Broke Black & Blue 4 CD Box Set 2005 Compilation Reissue Anthology Rarities
includes 40 page booklet and 28 page Proper Records catalog

CD surfaces are very good to VG+ but have some light marks - playback is not affected
Liner is VG+ and catalog is VG+
Slipcase has some shelf wear/ scuffs - cardsleeves are VG+

Broke, Black & Blue delivers multiple surprises within its 100 songs of prewar blues. Arranged chronologically by Joop Visser, the set admirably covers the first 22 years of recorded blues, 1924 to 1946, from vaudeville and Delta to boogie-woogie and jump blues. It's a swell gift for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of blues. But old-timers will be pleased, too, as special attention has been paid to culling rare and idiosyncratic tracks by the well-known and the obscure. The first three discs present single tracks by artists as diverse as the Memphis Jug Band, De Ford Bailey, Tommy Johnson, Son House, Skip James, Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson, and Bukka White, alongside unknowns such as Isaiah "The Mississippi Moaner" Nelson, Barbecue Bob and Laughing Charley, Ed Andrews, Chicken Wilson, and Bumble Bee Slim. On the fourth disc, this convention is jettisoned to luxuriate in a series of very rare sides of lovely, oddly subdued boogie-woogie and jump blues by Jimmie Gordon, Johnny Temple, and Lee Brown.

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Grading of CD surface

  • Near Mint (NM or M-) Near perfect. No obvious signs of use or played - but handled very carefully.
  • Excellent (Ex) Better than VG+ but not mint. Disc will be played but in great condition!
  • Very Good Plus (VG+) A few minor fine/ faint lines. No playback faults.
  • Very Good (VG) Quite a few light scuffs/scratches or a more-pronounced scratch. No playback faults.
  • Good (G), Good Plus (G+) There will be multiple scuffs/scratches/ lines to surface. Should playback without problems. If there is an issue on a track it will be noted.

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