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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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Debbie Reynolds – Am I That Easy to Forget 1960 U.S. blue vinyl stereo LP

debbie reynolds - am I that easy to forget blue vinyl u.s. lp

Offered for sale is a rare original U.S. stereo pressing of the 1960 LP Am I That Easy to Forget? by Debbie Reynolds, pressed on blue vinyl.

About this copy: This copy of Am I That Easy to Forget? is an original 1960 U.S. pressing on the Dot label.

While all mono copies and most stereo copies were pressed on black vinyl, a handful of stereo copies were pressed on blue vinyl.

The cover is VG, with edge wear on the top edge, a repaired 5″ (12 cm) split at the top edge and a large cut corner on the lower left.

The blue vinyl disc is VG+ with a few light marks on each side from the original heavy paper sleeve (included.) There are no major marks on the vinyl.

A nice, if not quite perfect, copy of a very rare colored vinyl LP.

Background: Released in 1960, Am I That Easy to Forget? was the third solo album singer/actress Debbie Reynolds, whose 1957 recording of “Tammy” reached #1 on the U.S. charts.

You can listen to the title track here:

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Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Dot
Catalog Number:	DLP 25,295
Year of Release:	1960
Format:	Stereo
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Art Pepper – The Art Pepper Quartet Japan LP with obi

Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of The Art Pepper Quartet by the Art Pepper Quartet, including the original obi.

About this copy: This copy of The Art Pepper Quartet is a 1976 mono reissue of an album that was originally released in 1956.

The cover is M- with a tiny dent in the upper left hand corner. The obi is M-. The insert is M-.

The disc is M- with one or two spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!

A nice copy of a scarce Art Pepper LP.

Background: Released in 1967, The Art Pepper Quartet was the third album by Art Pepper.

Allmusic.com gave The Art Pepper Quartet a 3 star review:

Released on the small Tampa label, this album features the great altoist Art Pepper with pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Gary Frommer. The quality of the music here is high, if brief — even with his erratic lifestyle, Pepper never made a bad record. Highlights include the Pepper original “Diane,” “Besame Mucho,” and “Pepper Pot.” Fine music, but not essential when one considers how many gems Art Pepper recorded during his rather hectic life.

Country of origin:	Japan
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Baybridge
Catalog Number:	ULS_1689-B
Year of Release:	1976
Format:	Mono
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Sonny Rollins – Saxophone Colossus Japan LP with obi

Offered for sale is a Japanese pressing of Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins, including the original obi.

About this copy: This copy of Saxophone Colossus is a 1984 Japanese pressing of an album that was originally released in 1956.

The cover is M- with trace corner wear. The obi is M-.

The disc is M- and looks like it may have been played no more than once. Clean disc!

A beautiful copy of a Jazz classic.

Background: Released in 1956, Saxophone Colossus was the sixth LP by Sonny Rollins.

Allmusic.com gave Saxophone Colossus a 5 star review:

Sonny Rollins recorded many memorable sessions during 1954-1958, but Saxophone Colossus is arguably his finest all-around set. Joined by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Doug Watkins, and drummer Max Roach, Rollins debuts and performs the definitive version of “St. Thomas,” tears into the chord changes of “Mack the Knife” (here called “Moritat”), introduces “Strode Rode,” is lyrical on “You Don’t Know What Love Is,” and constructs a solo on “Blue Seven” that practically defines his style. Essential music that, as with all of Rollins’ Prestige recordings, has also been reissued as part of a huge “complete” box set; listeners with a tight budget are advised to pick up this single disc and be amazed.

Country of origin:	Japan
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Prestige
Catalog Number:	VIJ-202
Year of Release:	1984
Format:	Mono
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John Lennon – Telecasts yellow vinyl 1972 U.S. Trademark of Quality LP

john lennon - telecasts trademark of quality lp

Offered for sale is a yellow vinyl pressing of the U.S. LP Telecasts by John Lennon, released by the collectible Trademark of Quality label.

About this copy: This copy of Telecasts is a 1972 U.S. pressing on the Trademark of Quality label.

The cover is VG+, with a bit of fading and a small 1/4″ (1 cm) split at the bottom right hand corner.

The title has been exceptionally well stamped, with all of the letters fully legible. There is a yellow sticker on the cover with a pig that says, “Trade Mark of Quality.”

The insert is a reproduction of what was itself originally a photocopy.

The yellow vinyl disc is an early pressing with the numbers “1” and “2” on the labels, rather than the pig logos used on later pressings.

The disc is M- and looks like it may have been played only once or twice. Beautiful disc!

A nice copy of a scarce John Lennon LP.

Background: Released in July, 1972, Telecasts collected together a number of John Lennon performances from television.

