BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND EAST-WEST RARE ORIG'67 ELEKTRA STEREO LP ELEKTRA LP MINT

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255

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·       THE BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND - EAST/WEST - ORIGINAL 1966 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP EKS-7315

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       NOTE: THIS ALBUM WAS NEVER RELEASED ON ELEKTRA'S "GUITAR PLAYER" LABEL EXCEPT – PERHAPS – IN CANADA. THE INFORMATION TO THE CONTRARY, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN SOME RECORD BOOKS AND PRICE GUIDES, IS BLATANTLY INACCURATE AND MISLEADING. THIS LABEL (TAN/GOLD/BROWN) IS THE ONE AND ONLY FIRST PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM.

·       ORIGINAL TAN (GOLD) ELEKTRA LABEL.

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

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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The visitors of our eBay pages know that we harbor much disdain for the concept of "White" Blues. For most part, the notion is just a Caucasian masturbation, and not much else. It's not that white folks (of whom we are proud card-carrying members) cannot feel the blues vibe - it's just that most of them have been too shielded from the harmful impact of life, and simply cannot relate to the blues experience. But then, it also helps explain why young Black people in this country can't play blues either - they, too, have been too pampered to feel the agony of their ancestors. Hip-hop and blues don't mix well.

Having said this, we must point out numerous noble exceptions that warrant an honorable mention here: the list is actually pretty long, but we think that John Hammond, Jr., Alexis Corner, Keef Hartley, The Savoy Brown, Peter Green, Duane Allman, John Mayall, Ry Cooder, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Graham Bond, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bonnie Raitt deserve to make it to the Dean's list. Rolling Stones should also be included,  for their great love of the genre which they greatly helped propagate.

We proudly present here what we strongly believe is one of two finest white blues albums ever recorded (the other being John Hammond Jr's "I can tell") : the scorching 1966 Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "East/West", which includes a truly earth-shaking fretwork by Mike Bloomfield. But then, we are entirely partial: we've never met a Mike Bloomfield song we didn't like.

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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 NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           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!

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

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of 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 2.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        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 glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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