Ray Charles - What'd I Say 1958 78 rpm single London HLE 8917
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Description
Ray Charles – What’d I Say, 1958 78 rpm single London HLE 8917. This is a nice example of the 10” 78 rpm single What’d I Say Pt 1 / What’d I Say Pt 2 by Ray Charles. It was released on the London label in 1958 – HLE 8917. In my experience, so long as a 78 has no chips and is not cracked there are only three grades to work with. Either it is pretty much as good as new (EX). Or it is wrecked with loads of scratches and a dull surface. (F or G). Or, it is somewhere in the middle – VG. This is EX. It is still nice and shiny and there is nothing nasty to mention.
The record will be well-wrapped / packed. I have sent many 78s through the mail over the last few years without a single accident.
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