DAVID ALLAN COE "Tattoo" LP NM/NM 1 977
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Tattoo Review by Thom Jurek

Tattoo was David Allan Coe's fifth Columbia album and displayed a return to form after the disappointing Rides Again. (There was also a return to plantation for an album called Texas Moon that's long been out of print and was most notable for its cover of Billy Joe Shaver's "Ride Me Down Easy.") Issued in 1977, it shows Coe sticking hard and fast to his traditional country roots just as the music began to mutate into urban cowboy-ism. Ron Bledsoe and Coe chose ten tunes, eight of which Coe either composed or co-wrote, as well as a cover of Mickey Newbury's classic "Frisco Mabel Joy." This is one of Coe's finest recordings -- it's full of love songs, divorce tunes, cheating songs, and rootsy, gutsy honky tonk playing by a stellar cast of musicians. Opening with the stomping honky tonk love paean "Just to Prove My Love for You," with echoes of Bill Monroe and Ralph Stanley haunting the fringes, and "Face to Face," one would be hard-pressed to find two tougher love songs stacked back to back on any country album. But he even moves toward the cheating breakup tune with a gorgeous Johnny Gimble-styled fiddle on "You'll Always Live Inside of Me." "Maria Is a Mystery" features some of the most haunting imagery in any Coe song, and he follows it with the amazing "Just in Time to Watch Love Die," before a deeply moving read of "Frisco Mabel Joy." The album closes with "Hey Gypsy," a dramatic, fully orchestrated plea for wanderers to return to a place of solace. It sounds like Coe is so haunted by these songs that he's looking directly into the depths of the mirror of his own soul. He probably was. This is easily one of the finest country records issued in the 1970s

Label: Columbia – KC 34870, Columbia – 34870 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1977 Genre: Folk, World, & Country Style: Country A1 Just To Prove My Love For You Written-By – David Allan Coe 2:23 A2 Face To Face Written-By – David Allan Coe 2:30 A3 You'll Always Live Inside Of Me Written-By – B. Charles*, David Allan Coe 4:01 A4 Play Me A Sad Song Written-By – David Allan Coe 3:31 A5 Daddy Was A God Fearin' Man Written-By – David Allan Coe 4:09 B1 Canteen Of Water Written-By – J. Bolotin* 4:23 B2 Maria Is A Mystery Written-By – David Allan Coe, J. Bolotin* 3:31 B3 Just In Time (To Watch Love Die) Written-By – David Allan Coe, Jimmy Townsend (2) 3:16 B4 San Francisco Mable Joy Written-By – Mickey Newbury 5:10 B5 Hey Gypsy Written-By – David Allan Coe, F. Spears* 2:20 Copyright © – CBS Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc. Manufactured By – Columbia Records Recorded At – Studio By The Pond Remixed At – Quadrafonic Sound Studios Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute Design [Album] – Bill Barnes (2) Engineer – Gene Eichelberger Illustration – Gary Overacre Liner Notes – D.A.C.* First cat# on spine and labels, second on front cover, lower right corner Matrix / Runout (Matrix, Side A): AL 34870 Matrix / Runout (Matrix, Side B): BL 34870 Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A): P AL 34870-1H TL V Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B): P BL 34870-1F T V

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.


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