Ronnie Hawkins - Ronnie Hawkins R-25078, Mono, 1st pressing, US, 1959

Original first US pressing of Ronnie Hawkins’ debut album on Roulette Records, issued in 1959 (Mono, catalog R-25078). This is the earliest pressing with Roulette multicolor “target/arrow” labels carrying the ©1958 credit, and machine-etched matrix numbers RLP-92-A / RLP-92-B, including the hand-etched date 7-10-59 in the deadwax — confirming the July 1959 production.