RARE Professor Longhair TEST PRESSING #3 Cabbagehead 10" 45 RPM Snooks Eagin NM
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Auction is for a rare test pressing by Professor Longhair who was born Henry Roeland Byrd. This item is the third test pressing out of the five that I acquired many years ago. The remaining two titles to be auctioned in the following weeks are "Cherry Pie" and "Doing It."
Artist & Title: Professor Longhair ~ Cabbagehead
Session #: 86190 - written lightly in pencil on label; original recording engineer marks are on test pressing; single-sided 10" 45 rpm. Piano & Vocals by Professor Longhair.
Vinyl Grade: Near Mint (NM or M-) Amazing copy playing superb with clear, sharp sounding quality. The vinyl itself has a beautiful shiny luster without scuffs or spindle marks, although there are some superficial spots which do not affect play.
Notes: Boiling blues and trademark African-Latin and boogie-woogie riffs were the menu when Professor Longhair brought his Crescent City music show to Baton Rouge and Memphis in 1971 and 1972, respectively. The 15 numbers on House Party New Orleans Style matched the great pianist with an esteemed array of musicians who included outstanding guitarist Snooks Eaglin on both sessions, and fine rhythm sections as well. Eaglin's flashy, inventive solos were excellent contrasts to Longhair's rippling keyboard flurries and distinctive mix of yodels, yells, cries and shouts. (AllMusic)
The Test Pressing was most likely recorded at Deep South Recorders, Baton Rouge, Louisiana in September, 1971. The rediscovered tapes of Longhair’s ‘lost’ 1971 sessions yielded some of the best recordings of his career. It appears on the Rounder Records release from 1987 "House Party New Orleans Style (The Lost Sessions 1971-1972)" Catalog #2057. The songs were recorded in 1971 and 1972 and they were stored in the vaults of Bearsville Records before being released in 1987. Professor Longhair (piano/vocals) is featured with Snooks Eagin (guitar), Will Harvey, Jr./George Davis (bass) and Shiba/Jospeh "Zigaboo" Modeliste (drums). Not all players appear on all tracks. The album won a Grammy Award, in the "Best Traditional Blues Recording" category in 1987.
Song History: "Cabbagehead" is of European origin (circa 1920), somewhere between Scotland and Germany. It is is the ballad of a man coming home every evening, drunk as drunk can be, only half realizing he's no longer the only man around. "Who drank from my cup? Who's sleeping in my bed? That's no head, says his wife, that's a cabbage." The song was performed by The Rabbit's Foot Company, also known as the Rabbit's Foot Minstrel, a long-running minstrel and variety troupe that toured as a tent show in the American South between 1900 and the late 1950s.Performer William Rainey brought his young bride, Gertrude – later known as "Ma Rainey" – to join the company in 1906. She would later be dubbed the "Mother of the Blues"
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GRADING STANDARDS: (M) Mint: Record and cover appear absolutely perfect in every way. Grade is seldom used, even with sealed albums where the record itself can only be assumed to be mint.
(NM) Near Mint: Vinyl is shiny with no obvious signs of wear and plays perfectly with no audible imperfections. Cover is close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident.
(EX or VG++) Excellent /Very Good ++: Record or jacket has a minimum of audible or visual imperfections. Vinyl has been handled and played very carefully. Light paper scuffs and/or spindle marks may be visible with no appreciable lessening in sound quality. Covers show very minor signs of handling and wear.
(VG+) Very Good Plus: Record displays light scuffs, spindle marks or very light scratches that may create some noise disturbances, but don't affect one's overall listening experience. Jacket begins to show more prominent signs of storage wear and aging.
(VG) Very Good: Defects are more pronounced with visible signs of handling and playing. Surface noise is evident upon playing, especially during soft passages and a song's intro and fade, but will not overpower the music otherwise. Covers may be marred by writing, or have tape or stickers (or their residue) attached, although none of the flaws should be overwhelming.
(G) Good / (G+)Good Plus: Vinyl will have scratches and visible groove wear. Record plays without skipping, although noticeable surface noise or ticks will be heard. Jackets have even more pronounced defects such as seam splits, tape, writing, ring wear, water damage or other defects.
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