BIG STAR #1 Record LP ARDENT 1972 US orig CHRIS BELL-ALEX CHILTON-BOX TOPS
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BIG STAR
CHRISTOPHER BELL, ALEX CHILTON, JODY STEPHENS, ANDY HUMMEL
The quintessential American power pop band, Big Star remains one of the most mythic
and influential cult acts in all of rock & roll. Originally led by the singing and songwriting duo
of Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, the Memphis-based group fused the strongest elements
of the British Invasion era -- the melodic invention of the Beatles, the whiplash guitars of the Who,
and the radiant harmonies of the Byrds -- into a ramshackle but poignantly beautiful sound
which recaptured the spirit of pop's past even as it pointed the way toward the music's futurer
"#1 RECORD"
1972 LP ARDENT RECORDS ADS-2803 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
FULLY LAMINATED THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: ARDENT - BLUE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear & spine) ADS-2803
Catalog on labels: ADS-2803 (AS-0401 / AS-0402)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): STXS-0178-2 AS-0401 ADS-2803 Side 1 BIG (inside a star/?) ?17069
(Stamped): MR [inside a circle/O (Monarch pressing logo)]
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): STXS-0261-1 AS-0406-RR -Re-2 L.NIX ?17213 (1) PRUDENCE
(Stamped): MR [inside a circle/O (Monarch pressing logo)]
On labels: rim text reads "Ardent Records, Distributed by Stax Records Inc., 98 North Avalon, Memphis, U.S.A."
(on Side A): East/Memphis BMI (on Side B): East, Memphis BMI
Koala-Birdees ASCAP
?1972 Stax Records, Inc.
On Back Sleeve: Cover by Bill Carole Manning for Cenotaph
Neon structure by Ron Pekar
Ardent Records distributed by Stax Records 98 North Avalon, Memphis Tennessee U.S.A.
April 1972
tracklisting
Side A: FEEL - THE BALLAD OF EL GOODO - IN THE STREET
THIRTEEN - DON'T LIE TO ME - THE INDIA SONG
Side B: WHEN MY BABY'S BESIDE ME - MY LIFE IS RIGHTGIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE - TRY AGAIN - WATCH THE SUNRISE - ST100/6
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Largely lacking co-leader Chris Bell, Big Star's second album also lacked something of the pop sweetness
(especially the harmonies) of #1 Record. What it possessed was Alex Chilton's urgency (sometimes desperation)
on songs that made his case as a genuine rock & roll eccentric. If #1 Record had a certain pop perfection
that brought everything together, Radio City was the sound of everything falling apart,
which proved at least as compelling...(AllMusic)
