DS, three pages, 8.5 x 11, March 27, 1958. MGM Records contract for the recording of a "minimum of 12 78 r.p.m. record sides or their equivalent," providing a $300 advance against royalties. Two changes to the text are initialed in the margin in green fountain pen by Hughes, "L. H.," and the document is signed in full by him at the conclusion. Also countersigned by two MGM executives. In fine condition. MGM would release The Weary Blues with Langston Hughes later in 1958.
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