10" 78 RPM, Von Streeter & His Wig Poppers–Hog's Knuckles, 1949 RARE VG+ to VG++
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Description
ULTRA RARE SHELLAC RECORDING OF VON STREETER AND HIS WIG POPPERS.
Scoop Records S-9001, the initial output of this small label. Side B is, Chit'lins. Discogs describes the music style as, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues. Found in a generic thick sleeve, the shellac surface LOOKS VERY PLAYABLE with a few very light scratches over clean vinyl, it looks like it would benefit from some deep cleaning (I did a quick clean with the standard brush and cleaning fluid), I'll grade in the range of VG+ to VG++.
Brief bio of this short-lived rocker from IMDb:
"James E. Streeter was a native of Wichita Kansas, where he got his start playing tenor sax in Lloyd Hunter's territory band. Bandleader Johnny Otis took Streeter to Los Angeles in 1944. Enamored of director-actor Erich von Stroheim, Streeter billed himself as Von Streeter or James Von Streeter. In the late 1940s and early '50s, he recorded for several labels, including Coral, as Von Streeter & His Wig Poppers, playing wild, honking R&B, and several members of this group accompanied him when he appeared as a wild, sweaty sax maniac in a key nightclub scene of the original D.O.A. (1950). However, for the soundtrack the producer overdubbed another band altogether, led by saxophonist Maxwell Davis, who would later be influential as a Los Angeles A&R man during the early rock 'n' roll era. Streeter's career was derailed by heroin addiction, which eventually killed him in 1960."
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