M.L LEWIS/P. JOHNSON/A. AMMONS"BOOGIE WOOGIE PRAYER" Ex - eBay, 78 RPM, Records, Music. (end time 31-Dec-09 19:18:00 AEDST)

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Genre:	Blues	Record Size:	10" 78rpm Shellac
	Acoustic	Speed:	78 RPM
Condition:	--	Compilation:	--

GREG'S GREATS

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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC BOOGIE WOOGIE 78 ON THREE PIANOS PERFORMED BY THREE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHTS OF BOOGIE WOOGIE

MEADE LUX LEWIS, PETE JOHNSON AND ALBERT AMMONS

Boogie Woogie Prayer

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ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIC BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO PIECES EVER!!

Meade Lux Lewis was born in Chicago, Illinois and helped establish boogie-woogie as a major blues piano style in the 1930s and 1940s. Lewis took the rollicking piano form out of the clubs and cat houses and onto the concert stage in 1938 where its fast-flowing rhythms and charging solos delighted audiences and eventually laid the groundwork for rhythm & blues and later rock & roll. Albert Ammons was a pioneer of the Chicagos popular boogie woogie piano style, which had been brought there from the South by his father's generation. He learned from his father at the family pianola, and by studying with his school friend Meade 'Lux' Lewis, who also became a boogie woogie star.

The two took jobs as cab drivers together , having a piano installed at the depot for them to play in their time off, and they worked the 'rent party' circuit. Ammons then played to entertain travellers on the trains that plied between Chicago and the South, and he worked in several Chicagoan bands in the early 1930s. In 1934 he formed his own group, which went on to make some powerful records.

By 1938 he moved to New York , and became a celebrity through playing piano duets with Kansas City-born Pete Johnson. They starred at Carnegie Hall and the downtown Cafe Society, often being joined by Lewis to make up this storming boogie trio. Pete Johson is often labelled as the foremost exponent of "Kansas City boogie woogie style". This is in contrast to to his collegues of the Boogie Woogie Trio, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis from Chicago, whose main influences were Jimmy Yancey, Pinetop Smith, Hersal Thomas, Clarence Lofton and Jimmy Blythe. Meade Lux Lewis played a harmonic and rhythmic system all of his own, where as Albert Ammons relied heavily on his powerful touch and a bodyful swing-to-perfection which enabled him to emulate a Fats Waller like rhythmic tension.
Pete Johnson was different. Although employing the physical approach of a mainly self-taught player to the keyboard, which when he played blues and boogie woogie, was an advantage.

DISC DETAILS

UK PARLOPHONE R 2649 10" 78rpm (issued 1939)

A SIDE:- BOOGIE WOOGIE PRAYER - PART 1

B SIDE:- BOOGIE WOOGIE PRAYER - PART 2

CONDITION - EX/EX- (PLAYS GREAT!)

A TRUE BOOGIE-WOOGIE CLASSIC!!

DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW!!

POSTAGE STUFF

eBaY have introduced manadtory "FREE" postage in the UK in this media category. However, 78s are heavy and delicate items and because of their special packing needs 78s can also be listed as "FREIGHT".

Nothing in this world is "FREE" so if you see free postage it means the cost of the post is already in the starting price of the record - eBay have introduced "free postage" so that they can take a % cut of the Postal payment. IF I have listed as "FREE" I have added another £3.60 to the product price which just doesn't even cover basic second class delivery in the UK.

THIS IS A FRAGILE 78 AND THE ACTUAL COMBINED PRICE OF SAFE PACKING AND POSTAGE IS

IN THE UK

2nd CLASS £4.00 1st CLASS MAIL £5.00

OVERSEAS AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET IS

EUROPE £ 8.00 AND THE REST OF WORLD £ 12.00

IF I HAVE LISTED AS "FREE" I HAVE DEDUCTED £3.60 OFF THE PRICE OF THE "NON FREE" POSTAGE OPTIONS. IF I HAVE LISTED AS FREIGHT THE POST & PACKING COSTS ARE AS ABOVE!

I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE RATES FOR MULTIPLE PURCHASERS. THE EXTRA COST IN THE UK IS £1 PER EXTRA RECORD, IN EUROPE IT IS £1.50 PER EXTRA RECORD AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IS £2 PER EXTRA RECORD. THOSE THAT ARE COMBINING SEVERAL "FREE" POST ITEMS MAY GET A REBATE.

(PLEASE WAIT FOR MY INVOICE BEFORE PAYING SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE RIGHT DISCOUNT BECAUSE THE EBAY SYSTEM HAS NO WAY OF SORTING THIS OUT AUTOMATICALLY)

10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!!

THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORREGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS,

USUALLY FOR MAILING OVERSEAS, I RECOMMEND NO MORE THAN 7 IN A BOX, OTHERWISE IT GOES OVER THE AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 2Kgs WHICH CAUSES A LARGE HIKE IN POSTAL RATES.

I SEND OUT ON AVERAGE ABOUT 30 PARCELS A WEEK AND DISPATCH IS NORMALLY DONE ONCE A WEEK - SO IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR RECORD WITHIN A WEEK IN THE UK, PLEASE DON'T BE TOO SURPRISED - YOU MAY HAVE JUST PAID FOR IT THE DAY AFTER I'VE DONE THE PARCEL RUN!! - ON THE OTHER HAND YOU MAY HAVE HIT IT LUCKY, AND GET THE PARCEL WITHIN A DAY OR TWO!!

IF YOU REALLY HAVE AN URGENT REQUIREMENT FOR THE RECORD - BIRTHDAY PRESENT, WEDDING, FUNERAL etc PLEASE TELL ME - (BECAUSE I CAN'T READ MINDS!) I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET IT OUT FOR YOU URGENTLY.

IF A RECORD ARRIVES CRACKED OR BROKEN DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS WITH THIS FANTASTIC PACKAGING I WILL REFUND THE MONEY IN FULL. - JUST SEND ME A QUICK SCAN - IF IT IS A VERY RARE RECORD I MAY ASK YOU TO SEND IT BACK OTHERWISE IT WILL BE YOURS TO KEEP OR DISPOSE OF

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Postage and handling

Item location: cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Postage and handling	Each additional item	To	Service	Estimated delivery*
GBP 8.40	Free	Australia	Royal Mail Airmail (Small Packets)	varies for items shipped from an international location

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Return policy

All 78's are packed in my specially designed Polystyrene boxes packed within double thick walled mailing cartons. These are designed to be "Post Office Proof" - but in the INCREDIBLY rare event that a problem occurs please email me a quick pic of any damage and I will send a refund. PLEASE CLICK ON "ME" TO READ MORE DETAILS OF MY SERVICE.

I think returning broken 78's to me is a waste of money and resources!!

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Paypal preferred, but if you pay by cheque or Postal Order it must be in UK currency and made out to "Greg's Greats Ltd". cheers Greg