LARRY WILLIAMS HERE'S LARRY WILLIAMS RARE SEALED '59 SPECIALTY MONO LP STUNNING
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· LARRY WILLIAMS - HERE’S LARRY WILLIAMS – ULTRA-RARE 1959 SPECIALTY RECORDS MONO LP SP-2109
· GENUINE U.S. PRESSING
*** STILL SEALED SPECIALTY MONO PRESSING ***
· BELIEVED TO BE A MID-'70s PRESSING ON SPECIALTY'S BLACK AND WHITE 'YIN AND YANG' LABEL, ALTHOUGH THE SIGNIFICANT THICKNESS OF THE VINYL INDICATES THAT THIS MAY ALSO BE A VERY EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1970 ON GOLD AND BLACK SPECIALTY LABEL, LATE '60s STYLE
· THIS IS THE SECOND VERSION OF THE COVER WITH THE ROUND (CIRCULAR) “YIN-AND-YANG” SPECIALTY LOGO
· ONE “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
· THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
· ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
· THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
(►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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One of the great R&B long-players of the '50s, Here's Larry Williams collects nearly all of the Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter's key work ("Bad Boy" and 1967's "Mercy Mercy Mercy" are the only truly essential tracks missing), and a bunch of smokin' obscurities besides. Listening to these tracks, it's clear why John Lennon was such a huge Larry Williams fan; his rough-and-ready no-bull voice is elastic enough to move from a Little Richard trill to a Ray Charles growl, and songs like "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "Short Fat Fannie" are raucous enough to be punk rock nearly a full two decades before the concept was even in existence. Of the lesser-known tracks, the giddy Buddy Holly-meets-Richard Berry "You Bug Me, Baby" and the salacious "Little School Girl," featuring a good and greasy sax solo, are the highlights; on the downside, "Ting A Ling" is as slight and tossed-off as its title, and the intrusive female chorus that sounds like it made the wrong turn from the Rosemary Clooney session down the hall is just plain awful.
(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEWART MASON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)
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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) THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).
(b) The record is apparently 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!
(c) Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!
· THE COVER
COVER IS STILL SEALED; HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO GRADE IT MINT OR NEAR MINT DUE TO MINOR FLAWS LISTED BELOW; WE GRADE THIS COVER AS EXCELLENT OR VG++
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- A faint water stain (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY) affects the area about 3 square inches in size in one bottom corner; there is no structural damage to the cover, and both cardboard base and paper slick are intact, however, the stain is visible and has caused some erosion in the firmness of the cover , visible yellowish discoloration, a few minor peel-off marks and a slight warp in the affected area.
- Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.
- Back cover has a few yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there (these tiny spots are not overly obtrusive or distracting)
- Cover has a slight warp in one bottom corner; this will have absolutely no effect on the record.
- Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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