19.00 1st/$7 ea. add.



Mexico
single CD * single LP * $8.00 1st/$2 ea. add. $13.00 1st/$5 ea. add.

RECORD GRADING:

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.
NEAR MINT (NM) ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.
VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+)---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.
VERY GOOD (VG) ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.
GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.
POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.

WOL --- Writing on label
WOJ --- Writing on jacket
WLP --- White label promo
GPS --- Gold promo stamp
PH---Punch Hole
EW--- Edgewear
SS---Seam Split
RW---Ringwear
CO---Cut Out
CO---Cut Out OIS---Original Inner/Lyric Sleeve
SW --- Partial Shrink Wrap
OIS---Original Inner/Lyric Sleeve



PLEASE NOTE THE PICTURE BELOW (IN THE ITEM DESCRIPTION) IS NOT THE ACTUAL ITEM BUT FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.  THE RECORD/CD INFORMATION (CATALOG #, YEAR, TRACKS AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION) THOUGH IS CORRECT.  

FOR RECORDS. THE ACTUAL PICTURE CAN BE FOUND IN THE PICTURE SECTION (NOT BELOW).  IF THERE IS NO PICTURE, THERE WILL BE ONE SHORTLY AFTER THE ITEM IS POSTED.  I SUGGEST YOU WAIT FOR THE PICTURE(S) OF THE ITEM BEFORE BIDDING/PURCHASING.  

IF IT IS A CD, THE PICTURE IN THE PICTURE SECTION IS NOT THE ITEM, BUT THE STOCK PHOTO UNLESS NOTED. THE CATALOG NUMBER/TRACKS/YEAR ETC CAN BE FOUND IN THE PRODUCT DETAILS ABOVE IN THE EBAY DESCRIPTION OR IF EBAY DOESN’T SUPPLY THAT INFORMATION IT CAN BE FOUND BELOW:



TRACKLIST:
1. CARROL COUNTY BLUES
2. LIBERTY
3. MARMADUKES HORNPIPE
4. WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ
5. LEATHER BRITCHES
6. COTTON PATCH RAG
7. MY LEFT HAND GETS TIRED
8. BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
9. MURPHY'S HORNPIPE
10. COWBOY WALTZ
11. WILSON'S HORNPIPE
12. SPOTTED PONY
13. COOLEY WALTZ 


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RELEASED LATE 1970'S?
CANT FIND ANYTHING ON THIS RECORD ON THE INTERNET BUT I FOUND THIS ON JOHNNY BRUCE:

b. 1939 d. 1992
Bosworth, Missouri
Old-Time Fiddle

Old-time fiddler Johnny Ray Bruce was born April 28, 1939 and as an adult lived about a mile outside of the small town of Bosworth, Missouri, in Carroll County. He made a living as a “dirt farmer” and a welder and ran a business with a cousin laying field tile. Mr. Bruce came from a musical family; his father, Tyson Bruce, was a well-known square-dance fiddler.  Johnny began playing the fiddle at age nine. He credits his father and an uncle, Dewey “Dude” Bruce as musical influences, as well as friends, radio, and recordings. 

Mr. Bruce made many friends as a contestant and judge in state and national fiddle competitions, as well as through his teaching in places like the Bethel Fiddle Camp and through TAAP.  He played for “enjoyment, money, making people happy and most of all, hopefully passing on and keeping alive the art of old time fiddling.”

Bruce recognized that enjoyment is intrinsic to learning the instrument, as noted by folklorist Margot Roberson in 1986.  She observed Mr. Bruce “doesn’t believe in the easy-to-difficult approach . . . they pick a tune [the apprentice] likes or they both like, and, difficult or easy, she learns it.” He was particularly interested in teaching his apprentices the subtleties of good playing. Outside evaluator, James M. Shirky, observed during a TAAP site visit in 1987, “Not just once, but several times, Johnny Bruce noted that ‘John Q. Public’ wants ‘show tunes,’ a lot of elbow action, burning up the strings - effect instead of essence.” 

In a letter to MFAP in 1990, apprentice Robert Patrick (who was also a master blacksmith with TAAP) said, “I am really happy with what I learned from Johnny.  He doesn’t realize how much he inspired me and helped me & the tunes have stuck--I am getting better at them all the time.”

Johnny Bruce died in a car accident in the summer of 1992 at the age of 53.  In an obituary in the Daily Democrat, folklorist, fiddler and former director of the Missouri Cultural Heritage Center Howard Marshall had many warm recollections of Mr. Bruce:  “He had a character that people really enjoyed, and he put Carroll County on the map.” Mr. Bruce’s wealth of knowledge and openness to sharing that knowledge were evidenced by another of Marshall’s comments: “’When a person like Johnny dies, it’s like when a library burns down.’”