Tracks are:

John Sinclair (1)
It’s So Hard (2)
Luck Of The Irish (1)
Sisters Oh Sisters (1)
We All Woke Up (3)
Woman Is The Nigger Of The World(3)
Attica State (1)
Sakura Sakura (2)
Memphis (with Chuck Berry) (2)
Johnny B. Goode (with Chuck Berry) (2)
Imagine (2)

Sources:
(1) David Frost show
(2) Mike Douglas show
(3) Dick Cavett show

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Trademark of Quality
Catalog Number:	71046
Year of Release:	1972
Format:	Mono
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Jimi Hendrix – Broadcasts/Maui 1977 U.S. green/red vinyl 2 LP live album

jimi hendrix - broadcasts/maui red green vinyl lp

Offered for sale is a rare colored vinyl 2 LP live album Broadcasts/Maui, by Jimi Hendrix with one disc on green vinyl and one disc on red vinyl and including the original insert.

While originally released on the Trademark of Quality label, this is a later pressing, likely by the group that issued records on the Ruthless Rhymes label, though these discs have no labels at all.

About this copy: This copy of Broadcasts/Maui is a 1977 U.S. pressing of an album that was originally released in 1973 on the Trademark of Quality label.

The cover is a plain white generic cover without a stamped title or a sticker. The cover is M- and still has the original shrink wrap, though the wrap is torn. There are a couple of tiny corner dents.

The original insert is included, and is M-.

Stampers are: JH106A/B and JH107A/B. The first disc is the red one and the second is the green one.

The two discs are M- with a couple of faint scuffs from the original paper sleeves. It appears that the records have only been played once or twice.

A beautiful copy of a rare Hendrix live LP.

Background: Released in July, 1973, Broadcasts/Maui was part of a short-lived “budget” series by the Trademark of Quality label that packaged together two separate albums that had previously been released individually.

Broadcasts and Maui had both been issued in June, 1971 as separate LPs, but for a short time, they were available as a pair and were later reissued in this format by the short-lived Ruthless Rhymes label.

Contents of the double album are as follows:

Broadcasts

Attwood Hall, Clark University, Worcester (MA), United States. 15th March 1968, 1st show:
Side A 1. Purple Haze
2. Wild Thing

Happening For Lulu, BBC Television Centre, Studio 4, London, United Kingdom. 4th January 1969:
3. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
4. Hey Joe
5. Sunshine Of Your Love

Top Gear, BBC radio, London, United Kingdom. 6th October 1967:
Side B 1. Drivin’ South
2. Catfish Blues
3. Hound Dog
4. Little Miss Lover

Saturday Club, BBC radio, London, United Kingdom. 13th February 1967:
5. Love Or Confusion
6. Foxy Lady
7. Hey Joe
8. Stone Free

Maui

Rainbow Bridge Vibratory Colour-Sound Experiment, Haleakala, Kailua (Maui) (HI), United States. 30th July 1970, 1st show:
Side A 1. Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)

Rainbow Bridge Vibratory Colour-Sound Experiment, Haleakala, Kailua (Maui) (HI), United States. 30th July 1970, 2nd show:
2. Red House
3. Beginnings
4. Straight Ahead

Rainbow Bridge Vibratory Colour-Sound Experiment, Haleakala, Kailua (Maui) (HI), United States. 30th July 1970, 1st show:
Side B 1. Hear My Train A Comin’

Rainbow Bridge Vibratory Colour-Sound Experiment, Haleakala, Kailua (Maui) (HI), United States. 30th July 1970, 2nd show:
2. Villanova Junction
3. Ezy Rider

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Ruthless Rhymes
Catalog Number:	7502
Year of Release:	1977
Format:	Mono
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Dave Brubeck – Brubeck/Desmond original red vinyl U.S. promotional LP

dave brubeck/paul desmond red vinyl u.s. lp

Offered for sale is an original U.S. red vinyl promotional copy of the 1956 LP Brubeck Desmond (also known as The Dave Brubeck Quartet Featuring Paul Desmond) by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

About this copy: This copy of Brubeck Desmond is an original 1956 pressing on the Fantasy label.

The album is a stock copy with “Promotional Copy Not For Sale” stamped on both the cover and labels.

The cover is VG, and far better than most we’ve seen, with corner wear and a bit of wear on the front cover lamination. The back cover is quite clean and the cover has no splits.

The red vinyl disc is M- and looks like it may have been played once.

A nice copy of an album that is usually found in terrible condition.

Background: Brubeck Desmond was an early album by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, featuring Brubeck, Paul Desmond on sax, Lloyd Davis on drums and Bull Ruther on bass.

Tracks are:

Mamselle
Stardust
Frenesi
Me and My Shadow
At a Perfume Counter
Crazy Chris
A Foggy Day
Somebody Loves Me
Lyons Busy
Look for the Silver Lining

Country of origin:	US.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Fantasy
Catalog Number:	3229
Year of Release:	1956
Format:	Mono
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Ray Charles – The Great Hits of Ray Charles sealed original 1964 LP

Offered for sale is a still sealed original U.S. copy of the 1966 LP The Great Hits of Ray Charles Recorded on 8-Track Stereo by Ray Charles.

