BIG BOPPER A ¼ inch reel-to-reel tape made by Big Bopper for broadcasting on the British radio, the recording approximately 3 mins. long addressed to Jerry [Wilmot?] leaving gaps for the disc jockey to fill in questions at a later date and promoting the Bopper's new releases Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bopper's Wedding and discussing the success of Chantilly Lace and the Big Bopper's past experience as a disc jockey in Texas; in original box addressed in the Big Bopper's hand to Tommy Schelsinger, Mercury Records, 25 E.Wacker Dr, Chicago, Illinois from Big Bopper, P.O.Box 152, Beaumont, Txas (sic), frankmarked DC 5.3 PM, 1958. Sold without copyright

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BIG BOPPER A ¼ inch reel-to-reel tape made by Big Bopper for broadcasting on the British radio, the recording approximately 3 mins. long addressed to Jerry [Wilmot?] leaving gaps for the disc jockey to fill in questions at a later date and promoting the Bopper's new releases Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bopper's Wedding and discussing the success of Chantilly Lace and the Big Bopper's past experience as a disc jockey in Texas; in original box addressed in the Big Bopper's hand to Tommy Schelsinger, Mercury Records, 25 E.Wacker Dr, Chicago, Illinois from Big Bopper, P.O.Box 152, Beaumont, Txas (sic), frankmarked DC 5.3 PM, 1958. Sold without copyright

Lot Essay

This recording appears to be a Christmas message as the Big Bopper refers to a ..Happy Holiday Season, and therefore predates his death in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens by two months. It also seems likely that the Jerry referred to on the tape is Jerry Wilmot, a Radio Luxemburg d.j. as Mercury Records/E.M.I. purchased air time from this radio station during this period.

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