DALE HAWKINS Oh SUZY-Q ORIG CHESS LP-1429 BLACK LABEL

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·       DALE HAWKINS – OH! SUZY-Q – ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL 1957 CHESS RECORDS MONO LP 1429

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       FLAT EDGE PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BLACK 'CHESS' LABEL WITH SILVER SCRIPT.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·       CLEAN LABELS (SOME VISIBLE SPINDLE MARKS NOTED ON BOTH LABELS)

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!)

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Ladies and Gents, you are looking at one of defining moments in the development of Rock music, and one of the rarest and most treasured specimens in the record-collecting hobby: Dale Hawkins’ first album (he would not record another one for the next seven years) is a true Rockabilly classic – the jagged, tribal rhythms are compounded by Hawkins’ throaty, testosterone-laced vocal delivery and – most importantly – by his slashing, almost violent, guitar lines which have inspired everyone from James Burton to Jeff Beck to Roy Buchanan (who – lest we forget to mention – played lead guitar on “My Babe”, one of Hawkins’ final singles for Chess) to Alvin Lee to Brian Seltzer. In many ways, Oh, Suzy-Q was not only the finest example of what today we know as Rockabilly – but also a template – a gold standard that set the bar so high that it effectively remained beyond reach of many young, aspiring Rockabillies. Needless to say, the original pressings of this album were mighty rare EVEN in the late 50s – and by early 2000s they have passed on to the Land of Record Collecting Myths and Legends. This is the first copy we have EVER offered on eBay (we do not expect to have another one anytime soon) and one of the best-preserved copies we’ve seen in the past 20 years or so (not quite near mint, but still very nice for an almost half-century old record).

On an interesting note: this album was originally slated for release on ARGO label, Chess’s Jazz subsidiary (please see the back cover, shown below). We have absolutely no clue what may have prompted Chess brothers to conclude that Dale Hawkins’ would be better off in the company of people such as Zoot Sims, James Moody or Ahmad Jamal (all of whom recorded for ARGO around that time). The only rational explanation we can come up with is that the young white artist and his controversial, loud, sexually-charged, taboo-breaking music scared the sh!t out of the brothers who decided to take no chance and to try to market Hawkins as an up-and-coming Jazz/Beatnik artist instead (Oh, sure…Dale Hawkins is a Jazz musician, and I am Greta Garbo’s younger sister…). But then, apparently the brothers had a change of heart at the very last moment and decided to release the album on Chess label, where it rightfully belongs, with the likes of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Chalk up one for sanity…

Finally, with almost 30 known versions (and probably more than a trillion unknown amateur performances), the title track of this album remains one of the most-covered and best-loved Rock anthems of all time. The list of people who covered Suzy-Q (sometimes spelled as Suzie Q – or - Susie Q – or - Suzi-Q) reads like a proverbial “Who’s Who” of Rock Music: The Rolling Stones; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Everly Brothers; Chet Atkins; The Astronauts; Lonnie Mack; The Barbarians, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, Carl Perkins, Johnny Rivers, Bobby McFerrin, Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs, Waylon Jennings, Jose Feliciano, The Thrashmen, Gene Vincent, Bobby Vee…etc, etc, etc. The, um… “Queue”…goes on forever.

For additional historical information on this album, including track listing ►click here

THIS IS A NO-RESERVE AUCTION!

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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 VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some light surface marks and tiny abrasions, all of which are light and superficial. Absolutely NO major abrasions or scratches of any kind.

(b)            A note about the condition of this record: The record plays with a consistent - audible, but bearable - surface noise which is often, but not always, drowned out by the level of the music. This record was play-graded.

(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 NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD+++.

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / frayed / bent (just a beginning of the split seam)

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Cover has some 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 1.

-         A few tiny, barely visible, scratch marks noted on the front cover, along the spine (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a visible wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the front panel, running parallel to the spine.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (very light and inconspicuous)

-         Cover has a tiny "wrinkle" (crease) in one of the corners.

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-         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 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 warping

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

-         No bar codes

-         No RIAA stamps or stickers.

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