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Item Specifics:

Artist: Mama Yancey (Estelle Yancey) with Jimmy Yancey (Organ Acc.)
Title: How Long Blues / Midnight Stomp
Label: Session Records (Chicago, IL)
Catalog Number: 12-002
Format: 12" Shellac / 78 RPM
Release Year: 1944
Genre: Blues / Traditional Jazz / Boogie-Woogie

About This Release:
Up for auction is a highly collectible and historically significant 12-inch 78 RPM shellac record featuring boogie-woogie royalty: Mama Yancey on vocals and Jimmy Yancey providing rare organ accompaniment. Released in 1944 by Phil Featheringill's short-lived, independent Session Records label out of Chicago, this pressing (Catalog 12-002) is a true holy grail for collectors of mid-century traditional jazz and deep blues.

Track Listing:

Side A: How Long Blues (Traditional) - Vocal by Mama Yancey, Organ Acc. by Jimmy Yancey
Side B: Midnight Stomp - Instrumental Piano Solo by Jimmy Yancey

[IMPORTANT: PLEASE EDIT THE SECTION BELOW BASED ON YOUR RECORD'S PHYSICAL CONDITION]

Condition Report:

Label Condition: The labels are highly legible with vibrant red typography on a clean white background.
Shellac / Visual Condition: Ex Shows full gloss with a clean playing surface. Please listen to the audio files from this actual record.
Audio Quality: Please listen to the sound files from this actual record.

Shipping & Packaging:
78 RPM records are extremely fragile. This record will be packaged professionally and securely using the sandwich method (cardboard squares inside a heavily padded, oversized box) to ensure it arrives completely intact.

Please view all high-resolution photos carefully as they form part of the description, and feel free to reach out with any questions.

Domestic Shipping is $7.00 by Media Postal Service. First class postal service delivery time depends on distance (usually less than a week). Please message me after the auction, if you prefer Priority Mail, which offers delivery in two to three days. Priority rates vary according to the destination.

Shipping to EUROPE, ASIA, AND AUSTRALIA via FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIR MAIL is $35 (Sorry that the USPS increased their rates this year!) Delivery time is usually one to two weeks, depending on foreign customs, and each destination. Registered mail is required for any interantional shipments with a value over $100 for buyer and seller protection on Ebay and Paypal. Registered mail costs an additional $12.00 above normal shipping costs. Packages with four or more records sent to international destinations require Priority Mail due to the weight of the package. USPS charges by weight. Any package over two pounds goes to $34.50, over three pounds to $49.50, and over four pounds to higher rates.

First class international mail service can not track the item after it leaves the United States.

International customers who want insurance and/or tracking must use either registered or global express mail service. (These services are not available with first class postal international mail service.) Registered mail takes a week longer, due to security handling. International registered mail services for one record costs $19.00. Global Express Mail costs approximately $40.00. If the amount is less, I will refund you the difference. After winning a record, please notify me, if you desire these services. I can send you an amended Ebay invoice, with the desired shipping services.

There is a complete audio stream of at least one side of each record on the listing page. Occasionally the audio stream "times out" overseas, limiting the sound, to a brief "clip". If this happens, please email or message me, and I will try to make a correction. Here is my grading system:

NM- = record appears mostly new and uplayed

EX or VG++ = record looks great, may be a few light paper scuffs, plays like new.

VG+ = fairly nice copy, may be a few light marks, occasional tick or pop, but mostly clean sound.

VG = wear, scuffing, light scratches, ticks and pops, but a very playable copy.

VG- many scuffs or groove wear, plays with some noise, but still listenable.

G+ = a playable copy but very very worn, plays with lots of noise

G through G- = wall hanger