About this copy: This copy of The Great Hits of Ray Charles is an original 1966 stereo pressing on the blue/green Atlantic label.

As the album is still sealed, the record is presumably new and unplayed.

The wrap is fully intact except for a small break in the upper left hand corner where there is a saw mark in the cover.

A nice copy of a terrific LP and a relatively scarce Ray Charles album.

Background: After Ray Charles left Atlantic for ABC Records in 1960, Atlantic issued a number of compilation albums over the next few years.

One of the more interesting ones was The Great Hits of Ray Charles Recorded on 8-Track Stereo, an album that was unusual at the time of release in that it was issued only in stereo.

The album was a compilation of tracks by Charles that Atlantic had recorded in stereo in the late 1950s but had, up until that time, issued only in mono. Atlantic, while a small record company, had been early adopters of recording in stereo, recording in that format as early as 1952, long before stereo recordings had any commercial application.

This came in handy later in the decade when stereo records became practical, as the label had a lot of ready-to-release material available.

This LP gave listeners their first opportunity to hear “What’d I Say,” among others, in true stereo.

Country of origin:	U.S.
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Atlantic
Catalog Number:	SD 7101
Year of Release:	1966
Format:	Stereo
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Miles Davis – Vol. 2 Japan 10 inch LP with obi

Offered for sale is a limited edition Japanese pressing of the 10 inch LP Volume 2 by Miles Davis, including the original obi.

About this copy: This copy of Volume 2 is a 1999 pressing on the Blue Note label of an album that was originally released in 1953.

We believe this album to be unplayed new old stock.

The cover, obi and insert are M-.

The disc is M- with a faint inaudible sleeve scuff through the first track on side one. Beautiful disc!

A nice copy of a fairly scarce Miles Davis LP.

Background: Released in 1954, Volume 2 was the fifth album by Miles Davis

Allmusic.com gave Volume 2 a 4 star review:

Like Miles Davis, Vol. 1, this set features arrangements in the order that they were recorded. (Vol. 2 contains the second Blue Note session, while Vol. 1 focused on the first and third.) This 1953 date was the most inspired, overtly beboppish of Davis’ three Blue Note sessions — an ambitious showcase for modern jazz’s greatest composers (J.J. Johnson, Ray Brown, Bud Powell, Jimmy Heath, Walter Fuller, and Dizzy Gillespie), and a remarkable rhythm section (drummer Art Blakey, bassist Percy Heath, and the obscure pianist Gil Coggins). A dynamic front line of Davis, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and the bassist’s brother Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophone, gives each tune big-band weight and texture….The joy with which Davis and Blakey morph between swing and Afro-Cuban rhythms, blues, and bop phrasing, is what jazz is all about.

Country of origin:	Japan
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Blue Note
Catalog Number:	TOJJ-5022
Year of Release:	1999
Format:	Mono
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June Christy – Something Cool red vinyl Japan LP with obi

Offered for sale is a red vinyl mono Japanese pressing of Something Cool by June Christy, including insert and the original obi.

About this copy: This copy of Something Cool is a 1969 Japanese pressing of an album that was originally released (in this form) in 1955.

The cover is M-, with a couple of minor indentations on the top edge, but no wear.

The obi is M-; the “hojyuhyo,” or reorder tag, has been removed. The lyric insert is M-.

There are two hype stickers on the cover – one says “Capitol Jazz Must Item Series” and the other says “S.J. Seal of Approval.”

The red vinyl disc is VG++ on side one, with a one or two faint small marks. It’s very close to M-. Side two is M-. The record appears to have only been played once or twice.

A nice colored vinyl copy of a classic Jazz/pop LP.

Background: Something Cool was the first and best-known album by Jazz singer June Christy. Originally released in 1954 in mono with seven songs, the album was expanded to eleven songs in 1955.

In 1960, all eleven songs were re-recorded in stereo, and for many years, the stereo re-recording was the only version of the album that was available anywhere.

Allmusic.com gave Something Cool a 5 star review:

June Christy’s Something Cool, originally released as a 10″ LP in 1954, single-handedly inaugurated the cool jazz vocal movement. Christy had been a star vocalist with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the late ’40s, enjoying major hits with “Tampico” and “Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy.” Soon after she left the band, she began working with key Kenton arranger Pete Rugolo and a slew of top West Coast studio musicians (including her husband, tenor saxophonist Bob Cooper) on her first solo album for Capitol Records. The result was Something Cool, which is both a winning showcase for Christy’s wistful style and a landmark of cool jazz modernism.

You can listen to the title track here:

Country of origin:	Japan
Size:	12″
Record Label:	Capitol
Catalog Number:	CR-8807
Year of Release:	1969
Format:	Mono
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