TRANSLUCENT GREEN VINYL BLUES 45: WYNONIE HARRIS Lovin’ Machine/Luscious Woman
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TRANSLUCENT VINYL BLUES 45: WYNONIE HARRIS Lovin’ Machine/Luscious Woman KING
This 45 (King 45-4485 by Wynonie Harris With Todd Rhodes Orchestra) looked like a regular 1950s King pressing until I held it up to the light and found I could see through it (primarily the run-off area) and that the color was blue-green, not black. It is also lighter weight and more flexible than a regular King 45 (See photos. To try to get the color of the vinyl as accurate as possible I took photos with several lighted backgrounds and picked the two that seem closest to the actual color.) My guess is that since King Records owned its own pressing plants, they were able to manufacture different kinds of pressings like this. Translucency is a quality of virgin vinyl but I don’t know enough to say that this is an antique example of virgin vinyl (but it could be).
The record has scuffs, light scratches and groove wear, and the label is torn on one side. There is a little damage around the center hole. Looks G+, plays better.
See grading codes below.
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GRADING: LPs, EPs and 45s are graded M (mint), NM (near mint), VG+, VG (very good), VG-, G+, G (good), G-, F (fair), and P (poor).
[+ and - denote in-between grades. Grades with a slash in between indicate the condition of Side A/Side B.]
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