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Lesley Gore – Girl Talk 1967 U.S. stereo Wing LP

Offered for sale is a U.S. stereo pressing of Girl Talk by Lesley Gore.

This is the 1967 pressing on the Wing label that has two fewer tracks than the 1964 issue, with “Maybe I Know” and “Sometimes I Wish I Were a Boy” removed.

About this copy: This copy of Girl Talk is a 1967 pressing on the Mercury subsidiary Wing label.

The cover is VG++ with slight wear at the bottom edge and a small punch hole in the bottom right hand corner.

The disc is VG++ with a couple of faint marks.

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP as this reissue sold fairly poorly.

Background: Released in October 1964, Girl Talk was the fourth album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #146 on the U.S. album chart. “Maybe I Know” was the only single from the album to to reach the U.S. Top 20, peaking at #14. “Look of Love” reached #27.

Allmusic.com gave Girl Talk a 3 1/2 star review:

Girl Talk, like all Lesley Gore’s early albums, had a few hits surrounded by songs that were somewhat less memorable and sometimes extremely less memorable. But it was also higher in quality than many would surmise, though inconsistent. The highlights, though, were the big hits, which were both mighty fine: “Maybe I Know,” her last real classically girl group-flavored smash, and the very credible Phil Spector-esque “Look of Love.” There were a couple of very low-charting songs that had their nifty points: “Hey Now” saw Gore getting more into bluesy soul than she’d ever gotten before, while “Sometimes I Wish I Were a Boy” had lyrics guaranteed to appeal to lovers of camp for decades to come. …The very best of these songs are on the better and lengthier Gore best-ofs, but on its own it’s actually a reasonable LP, and certainly one of her better ones.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	SRW16350
Year of Release:	1967
Format:	Stereo
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Lesley Gore – Boys, Boys, Boys original U.S. stereo LP

lesley gore - boys, boys, boys u.s stereo lp

Offered for sale is an original U.S. stereo copy of Boys, Boys, Boys by Lesley Gore.

About this copy: This copy of Boys, Boys, Boys is a 1964 U.S. pressing on the Mercury label.

The cover is VG++ with slight wear on the corners and the top edge near the mouth.

The stereo disc is M-, with a couple of very faint scuffs from the paper inner sleeve. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP, as most of her original albums were sold in mono.

Background: Released in April 1964, Boys, Boys, Boys was the third album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #127 on the U.S. album charts, with the single “That’s the Way Boys Are” reaching #12 on the U.S. singles chart.

Allmusic.com gave Boys, Boys, Boys a 3 star review:

Lesley Gore’s third album, like all her early LPs, did her image no favors with a title that plugged into her frivolous teenage image. As a record, though, it wasn’t all that bad, though it suffered from lacking any big hits other than “That’s the Way Boys Are,” and was an inconsistent mix without any hidden nuggets. …”I Don’t Wanna Be a Loser” (which just made the Top 40) and “Don’t Call Me” were downright excellent tense and soulful numbers that gave vent to her underrated anguished and angry side. The album also included her first efforts as a composer: the mediocre, generic pop/rocker “Leave Me Alone” and the quite groovy “I’m Coolin’, No Foolin'” (which she co-penned), which has some captivating minor-keyed melodic hooks. Like her second album, Lesley Gore Sings of Mixed-Up Hearts, this actually has some pretty good non-hits that few general rock listeners are aware of, some in a moodier vein than she’s given credit for.

Country of origin:	UK
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	200 20 MCL
Year of Release:	1964
Format:	Mono
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Lesley Gore – Boys, Boys, Boys original UK mono LP

Offered for sale is an original UK mono copy of Boys, Boys, Boys by Lesley Gore.

All original 1960s UK Lesley Gore albums were issued in mono only.

About this copy: This copy of Boys, Boys, Boys is a 1964 U.S. pressing on the Mercury label.

The cover is VG+ with a bent corner, a bit of staining on the back cover, and a bit of lamination cracking on the spine.

The mono disc is M-, with a couple of very faint scuffs from the paper inner sleeve. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP, as her albums sold quite poorly in the UK.

Background: Released in April 1964, Boys, Boys, Boys was the third album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #127 on the U.S. album charts, with the single “That’s the Way Boys Are” reaching #12 on the U.S. singles chart.

Allmusic.com gave Boys, Boys, Boys a 3 star review:

Country of origin:	UK
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	200 20 MCL
Year of Release:	1964
Format:	Mono
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Lesley Gore – Boys, Boys, Boys original U.S. mono LP

lesley gore - boys, boys, boys u.s mono lp

Offered for sale is an original U.S. mono copy of Boys, Boys, Boys by Lesley Gore.

About this copy: This copy of Boys, Boys, Boys is a 1964 U.S. pressing on the Mercury label.

The cover is VG++ with slight edge wear, mostly on the bottom edge.

