Description
Offered for sale is a U.S mono pressing of Presenting Dion and the Belmonts, the first album by Dion & the Belmonts.
About this copy: This copy of Presenting Dion and the Belmonts is a 1962 U.S. mono pressing on the Laurie label of an album that was originally released in 1959.
The cover is VG, with some writing on the back cover, a punch hole in the upper right hand corner, and a repaired 3″ (8 cm) split at the bottom edge.
The disc is VG++ and close to M- with a couple of faint sleeve scuffs. A name has been lightly written on one label. It’s a clean disc that has had little play.
A nice copy of a classic (and very good) doo wop LP.
Background: Released in 1959, Presenting Dion and the Belmonts was the debut LP by Dion & the Belmonts.
Allmusic.com gave Presenting Dion and the Belmonts this review:
Rock & roll albums were something of a novelty, if not a rarity, in 1959 — apart from Elvis’s releases, few of them sold well, and most that were out there by white artists, apart from hits compilations, didn’t always reflect well on the music. The debut album by the Bronx-based doo wop group holds up well, however, and is well worth hearing beyond the hits “I Wonder Why,” “Where or When,” “Don’t Pity Me,” and “A Teenager in Love.” The predominant subject is girls, no surprise as the work of an R&B vocal group in 1959, but there’s amazingly little feeling of repetition on these 14 cuts, partly because the producers and the group did vary the sound….It may not be in a league with Elvis Presley’s first three albums as essential listening, but it is all well played as well as beautifully sung, showing off a prodigious array of talent from the group on down to the session players involved.
| Country of origin: | U.S. |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Laurie |
| Catalog Number: |
LLP 2002 |
| Year of Release: | 1962 |
| Format: | Mono |
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