BAG Real 1968 ORIGINAL SOUL FUNK R&B PSYCH LP still in shrinkwrap - LISTEN
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THE BAG "REAL" LP
ORIGINAL 1968 LP on the US DECCA label, STEREO DL75057
Cover in MINT shape 'cuz it's still in the shrinkwrap
VINYL has a few light scuffs, plays VG++ to EXCELLENT
I can hear the hippies now. “That’s our bag, man!” “What’s this music? Sounds like my kinda bag!” Well, the Bag, outta Westchester New York, were everybody’s bag, or everybody’s Bag as it were. Providing your bag is psychedelic soul, man. They’ve been compared to the Young Rascals, probably because they came out of Westchester New York too, although the blue-eyed soul sound is similar. Me, I hear slightly headier stuff, like that old Maximillian album on ABC, or early Isley Brothers, with an organ player that worships Ray Manzarek. You hear that especially in the album’s hands-down highlight, the jammy “Red Purple and Blue,” which could’ve been a huge hit for the band if it hadn’t been insanely relegated to a B-side, which is kinda how things went back then. It’s a great psych-soul groove, very loose, very casual, swinging in a loungey hippie bag, and gives the organist a nice chance to improvise on the mini “Light My Fire” style break. You can hear the heavier psychedelic R&B vibe of Maximillian, or post-Forever Changes Love, or the Chambers Brothers, on “Up In The Morning,” on the heavily wah wah pedaled “I Don’t Want To,” which may also contain the first recorded instance of a Framptone P-38 voice modulator, or whatever they were calling it back then. It helps to know that the Bag started out as the Esquires, the go-to New York area backing band for any soul/r&b artists who played the area, like Martha & the Vandellas and Mary Wells. They always had the soul chops, but on 1968’s Real they were clearly trying to spice up their R&B with a little LSD. So if that’s your bag, this is your Bag. Oh, and that really is the most beautiful colored pencil artwork I’ve seen in a long time.
HEAR IT!
The less exciting stuff
Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping. Overseas shipping has, unfortunately, gone way up in the fast few months, which translates to $15 for the first LP to Canada ($3 each one thereafter) and $24 for the first LP everywhere else in the world, with each add'l LP an extra $5 (so it pays to buy more, nudge nudge wink wink). I accept payments through Paypal.
I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it. Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves. But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on.
SHIPPING AND PACKAGING
Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package. I hate that too. So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s. And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums). I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job. But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts.
For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30. For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it. Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system. Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it. I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know. If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…
I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return. All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction. Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong. You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed. If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.
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