Jimmie Rodgers RCA VICTOR Picture Disc Record 78RPM.Cowhands Last Ride.Not vogue

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775

WOW.  THIS PICTURE RECORD AT ONE TIME WAS CONSIDERED THE HOLY GRAIL OF PICTURE DISCS.  MAYBE IT STILL IS?  THIS IS CONSIDERED THE FIRST PICTURE DISC EVER MADE IN THE USA.  HOWEVER, THAT IS QUESTIONABLE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DEFINE A PICTURE DISC.  ANYWAY, THIS IS BY THE "FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC!" JIMMIE RODGERS FEATURING "COWHAND'S LAST RIDE" AND "BLUE YODEL #12" ON SIDE TWO.
THERE IS A COPY OF THIS RECORD IN THE VERY FIRST PART OF THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME IN NASHVILLE.  I TOURED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THIS RECORD DISPLAYED ALMOST AS SOON AS YOU ENTERED THE MUSEUM.  AS I RECAL MY COPY IS IN BETTER CONDITION THAN THEIRS.  RODGERS WAS ACTUALLY AMONG THE HALL OF FAMES FIRST THREE ELECTEES IN 1961.  THIS GUY COULD YODEL!!!
CONSIDERING HE DIED SO YOUNG AT AGE 35 HE SOLD OVER 10 MILLION RECORDS AT A TIME WHEN SUCH TOTALS WERE RARE FOR ANY MUSICAL STYLE.   RODGERS HIMSELF NEVER SAW HIS PICTURE DISC AS HE MADE BOTH RECORDINGS ON MAY 17, 1933, AND DIED 9 DAYS LATER ON MAY 26 BEFORE THEY WERE RELEASED.  THE RECORDINGS WERE RELEASED A MONTH LATER, ON JUNE 2, 1933.  
THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW HISTORIC 78s AS AN ARTIFACT.  PERHAPS RCA WANTED TO USE THIS NEW PICTURE RECORD TECHNOLOGY TO HONOR THE GREAT JIMMY FOR DECADES TO COME.  
THIS IS A CARDBOARD RECORD SO WHEN THEY DO RARELY TURN UP THEY ARE USUALLY TRASHED.   THIS ONE LOOKS GOOD AND A GREAT FRAMER.  IT ISN'T GOING TO PLAY BECAUSE OF THE CRACKS.  THEN AGAIN IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THESE SONGS YOU CAN PLAY THEM ON CD.  I WOULD VISUALLY GRADE THIS A VG.  
BEEN COLLECTING PICTURE RECORDS FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HAVE ONLY SEEN 3 OF THESE.  
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