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This listing has ended. The seller has relisted this item or one like this. Item:UK No.10 VIPERS 78 CUMBERLAND GAP / MAGGIE MAY R4289 E- |
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GREG'S GREATS
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AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS NUMBER 10 SKIFFLE HIT BY THE VIPERS SKIFFLE GROUP ON A UK PARLOPHONE 78
It is possibly inevitable that when somebody mentions skiffle music, thoughts immediately turn to the late Lonnie Donegan. It is easy now to forget that Donegan had many rivals and some of the songs we now associate with the king of skiffle were actually introduced by others. Skiffle- with its image of washboards and bass instruments fashioned from tea chests, is also now sometimes dismissed as a crude forerunner to British rock and roll. In fact, despite its rustic image, a lot of early skiffle was also quite sophisticated and was played by skillful jazz musicians. One of the most competent outfits came together as the Vipers under the leadership of Wally Whyton. This was at about the same time that Lonnie Donegan left the Chris Barber band to start his lifetime of skiffle. The Vipers began playing together as amateurs. Whyton worked in advertising, Martin (guitar) was a coffee bar manager, and Van der Bosch (guitar/ banjo) a wire salesman. Tolhurst (bass) repaired brass instruments for his living and Pilgrim (percussion/ washboard) was a journalist. However, there were many changes during the group's short lifetime and it is known that Tommy Steele, along with future Shadows- Bruce Welch and Hank Marvin can be counted among its ranks at least for a short period while the group held a residency at London's '2 "I"s' coffee bar. The Vipers biggest problem became keeping their material from Donegan, and after Lonnie had achieved higher chart placings with the Vipers' first two hits there was no love lost between the two outfits. Unlike Lonnie, The Vipers gradually shifted away from skiffle and moved their ground closer to rock and roll- even covering Eddie Cochran material. However, by the end of 1957, the Vipers were already in steep decline while Lonnie Donegan went on to become acknowledged 'king' of the skiffle genre- a fact that frustrated Whyton. However, Wally Whyton went on to have a long and successful career in broadcasting and became a familiar commentator on BBC programmes that dealt with folk and country music. CUMBERLAND GAP (trad arr. Whyton)http://youtube.com/watch?v=0H9N2QpvInM&feature=related Entered the UK charts - 22/3/1957 B SIDE:- MAGGIE MAY (Trad arr. Whyton)
(Some of The Beatles started off in a Skiffle Group and they reprieved a version of this song which they used to play as the Quarry Skiffle Group on their last album "Let it Be" )
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DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW!!
I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES
eBaY IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM HAVE VERY STUPIDLY PUT A FALSE CEILING ON THE COST OF POSTING 78s IN THE UK OF £4 !! THIS IS A FRAGILE 78 AND THE COMBINED COST OF SAFE PACKING AND POSTAGE BY 1ST CLASS MAIL OR BY AIRMAIL SMALL PACKET IS - IN THE UK £ 5 , EUROPE £ 8 , AND REST OF WORLD IS £ 12 So for I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE RATES ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES OF 78S - USUALLY £1 PER EXTRA RECORD IN THE UK £1.50 PER EXTRA RECORD TO EUROPE AND £2 PER EXTRA RECORD IN THE REST OF THE WORLD 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
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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