Potliquor "First Taste" 1970 US 1st.Press # BEYOND RARE & AMAZING # Excellent LP
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Potliquor – First Taste
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Label: Janus Records – JLS 3002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1970 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Southern Rock, Hard RockTracklist
Show Credits A1 Down The River Boogie Written-By – G. Ratzlaff* 2:49 A2 Ol' Man River Written-By – Kern-Hammerstein, Jr.* 4:37 A3 Riverboat Written-By – D. Craig* 3:08 A4 Toballby Written-By – G. Ratzlaff*, G. Schaeffer*, J. Amoros*, L. Wallace* 7:21 B1 The Raven Written-By – Poe*, G. Ratzlaff* 5:05 B2 You're No Good Written-By – C. Ballard, Jr.* 4:55 B3 Price 20¢ A Copy Written-By – G. Ratzlaff* 3:08 B4 Driftin' Written-By – G. Efronetee* 8:15Condition Description & Other Information
NEVER RELEASED IN OZ... RELEASED IN NZ BUT NEVER FOR SALE ON DISCOGS WITH LOTS OF PATIENT NEW ZEALANDER'S WAITING FOR THEIR CHANCE TO OWN A COPY!!
Background History
Potliquor was a 1970s rock group from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The band was formed by George Ratzlaff and Guy Schaeffer after the breakup of a successful cover band named the Basement Wall. Like several other bands of the American South, their musical style was a synthesis of influences such as Little Richard, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, and more, making Potliquor a part of the nascent Southern rock genre. Potliquor released four albums plus a compilation album but had only one hit single written and sung by George Ratzlaff.
Potliquor was a top regional touring band during the early 1970s, and although they made several national tours with prominent rock groups of the time, they never became the headliner of their own tour, but did headline specific shows with some surprising opening acts, like ZZ Top, Aerosmith, and Billy Joel. The group suffered through internal conflicts after the death of their manager in 1973, and after several personnel changes, they were never able to recover the momentum built up through 1970–1973 to reach national prominence like some of the big name bands and individuals they performed with: the Allman Brothers, Billy Joel, REO Speedwagon, Ray Charles, Lou Rawls, Aerosmith, Cactus, ZZ Top, B.B. King, Faces, and many more. Potliquor held the dubious distinction of being the only band booked to play the Fillmore West just before it closed forever. The promotional posters still exist.
Condition Report
The Vinyl is described as Excellent & easily played to that standard today, below average background & no skips or stops... Track B1 is just over average background in it's first half with 2 barely audible clicks as-well. Several spindle marks to both labels. There are a reasonable number of fine hairlines & sleeve marks to both sides of the record. The Vinyl has retained a very nice waxy lustre.The Gatefold Cover is described as between VG & VG+ and has undergone substantial repairs. Having said that the Cover is so robust now that I predict it will be around long after we are all gone... still, avoid if you are looking for a conventionally great cover. Major visible edge/spine & corner-wear. Many, many fine cracks to spine & edges with associated wrinkles. Substantial ring-wear. There are lots of colour & paper losses to edges & spine as well as to all four cover surfaces. Any & all seam splits have been well repaired. Quite a few stains here & there.
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