Description
Offered for sale is an original Japanese red vinyl pressing of E Pluribus Funk by Grand Funk Railroad, including the round cover, lyric insert, and backing card.
About this copy: This copy of E Pluribus Funk is a 1971Japanese pressing on the Capitol label.
This LP was a strange one, as the cover was round, rather than square. The Japanese issue used round covers that were imported from the United States, with a sticker added to the back that said “Made in Japan.”
The package included a round lyric insert with lyrics in English and a square 12″x12″ (30×30 cm) posterboard insert with the lyrics in Japanese.
All of this was packaged in a plastic sleeve that had a 4″ silver sticker on it that listed the song titles (in Japanese) and the price. This sticker was used in place of an obi.
The cover is VG++ and close to M- with a small tear where a piece of cellophane tape was removed. This tape was applied at the factory to seal the cover.
The cardboard Japanese lyric insert is VG++ with slight discoloration from age. The round English lyric insert is M-.
The outer bag and price sticker are missing.
The red vinyl disc is VG+ with a couple of light marks on each side and a number of spindle marks on the labels. It’s a fairly clean disc that should play well.
A nice copy of a rare Grand Funk LP.
Background: Released in late 1971, E Pluribus Funk was the fifth studio album by Grand Funk Railroad. The LP reached #5 on the U.S. album charts and was certified platinum by the RIAA.
Allmusic.com gave E Pluribus Funk this review:
The album, made by a band by now popular enough to sell out Shea Stadium (depicted on the back of the album, its cover designed to look like a silver coin), consisted of a series of simple rock tunes with lyrics devoted to the joys of music itself (“Footstompin’ Music”), social concerns generically expressed (“People, Let’s Stop the War,” “Save the Land”), and claims of romantic betrayal (“Upsetter,” “No Lies”). … Grand Funk were still primarily a live band, able to achieve intensity, but with little sense of the varying dynamics and musical textures that might make a studio album interesting to listen to beyond being a souvenir of their live show.
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| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Capitol |
| Catalog Number: |
CP-9023 |
| Year of Release: | 1971 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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