JOHNNY BURNETTE ROCK'N'ROLL TRIO INSANELY RARE ORIG '56 CORAL MONO LP HOLY GRAIL

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·       JOHNNY BURNETTE ROCK’N’ROLL TRIO – THE SELF-TITLED FIRST - AND ONLY - ALBUM (“JOHNNY BURNETTE ROCK’N’ROLL TRIO”) – INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL AMERICAN PRESSING -  ORIGINAL 1956 CORAL RECORDS (US) MONO LP  CRL-57080

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       EASILY ONE OF TOP-20 RAREST (AND EARLIEST) ROCK ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE AND BY FAR THE RAREST ROCKABILLY ALBUM EVER PRESSED!: THIS IS ONLY THE FIFTH COPY WE HAVE SEEN IN ALMOST 45 YEARS OF COLLECTING.

·       ORIGINAL FLAT (NON-GLOSSY) CORAL  LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT

·       DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·       FLAT-EDGE PRESSING

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

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL, GENUINE, AUTHENTIC U.S. PRESSING WITH TWO VERY IMPORTANT MARKS OF AUTHENTICITY: (1) PRINT ON THE SPINE AND (2) "PRINTED IN THE USA" BANNER ON THE BACK COVER (PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES)

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       IMPORTANT NOTE:  THE COVER HAS AN INTERESTING COVER CONSTRUCTION FLAW: INSTEAD OF BACK PAPER SLICK BEING FOLDED OVER TO THE FRONT AND THEN COVERED BY THE FRONT SLICK, THE MARGINS OF THE BACK PAPER SLICK HAVE BEEN FOLDED OVER THE EDGES OF THE FRONT PAPER SLICK (IN SHORT, MARGINS OF THE BACK SLICK COVER THE EDGES OF THE FRONT SLICK RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND); IT APPEARS THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER  HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SLICK AND DECIDED TO COMPLETELY REMOVE IT  FROM THE CARDBOARD BASE (AS WITNESSED BY MULTIPLE CRACKS AND FISSURES IN THE FRONT SLICK) AND THEN RE-PASTE IT, BUT THEN DID IT IN WRONG SEQUENCE: HE PASTED THE FRONT SLICK FIRST AND THEN FOLDED THE MARGINS OF THE BACK SLICK OVER ONTO THE FRONT SIDE; SINCE THE BACK SLICK IS WHITE, AS IS MOST OF THE FRONT COVER, THIS IS ONLY A MINOR, COSMETIC ISSUE, BECAUSE THE FOLDED MARGINS OF THE BACK SLICK AFFECT ONLY A TINY SECTION OF THE FRONT COVER AND GENERALLY DO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE COVER ARTWORK; WE STRESS THAT, DESPITE FISSURES AND CRACKS NOTED IN THE PAPER SLICK, NO PART OF THE COVER IS MISSING OR IS PEELED OFF AND BOTH PAPER SLICKS ARE WHOLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

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

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Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio is the 1956 debut album of the influential rockabilly band The Rock and Roll Trio, fronted by Johnny Burnette. Recorded over two separate sessions in 1956, the album includes a number of the band's singles. 2008's Icons of Rock calls the album "an all-time rockabilly classic". Released in Great Britain as a 10-inch album in December 1956 (#10041), it was released again in 1957 (#57080) in the US as 12" album and in 1978 by Solid Smoke (#8001). In 1993, it was released on compact disc by Aris Records (MCD 30489). 1998's Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers characterizes the CD reissue as "legendary and essential."

Background

When the Memphis-based Rock and Roll Trio relocated to New York in the hopes of finding the fame that had eluded them in their native South, they signed with Coral Records and entered the studio, recording a total of 25 tracks for the label over three sessions between May 7, 1956 and March 22, 1957. The first session took place on May 7, 1956 at the Pythian Temple in New York City. The second series took place almost two months later and over eight hundred miles away, at the Owen Bradley Studio in Nashville, Tennessee from July 2 through July 5. Tracks from those two sessions, including several singles by the band, were collected and released in December 1956 as the band's first album. The band's recordings have exerted a strong influence over subsequent rockabilly artists, although the band did not themselves enjoy broad success at the time. The Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound indicates an ever more widespread influence, suggesting that "the sheer verve and energy communicated by the brother's records influenced the aesthetics of British and American rock stars in the 1960s and 1970s."

