BUDDY HOLLY THAT'LL BE THE DAY ORIG DECCA LP BLACK LBL

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·       BUDDY HOLLY – THAT`LL BE THE DAY - ORIGINAL 1956 DECCA RECORDS MONO LP DL- 8707

·       ORIGINAL, FIRST U.S. PRESSING

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL BLACK AND SILVER DECCA LABEL – THIS IS ONE OF THE RAREST ROCK ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE.

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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The tendency of most critics is to dismiss this album, comprised as it is of the songs from Holly's 1956 Nashville sessions, which yielded a somewhat too tentative, country-oriented sound that suited neither him nor the public. In actual fact, at least 10 of the 11 songs on this LP (the one exception being the ballad "Girl On My Mind") have aged almost as well as anything that Holly ever recorded. "Rock Around With Ollie Vee", "Blue Days — Black Nights", "Ting-A-Ling", "I'm Changing All Those Changes", "Modern Don Juan", "Love Me", "Don't Come Back Knockin' ", and "Midnight Shift" are all decent, solid early rock 'n' roll; he sounds too countrified by about half on much of the record, especially on the early version of "That'll Be The Day", but these were not bad records, even if they weren't going to break his talent out to a mass audience. What's more, at least at the time of his first sessions in January of 1956, few white artists and even fewer producers at major labels had yet figured out what mix of country, r&b, and blues worked on a rock 'n' roll record. Given all of this, this is a better than decent album with one real gem ("Rock Around With Ollie Vee", and if not for the fact that they mostly feature a completely different lineup of musicians and were also contractually separate from the rest of his eventual output for Coral/Brunswick/Decca, roughly half of the songs here could have been filtered into either of Holly's later official LPs without doing any violence to the newer material. Even the ballad "You Are My One Desire" — though it doesn't really resemble much else that Holly ever did — is given a hauntingly passionate performance. That'll Be The Day isn't a revelatory piece of rock 'n' roll history, but it's a more substantial and enjoyable prelude to the main body of Holly's career than it's usually given credit for being, extending his serious legacy backward a full album. [In 1967, Decca Records reissued That'll Be The Day as The Great Buddy Holly, with a new cover and stripping off the song "Ting-A-Ling"].

(Review reprinted courtesy of Bruce Eder, AllMusic.com)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)            WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VG+(+), just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions (probably just sleeve scuffs inflicted in storage over the years) ARE VISIBLE, but they appear fairly insignificant relative to the overall condition of the vinyl, and are only moderately visually distracting. For most part, the vinyl looks impeccable, without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

A note about the condition of this record: as you can see, the condition of this album is not mint or near mint; however, we will never stop marveling at how these old records, despite their wear and tear STILL manage to play almost entire level above their visual grade. Simply put: the record plays even better than it looks (and, mind you, the record looks very nice!!!). This record plays (almost) NEAR MINT, completely distortion-free and with only a few sporadic, brief spots of light background noise (mostly in quiet passages, in between tracks). This album was play-graded as NEAR MINT.

(b)            The record comes in a poly-lined inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the vinyl from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(c)             The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(d)            The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(e)             Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

(f)              True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

·       COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has a partially split top seam (between 2 and 4 inches / 5 to 10 centimeters)

-         Cover has a partially split spine (between 6 and 8 inches /15 to 20 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a 5-inch piece of transparent scotch tape

-         Cover has some fraying/wear along the spine and – to a lesser extent – top seam

-         Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record), probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage (nothing significant)

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3.

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / frayed / bent.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-         No cut-out (drill) holes.

-         No cut-out corners

-         No saw-marks or indents

-         No wrinkles or creases

-         No writing

-         No stamps

-         No peel-off marks

-         No stains

-         No mold or mildew spots

-         No stickers or labels

-         No water damage

-         No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or cuts.

-         No warping

-         No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-         No bar codes

-         No RIAA stamps or stickers.

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