BIG STAR Radio City LP ARDENT 1974 USorig+promo ALEX CHILTON-CHRIS BELL-BOX TOPS
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BIG STARALEX 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
"RADIO CITY"
1974 LP ARDENT RECORDS ADS-1501
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING PROMOTIONAL COPY
This version: Some promo copies were packaged in an Ardent portfolio with a bio/press kit
which consisted of a 4 page band bio and three pages of live and album review press clippings.
THIS ONE IS WITHOUT PROMO INSERTS
"D.J. Copy Not for Sale" printed on labels
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: ARDENT - BLUE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear & spine) ADS-1501
Catalog on labels: ADS-1501 (AS-0565 / AS-0566)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ? STXS-0740-3 AS-0565 -L.NIX-- SON
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): O? STXS-0741-3 AS-0566 -L.NIX-- SON
On labels: rim text reads "Ardent Records, Distributed by Stax Records Inc., 98 North Avalon, Memphis, U.S.A."
D.J. Copy Not for Sale
All selections Koala/Birdees ASCAP
?1973 Stax Records, Inc.
(on side one): *MONO (All other selections Stereo)
On Back Sleeve: John Fry Engineer (Danny Jones and Richard Rosebrough played too)
Photographs by Bill Eggleston/Cenotaph
January 1974
Ardent Records are distributed by the Stax Organization
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: O MY SOUL* - LIFE IS WHITE
WAY OUT WEST - WHAT'S GOIN' ANN - YOU GET WHAT YOU DESERVE
Side B: MOD LANG - BACK OF A CAR - DAISY GLAZE
SHE'S A MOVER - SEPTEMBER GURLS
MORPHA TOO - I'M IN LOVE WITH A GIRL
*mono
grading
RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ 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)
