Justice LP 1966 OG Press THE CHECKMATES CHECKMATE RAW GARAGE SOUL TEEN SHAKER
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You are bidding on an lp of Checkmate Meet The Checkmates. Vinyl is very good minus. Cover is split halfway along the bottom edge and a third of the way across the top edge. But you very, very rarely see a copy of this lp surface. This would be a good filler copy until you can find another.
1966 RARE first issue ...obviously very hard to find...local teen scene '60s LP pressings NEVER were available on the commercial market, rather were sold in local towns and mainly at the bands shows. Here one of the surviving first pressings in thick cardboard cover...
The CHECKMATES were one of the few local GARAGE bands who managed a full LP when many of their counterparts across America were very lucky to have issued a 45. The Checkmates released their album on the legendary GARAGE ROCK label "Justice Records" -- the '60s Carolina label who catered to neighborhood garage bands. 1965 through 1967 the Justice label released (now highly sought and $$$ paid for) small LP pressings ... They're all full of the golden-era '60s vibes, some better some worse but equally the charm and sparse 'straight from the band' sound is present ...
Very similar to the CHAPARELLS popular Lp "Times To Remember, similar as the group delivers the same style of raw/primitive blue-eyed soul accents in garage rock format. The recording a one shot take with no additives or overdubs, exactly as the band sounded...vocalist, Farfisa organ, bass drums and winds...Singer Billy Carden has a strong voice that is actually well suited to much of the material. The rest of the band were never less than competent. The band original 'Half a Man' happens to be the standout track, though their cover of 'Gypsy Woman' and thinly veiled "Heat Wave" styled "Kidnapper" hangs solid, as are other tracks including "Laugh It Off" containing energetic drumming...
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