BOB SEGER w/JJ CALE & MUSCLE SHOALS BAND SMOKIN' OP'S RARE ORIG '72 PALLADIUM LP

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·      BOB SEGER – SMOKIN' O.P.’s ("SMOKIN' OTHER PEOPLE'S SONGS")  – RARE ORIGINAL 1972 PALLADIUM RECORDS STEREO LP P-1006

·      PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NEITHER  THE SECOND PRESSING WITH WARNER CATALOG NUMBER MS-2109, WHICH HAS WARNER BROTHERS NAME DISPLAYED ON THE BACK PANEL, NOR A MID-1980s CAPITOL PRESSING; THIS IS ONE AND ONLY, TRUE FIRST PALLADIUM PRESSING!

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN RECORD PRESSING CO., OWOSSO, MI  PRESSING (THE PLANT HAD COMPLETELY BURNT DOWN A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS RELEASE)

·      ORIGINAL WHITE AND RED PALLADIUM LABEL WITH THE "CLOUDS" MOTIF

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

·      THERE IS NO “A DIVISION OF WARNER BROTHERS” (SECOND PRESSING) OR “A CAPITOL REISSUE” (THIRD PRESSING) PRINT ON THE FRONT COVER. THIS IS ONE AND ONLY, TRUE FIRST PRESSING ON INDEPENDENTLY-DISTRIBUTED PALLADIUM LABEL

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·      THE RECORD HAS A 'FRANKFORD-WAYNE' STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Bob Seger closed out his Capitol contract with Brand New Morning, a singer/songwriter album quite unlike anything he had yet released. Following its release he moved to the Detroit-based label Palladium and returned to hard-driving rock & roll with Smokin' O.P.'s, the polar opposite of Brand New Morning. According to legend, the title stands for "smoking other people's songs," which makes sense since this is a cover album that even covers Bob Seger & the Last Heard. In other words, it's nothing like the intimate, reflective, risky Brand New Morning, but that doesn't matter since it rocks so well and since it reveals that Seger isn't just a first-class bandleader and rock songwriter, but that he's a terrific interpreter of other writers' songs. Even well-worn tunes like "Bo Diddley" and "If I Were a Carpenter" get made fresh by internalizing the hooks, turning them into something fresh and original. That's also true of songs by such contemporaries as Stephen Stills ("Love the One You're With") and Leon Russell  ("Humming Bird"), and he also breathes fire into blues and rock stalwarts like "Let It Rock," "Turn on Your Love Light," and "Jesse James." Smokin' O.P.'s closes out with two originals, one new (the fine, but not especially noteworthy "Someday") and one old (the perennial "Heavy Music"). Neither change the essential character of the album, which is just a really fun, hard-rocking record that bought Seger some time while reasserting the fact that he could really rock. He could -- and he could rock really well -- which is why Smokin' O.P.'s remains a lot of fun.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

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·      CONDITION:

·      THE 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 EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)         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!

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

·                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has a partially split bottom seam (between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-       Cover has a partially split spine (between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-       Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on all three seams and the opening side

-       Cover has a small original price sticker, which may be possible to remove with a little effort (we did not attempt to)

-       Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged  (just a beginning of the split seams)

-       Cover has some light 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 3  (front side) and 4 (back side)

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-       Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.

-       Cover has a few minor wrinkles (air bubbles in paper slick) on the back panel

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

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