Yazoo Records First Edition 1980 Robert Crumb's Heroes of the Blues Card Set
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A First Edition set of Robert Crumb's "Heroes of the Blues" Card Set released in 1980 by Yazoo Records, New York. Legendary underground comic artist Robert Crumb - a well-known fan of old-time blues, country, and jazz music created his "Heroes of the Blues" boxed trading card set for Yazoo Records. The biographical text on the back of each card was penned by famed Blues historian and author Stephen Calt. Condition: Color is generally excellent. Cards Are all very good except a fold through The memphis Minnie card. 6 cards have minor discolorations. 2 cards have larger upper left corner spots. The box has rubbing and corner repairs at 2 corners of the top and 2 corners of the bottom. Ther are no dogears.
Yazoo Records 1980 First edition
36 card boxed set released by Yazoo Records, Art by Robert Crumb, text by Stephen Calt. Contains: Roosevelt Sykes, Blind Gary Davis, Papa Charlie Jackson, Charley Patton, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Barbeque Bob, Ed Bell, Blind Willie McTell, Son House, William Moore, Peg Leg Howell, Clifford Gibson, Blind Blake, Frank Stokes, Jaybird Coleman, Blind Willie Johnson, Sam Collins, Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, Whistler and His Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Bo Carter, Rube Lacey, Skip James, Bo-Weavil Jackson, Furry Lewis, Ramblin' Thomas, Sleepy John Estes, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Jug Band, Big Bill, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson, and Peetie Wheatstraw. Size: 3 X 4".
Since 1980 the card set has gone through several printings, and the images have been used in several calendars, as album and CD covers, and were finally compiled in a beautiful book.
Actual Condition.
A First Edition set of Robert Crumb's "Heroes of the Blues" Card Set released in 1980 by Yazoo Records, New York. Legendary underground comic artist Robert Crumb - a well-known fan of old-time blues, country, and jazz music created his "Heroes of the Blues" boxed trading card set for Yazoo Records. The biographical text on the back of each card was penned by famed Blues historian and author Stephen Calt. Condition: Color is generally excellent. Cards Are all very good except a fold through The memphis Minnie card. 6 cards have minor discolorations. 2 cards have larger upper left corner spots. The box has rubbing and corner repairs at 2 corners of the top and 2 corners of the bottom. Ther are no dogears.
Yazoo Records 1980 First edition
36 card boxed set released by Yazoo Records, Art by Robert Crumb, text by Stephen Calt. Contains: Roosevelt Sykes, Blind Gary Davis, Papa Charlie Jackson, Charley Patton, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Barbeque Bob, Ed Bell, Blind Willie McTell, Son House, William Moore, Peg Leg Howell, Clifford Gibson, Blind Blake, Frank Stokes, Jaybird Coleman, Blind Willie Johnson, Sam Collins, Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen, Whistler and His Jug Band, Mississippi Sheiks, Bo Carter, Rube Lacey, Skip James, Bo-Weavil Jackson, Furry Lewis, Ramblin' Thomas, Sleepy John Estes, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Jug Band, Big Bill, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi John Hurt, Tommy Johnson, and Peetie Wheatstraw. Size: 3 X 4".
Since 1980 the card set has gone through several printings, and the images have been used in several calendars, as album and CD covers, and were finally compiled in a beautiful book.
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