Songs

A number of the songs are regarded as classics of the rockabilly genre, particularly the trio-penned "Tear It Up", released on single on June 5, 1956, and their definitive cover of "Train Kept A'Rollin'". "Tear It Up" did not enter the charts, but enjoyed regional popularity and has subsequently been covered by a number of artists, including Charlie Feathers, Rod Stewart and Stray Cats. Even though the song was the band's first single on Coral, it was not originally included in the album, appearing on the CD rerelease.

Other singles, however, were, including their biggest seller, "Train Kept A'Rollin'". The Rough Guide Music USA indicates the band is best known for their rendition of this song. In Billy Poore's Rockabilly: A Forty-Year Journey, he describes the single "Train Kept A'Rollin'", backed with "Honey Hush", as "two of the best all-time rockabilly cuts ever", "what pure, scorching, unrestrained rockabilly music should sound like". Among its notable features, "Train Kept A'Rollin'" displayed a ground-breaking fuzz guitar. This resulted from an accident, when a valve in the amplifier of the guitarist Paul Burlison came loose during the drive to the studio. The distorted sound that resulted proved so popular that Burlison intentionally repeated it in future performance.

TRACK LISTING:

Except where otherwise noted, all songs by Paul Burlison, Dorsey Burnette and Johnny Burnette (sometimes under pen name Al Mortimer)

Side one

"Honey Hush" (Big Joe Turner) – 1:59

"Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track)" (Glen Moore, Milton Subotsky) – 2:09

"Sweet Love on My Mind" (Wayne Walker) – 2:26

"Rock Billy Boogie" – 2:33

"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" – 2:05

"All by Myself" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino) – 2:04

Side two

"Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, Lois Mann) – 2:13

"I Just Found Out" – 2:18

"Your Baby Blue Eyes" – 2:09

"Chains of Love" (Ahmet Nugetre) – 2:35

"I Love You So" (Henry Jerome) – 2:15

"Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Stick McGhee, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:11

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE ARTICLE IN WIKIPEDIA  /  WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals (including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow (a/k/a "Cousin Brucie"), Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc.). For more details, see: "Critics Choice: Top-200 albums" , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 (or ►click here  for the complete album listing)

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

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE 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+ (VG+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)          A note about the condition of this record: as you can see,  the condition of this album is nowhere near 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 two levels above their visual grade. Simply put: the record plays much better than it looks (probably in the strong play-graded VG++  range). In short, the record plays BEAUTIFULLY,  with full dynamic and frequency range, without any distortion of any kind and with only occasional click and pop (Paul Burlison's crudely amplified lead guitar is literally kickin a$$ and has really sharp, jagged teeth that bite like crazy!) . At 2 gr tonearm pressure, the record skips - only once (about 2 seconds of music are lost) - on 'I Just Found Out' The buyer can probably correct this minor flaw by using a different stylus, adjusting the proper tone arm calibration,  tracking force or pressure.

(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)          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).

(e)           This is the original flat-edge pressing.

(f)            The record comes in a hi-grade MFSL PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

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

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

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+ (VG+) (COVER CONSTRUCTION ISSUE NOTED ABOVE)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        The cover has multiple cracks, tears and fissures on the front slick; despite this, NO part of the slick is missing and the slick is whole and complete

-         The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the front side

-        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 4

-        The 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. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-         Minor reddish stain noted on front panel (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams

-         Visible shelf wear noted on the seams and opening side

-         Cover has a partially split top seam (between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a SMALL (3-inch) piece of transparent scotch tape

-         Cover has a partially split bottom seam (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

-         Back cover has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there, covering about 20% of the back panel

-         Cover has a small quality control (inspection) stamp on the back panel

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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