THE O´JAYS • COMIN´ THROUGH • 1967 LP IMPERIAL 9290 IN SHRINK
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$ 25
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Mar 31, 2015
Sold Date
Mar 21, 2015
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• WHIP IT ON ME BABY • THINK IT OVER BABY • LIPSTICK TRACES • LET IT ALL OUT •
• I CRIED MY LAST TEAR • I´M GONNA MAKE IT • LONELY DRIFTER • STAND TALL •
• OH HOW YOU HURT ME • THE STORM IS OVER • GIRL MACHINE • TIME IS ON MY SIDE •
“THE O’JAYS” WERE FORMED IN 1958 IN CANTON, OHIO, WHERE ALL FIVE ORIGINAL
MEMBERS --- EDDIE LEVERT, WALTER WILLIAMS, WILLIAM POWELL, BILL ISLES, AND
BOBBY MASSEY -- ATTENDED MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL. INSPIRED TO START A SINGING
GROUP AFTER SEEING A PERFORMANCE BY FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEENAGERS, THEY
FIRST CALLED THEMSELVES “THE TRIUMPHS”, THEN SWITCHED TO “THE MASCOTS” IN
1960. THEY MADE THEIR RECORDING DEBUT IN 1961 WITH THE SINGLE “MIRACLES”,
ISSUED ON THE CINCINNATI-BASED “KING” LABEL . . . IT EARNED THEM A FAN IN THE
INFLUENTIAL CLEVELAND DJ EDDIE O’JAY, WHO GAVE THEM SOME AIRPLAY AND CAREER
ADVICE ; IN TURN, THE GROUP RENAMED ITSELF “THE O’JAYS” IN 1963, AFTER HAVING
RECORDED FOR “APOLLO RECORDS” WITH PRODUCER DON DAVIS. UNDER THEIR NEW
NAME, “THE O’JAYS” SIGNED WITH “IMPERIAL” AND HOOKED UP WITH PRODUCER H.B.
BARNUM, WHO WOULD HELM THEIR FIRST CHARTING SINGLE, 1963's “LONELY DRIFTER”,
PLUS SEVERAL MORE SINGLES THAT FOLLOWED... THIS ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING WAS
ISSUED IN 1965 AND OFFERED IN STRONG CONDITION : COVER IS STILL IN ITS FACTORY
SHRINK WRAP , THE GLOSSY RECORD SHOWS A SUPERFICIAL SCUFF MARK ON ONE SIDE
BUT IT DOESN’T DISTRACT FROM THE STRONG LISTENING EXPERIENCE.
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