COLUMBIA CL 2093 Muhammed Ali Cassius Clay I Am the Greatest WLP PROMO RIP VG++
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COLUMBIA CL 2093 Muhammed Ali Cassius Clay I Am the Greatest WLP RIP VG++
COVER IS VG++ W/ NO SEAM SPLITS AND THE RADIO TIMING STRIP & THE ORIG COLUMBIA INNER SLEEVE - SEE PIX
RECORD IS VG++ W/ A FEW LIGHT SURFACE SCUFFS MONO 1963 WHTE LABEL PROMO
WE DID LISTEN TO THIS WHOLE LP AND IT STILL SOUNDS "GREATEST"
MUSIC BY PETER MATZ
THIS INFO TAKEN FROM ANOTHER SOURCE
On February 25, 1964, former Olympic gold medalist Cassius Clay knocked out the seemingly invulnerable Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship. With the surprise KO, Clay overcame betting odds that some bookies had put as high as 10 to 1, and immediately earned outrageous international celebrity and a concrete place in American sports history. As the newly crowned champ boasted at ringside moments after the victory, in his trademark braggadocio: "I shook up the world."
Decades later, rappers would make tiresome boasts of their figurative knockouts and imaginary championships, but Clay did it for real. He had the audacity to release his album I Am The Greatest! in 1963 while he was still just a contender. After his stunning win over Liston, Columbia Records issued two of the tracks as singles, with "I Am The Greatest" bubbling under at #113 on March 21, 1964, and his cover of "Stand By Me" reaching #102 a week later. He was merely a footnote on the charts, but his musical influence would be monumental.
~Michael Borshuk
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