``COME GO WITH THE DEL VIKINGS´´ LP LUNIVERSE 1000
£
35
$
46
£ 35
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Feb 3, 2008
Sold Date
Jan 27, 2008
Start Date
1
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France
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“ Come On Go With The Del Vikings ”
• “LUNIVERSE” STARTED LIFE AS “UNIVERSE”, WITH THE ISSUE OF THE BUCHANAN AND GOODMAN SINGLE “THE FLYING SAUCER” IN 1956. DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF A LABEL WITH THAT NAME, THE NAME WAS QUICKLY CHANGED TO “LUNIVERSE”... THERE WAS ONLY ONE KNOWN ALBUM (THIS “DEL VIKINGS” LP) ISSUED ON THE LABEL. THE ALBUM WAS RECORDED AS A EIGHT-SONG ACCAPELLA DEMO TAPE BY PITTSBURG DEE-JAY BARRY KAYE IN 1956, WHICH EVENTUALLY GOT THEM SIGNED TO THE TINY PITTSBURG-BASED “FEE BEE” LABEL. WHEN “COME GO WITH ME” STARTED SELLING IN LATE 1957, “FEE BEE” LEASED THE RECORD TO “DOT” AND THE GROUP (WHO WERE CONSTANTLY CHANGING PERSONNEL DUE TO MILITARY COMMITMENTS) HAD A TOP-10 RECORD. KAYE DECIDED TO CASH IN ON HIS AUDITION TAPE AND OVERDUBBED INSTRUMENTS AND GAVE THE FINAL MASTER TAPE TO “LUNIVERSE”, WHO RELEASED IT... “DOT” SUED, AND THE RECORD WAS WITHDRAWN. IN THE 1970s A REPRODUCTION WAS ISSUED WITH 10 TRACKS BUT THE ONE I AM OFFERING FOR AUCTION HERE IS THE ORIGINAL 8-TRACKS PRESSING FROM 1957, ONE THE RAREST DOO WOP ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE, WITH LAMINATED COVER PASTED ON THICK CARDBOARD SLEEVE... IT’S IN NICE SHAPE WITH JUST SOME WEAR TO LOWER SEAM, NO WRITING... THE DEEP GROOVE, THICK VINYL SHOWS SOME SCUFFING ON ONE SIDE AND A FEW SUPERFICIAL MARKS. PLAYS WELL WITH AVERAGE CRACKLING IN PARTS, NO SKIPS OR JUMPS • Payment and Shipping Info
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