OTIS WILLIAMS & HIS CHARMS, Walkin' After Midnight (1957 PARLOPHONE Nr.MINT)
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Offered up for auction here (with a low starting price and no reserve) is one of the holy-grails for collectors of original Doo-Wop on 45rpm vinyl! This is a record that I have found in incredibly immaculate condition, it grades as a genuine Near Mint and it plays that way too, absolutely perfect. When I first found this one its original paper cover had a bit of feathering around the edges and minor, inevitable, ring-wear which didn’t give me much hope for the vinyl so I was pleasantly surprised to pull it out of the sleeve and see a near perfect, glossy and clean original pressing with absolutely no trace of spindle wear. I did consider replacing the record company paper sleeve but it’s not that bad, it remains intact and the original owner wrote the song title at the top which I quite like because it shows that this is indeed the first cover this 1957 45 was sold in (and has remained in barely touched ever since). Without a doubt one of the best (if not the best) finds I’ve had this year while out record hunting, definitely not to be missed!
OTIS WILLIAMS AND HIS CHARMS, Walkin’ After Midnight / I’m Waiting Just For You
LABEL: Parlophone (purple with gold text)
CAT NO: 45-R 4293
MATRIX NO’S: 45-GR-15402-1N / 45-GR-15396-1N
YEAR OF RELEASE: 1957 (this is the original UK pressing)
STYLE: Rock & Roll / Doo-Wop
OTHER: One of the rarest records in the Doo-Wop style, a title that hardly ever appears for sale and I can find no evidence on the internet that it has ever been sold in such a pristine state
VINYL CONDITION: Near Mint (would be Mint if it hadn’t been played)
COVER CONDITION: Very Good (Record company paper sleeve, the original one, with inevitable folds and creases as well as the song titles and some numbers written by the original owner but it remains fully intact
POSTAGE:
UK: £2.50 / Europe: £4.00 / Rest of world: £8.00