The mono disc is M-, with a couple of very faint scuffs from the paper inner sleeve. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP.

Background: Released in April 1964, Boys, Boys, Boys was the third album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #127 on the U.S. album charts, with the single “That’s the Way Boys Are” reaching #12 on the U.S. singles chart.

Allmusic.com gave Boys, Boys, Boys a 3 star review:

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	MG 20901
Year of Release:	1964
Format:	Mono
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Lesley Gore – Boys, Boys, Boys original U.S. mono promotional LP

lesley gore - boys, boys, boys u.s. promo lp

Offered for sale is an original U.S. mono promotional copy of Boys, Boys, Boys by Lesley Gore.

About this copy: This copy of Boys, Boys, Boys is a 1964 U.S. pressing on the Mercury label.

The cover is VG++ with slight corner wear. A price has been written on the back cover and the words “Not for Sale” have been crossed out.

The gold label promotional mono disc is M-, with a couple of very faint scuffs from the paper inner sleeve. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP and a rare chance to get a clean promotional LP.

Background: Released in April 1964, Boys, Boys, Boys was the third album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #127 on the U.S. album charts, with the single “That’s the Way Boys Are” reaching #12 on the U.S. singles chart.

Allmusic.com gave Boys, Boys, Boys a 3 star review:

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	MG 20901
Year of Release:	1964
Format:	Mono
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Lesley Gore – Boys, Boys, Boys original Dutch stereo LP

Offered for sale is an original Dutch stereo pressing of Boys, Boys, Boys by Lesley Gore.

This unusual LP has a Dutch-pressed disc in a U.S. cover. We believe that it was issued that way.

About this copy: This copy of Boys, Boys, Boys is a 1964 pressing on the Mercury label.

The cover is M-.

The disc is M- on side one, and VG++ on side two, with a couple of faint scuffs. The record has clearly only been played a few times. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Lesley Gore LP and the only album of hers that we’ve ever seen from the Netherlands.

Background: Released in April 1964, Boys, Boys, Boys was the third album by Lesley Gore.

The album reached #127 on the U.S. album charts, with the single “That’s the Way Boys Are” reaching #12 on the U.S. singles chart.

Allmusic.com gave Boys, Boys, Boys a 3 star review:

Country of origin:	Netherlands
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Mercury
Catalog Number:	135 925 MCY
Year of Release:	1964
Format:	Stereo
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Lesley Gore/Roy Hamilton – Stars for Civil Defense 1966 radio show w/unreleased material

lesley gore/roy hamilton - stars for civil defense lp

Offered for sale is a rare 1966 radio show, Stars for Civil Defense, featuring one side by Lesley Gore and one side by Roy Hamilton.

Unlike most radio shows of the 1960s, this one features material that was recorded especially for this program. The material by these two artists is unavailable elsewhere and has never been formally reissued.

About this copy: This copy of Stars for Civil Defense is an original 1966 mono LP, issued for radio broadcast.

The LP was issued without a cover.

The disc is VG; it still has lots of shine and likely hasn’t been played but a few times, but it has a few light marks on each side of the vinyl.

A nice copy of a rare radio show and only the third copy we’ve ever seen.

Background: Stars for Civil Defense was a short-lived radio program produced by the U.S. government in the 1960s. The purpose was to keep the public informed about being prepared in the event of a national emergency. All programs in this series are rare.

The Stars for Civil Defense series consisted of a number of albums that featured one artist on each side, with each program running for 15 minutes. There were other, similar government-sponsored music programs in the 1960s, such as Voices of Vista, representing a poverty fighting organization, and The “In” Sound, which was intended to promote Army recruitment.

All of these programs featured several songs by the featured artist, as well as a brief interview. The songs in these programs were generally the artists’ most recent hits. What made the Stars for Civil Defense series different is that the songs were recorded especially for the Civil Defense program. The material that appears on these records is unavailable anywhere else.

This copy of Stars for Civil Defense is program 519/520, featuring Lesley Gore on one side and Roy Hamilton on the other, accompanied by Ray Bloch and his orchestra. This program was intended for broadcast during the fall of 1966.

This is Lesley Gore’s (and Roy Hamilton’s, for that matter) rarest LP containing unique material. The songs on this album were recorded especially for this program and have never been commercially released.

The record label indicates that the album was intended to be broadcast on September 25, 1966 for Roy Hamilton and October 2, 1966 for Lesley Gore.

