ORA-NELLE 712 Johnny Young & Mandolin RARE 78 Blues

$

300

Ora-Nelle #712 by Johnny Young and his Mandolin, Worried Man Blues and Money Taking Woman. Fantastically RARE 78 rpm record in virtually Near Mint condition, sleeved in the original paper sleeve from the original store stock. (This copy comes in a vintage RCA Victor sleeve.) Ora-Nelle 711 and 712 are reputed to be the first postwar blues records circa 1947.
I purchased this record directly from Bernard Abrams’ Maxwell Street Radio Record Company store at 831 Maxwell sometime between 1969 and 1971. The record has been most carefully protected in all the subsequent years.
This is my 2nd and final copy of Ora-Nelle 712; I sold another copy previously on eBay in July 2009 for about $600. This copy has one small scratch on the lead in – please see detailed photo below. It has been played less than 4 times at most, and not at all since about 1970. My recollection is that it played well and true when it was last on a turntable though I can make no guarantee how it will perform today. The surface is clean and free of grease, wax or gum; there is no writing on the labels or disc, what dust is present is minimal and likely from the brown paper sleeve.
I was one of Johnny Young's harp players from approximately 1972 up to his untimely passing in 1974. From the late '60s to the mid-70s, I was also active with Sunnyland Slim, Fred Below, Sam Lay and others. Before that I was in the (in)famous teenage blues-punk band The Dirty Wurds. Little Walter sang, "I Hate To See You Go," and it's with that emotion that I find myself giving up these treasures from my misspent youth. In addition to being his first record release, Johnny considered "Money Taking Woman his greatest hit. This is a rare opportunity to collect a historic piece of Chicago Blues.
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