STEVE YOUNG,/GRAM PARSONS+GENE CLARK ROCK,SALT+NAILS ULTRA-RARE ORIG '69 LP MINT

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·       STEVE YOUNG with GENE CLARK, GRAM PARSONS, CHRIS HILLMAN (OF THE BYRDS), JAMES BURTON, HAL BLAINE AND (UNCREDITED) RAY CHARLES' RAELETTES ON BACKING VOCALS! – ROCK, SALT AND NAILS -  ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1969 A&M RECORDS STEREO LP SP-4177

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BROWN (TAN) A&M LABEL (60’s and early 70’s style)

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

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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Steve Young occupies a very special place in this seller's Pantheon of Idols: an artist who, like Sam Cooke, Sviatoslav Richter,  Aretha Franklin,  Django Reinhardt, Jimi Hendrix or Elvis Presley had (and still has) it all: graceful, almost spiritual charisma and aura, incredibly powerful and soaring, expressive voice; emotional punch, phenomenal songwriting skills, and, above all, unfathomable amount of SOUL and  genuine ability to express it.  If you must own one Country-Rock album, start right here, and STOP right here: you don't need anything else: THIS IS IT.  As far as this seller is concerned,  this is Alpha and Omega of what the genre has to offer.

We should add that Steve Young's debut album is ridiculously rare. This is probably the first  truly NEAR MINT copy we have seen in about 20 years. 'Nuff said!

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Steve Young was born and raised in the south, having lived in Georgia, Alabama and Texas throughout his childhood. By the 60s he had absorbed the musical heritage of his surroundings, performing music that blended country, folk, blues and gospel influences. He spent time as part of New York's Greenwich Village folk scene before moving to California in 1964. He was briefly with a band called Stone Country, before he decided to pursue a solo career. He was signed to A&M Records, and his debut album came out in 1969.Rock, Salt & Nails was turned out to be a brilliant record, rootsy and soulful, and is often considered an early classic of the country-rock and outlaw country genres. A lot of the songs were the covers, including the title track by Utah Phillips, Hank Williams’ “My Sweet Love Ain’t Around”, Roosevelt Jamison's "That's How Strong My Love Is", Johnny Horton's "I'm A One-Woman Man" and John Lee Hooker’s “Hoboin’”, but among the originals was “Seven Bridges Road”, which he would later re-record for his second album of the same name. It’s his best known song, and has been covered by loads of artists, including Joan Baez, Ian Matthews and The Eagles. Young played acoustic rhythm guitar, and among the assorted musicians backing him on the album was guitarist James Burton, bassist Chris Ethridge, fiddler Richard Greene, drummer Hal Blaine… It even had brief appearances from Gene Clark on harmonica and Gram Parsons on organ. But it's his stunning voice that stole the show from start to finish. Sadly it didn't get much recognition and had to remain an underground cult favorite, a fate that would shadow all his albums throughout his career.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               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  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

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

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD+++.

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of 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 1.

-         Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a small cutout hole in one of the corners.

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the top seam

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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