Songs:

Roy Hamilton with Ray Bloch and his orchestra

Blowin’ in the Wind
Island in the Sun
The Impossible Dream
And I Love Her (Ray Bloch and the Orchestra only)

Lesley Gore with Ray Bloch and his orchestra

The Cockeyed Optimist
The Song is You
Fool’s Medley: What Kind of Fool/Young and Foolish/Fools Rush In/My Foolish Heart
Hawaiian Love Song (Ray Bloch and the Orchestra only)

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Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Office of Civil Defense
Catalog Number:	519/520
Year of Release:	1966
Format:	Mono
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Lesley Gore Records, Albums, Autographs and Memorabilia

We were longtime fans and collectors of pop singer Lesley Gore, and our collection, amassed over more than 30 years, consists of hundreds of items. With her recent passing, we’ve decided that it’s time to part with a lot of it. We’ve been rather surprised to see just how much stuff we have, so it’s taking us a while to go through all of it to see what’s here.

Among the items in our collection are:

lesley gore albums - girl talk UK Lesley Gore albums – We have a number of rare and unusual Lesley Gore albums, including sealed original LPs, promotional LPs, radio shows, unusual foreign albums and even a few colored vinyl albums.

Lesley Gore singles – We have a complete collection of American Lesley Gore singles and picture sleeves, along with a number of interesting foreign releases with picture sleeves.

Lesley Gore acetates – Our collection includes a few pre-production Lesley Gore acetates, made to evaluate recordings prior to release.

Lesley Gore radio shows – Not recent “flashback” type programs, but vintage radio shows from the 1960s with then-current interviews and music.

Lesley Gore autographs – We have a few Lesley Gore autographs, as well, including photos, albums and compact discs.

We have way too many items to list them all at once, but we will eventually list the entire collection for sale on our site.

You will be able to find Lesley Gore records and other items in our store.

Lesley Gore – Voices of Vista complete set of 7 radio shows

Offered for sale is what is believed to be a complete set of Voices of Vista radio shows that included material by Lesley Gore – 7 albums in all.

About this set:

The Voices of Vista series was issued without covers; each of the albums listed below comes in a plain white cover. The LPs and artists featured in this set are:

#20/20ABC Ethel Ennis (full side)/ Lesley Gore, Damita Jo, Morocco (one track each) – Lesley Sings “No Matter What You Do.” Record is VG++ with slight sleeve scuffs.
#36 Frank Poretta (full side)/ Lesley Gore, Bobby Vinton, Wild Ones (one track each). Lesley sings “I Don’t Care.” Record is VG++ with slight sleeve scuffs.
#57 – Ray McKinley (full side)/Jack Jones, Lesley Gore, Paul Revere and the Raiders (one track each). Lesley sings “No Matter What You Do.” Record is VG+, with numerous sleeve scuffs
#68ABC/69ABC – Temptations, Lesley Gore, The Cyrkle (one track each)/ Tradewinds, Tommy Roe, Trini Lopez (one track each). Lesley Sings “California Nights.” Record is VG- with numerous marks and writing on both labels.
#70ABC/71ABC – Bobby Darin, Lesley Gore, The Byrds (one track each)/ Herb Oscar Anderson, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Turtles (one track each). Lesley sings “I’m Going Out (the Way I Came In.) Record is M-
#87ABC/88ABC – Temptations, Lesley Gore, Billy Joe Royal (one track each)/ The Cyrkle, Leslie Miller, The Byrds. Lesley sings “Summer and Sandy.” Record is VG++ and very close to M-, with just a few sleeve marks.
#94ABC/95ABC The Critters, Leslie Miller, The Cyrkle (one track each)/ Four Seasons, Leslie Gore, Tommy Roe. Lesley sings “I’m Fallin’ Down.) Record is VG++ on the side with Lesley Gore, with a few sleeve scuffs. The other side is VG, with several scratches

A nice copy of a hard to find set.

Background: VISTA, or Volunteers in Service to America, was an anti-poverty program created in 1965 by President Lydon Johnson. In order to promote this government program, a radio series called Voices of Vista was created.

Most of the shows in the series featured anywhere from two to six artists, and radio programmers were expected to play individual portions of the album on a schedule that suited them and their programming, rather than playing the LP in its entirety.

In fact, you couldn’t play the album in its entirety, as each track had a “locked groove” that prevented the next track from playing automatically. You had to move the tonearm to play the next track.

There are likely several hundred different discs in the entire Voices of Vista series; as far as we know, there are only seven that include Lesley Gore. Each of the shows listed below has a segment featuring Lesley introducing the segment and saying goodby at the end, along with a track in the middle and a short interview with host Herb Oscar Anderson and a VISTA volunteer.

Lesley Gore – Lesley Gore’s Party UK compilation LP

Offered for sale is a scarce UK ten track compilation LP, entitled Lesley Gore’s Party.

About this copy: Tracks are the same as the 10 track US Golden Hits of Lesley Gore LP. Cover is VG++, with very slight wear at the corners. The record is M- and looks to have had little, if any, play.

Background:We can’t determine when Lesley Gore’s Party was released in the UK, but the cover lists the LP as “mid price” and there is no mention of cassette or CD on the cover, suggesting it’s probably a mid-1970s release.