Down With The Game Vol. I

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D 200, "Down With The Game" Volume I.  Vinyl plays at NM, European-style jacket is a clean VG++ with no seamwear but does have a couple of light corner bends.  Heavy pressing of this great collection of rare country blues from the 1930s and 1940s by Bukka White, Charlie Jordan, Little Buddy Doyle, Memphis Minnie, Little David Alexander, Robert Petway, Alfred Elkins, Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tommy Griffin, Ernest '44' Johnson, and Walter Vincson.  Though the vinyl is spotless and plays near mint, there is some obvious distortion from the original 78 RPM recordings.  Shipping is $4.00 media mail, $7.00 priority mail in the continental U.S.; $15.00 airmail for Europe, Australia, Japan, and Korea; elsewhere inquire.  Insured priority shipping required for Italy and Brazil.  Additional LPs in one package are $1.00 per extra LP in the U.S. and Canada, $3.00 per extra LP overseas.  I dislike low-quality packaging as much as other eBay buyers do.  Individual records will be shipped in special, handcrafted mailers unlike the usual type in three ways: (1) They are significantly larger all around and padded around the edges to prevent corner bumps to the jacket; (2) they are padded on both sides of the record with styro sheets or thick cardboard sheets to prevent damage to the record surface; (3) they are constructed of heavier-duty cardboard than normal mailers to provide further protection.  Used LPs are shipped with record securely inside an inner sleeve but outside the jacket to prevent seam splitting in transit; our innovative padded packaging will also prevent seam splitting for original sealed LPs.  The end product is designed to withstand a drop from a second-story window with no damage (though I will not test it with your package).  No record should arrive in a condition worse than described.  Multiple LPs are shipped in heavy pizza-style boxes from Bags Unlimited that are larger around than LPs and will also be well padded.  All used LPs are play-graded on a VPI turntable with Audioquest tonearm.