DALE HAWKINS OH SUZY-Q INSANELY RARE ORIG '57 BLACK LABEL CHESS MONO LP NR MINT

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·       DALE HAWKINS – OH! SUZY-Q – INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1957 CHESS RECORDS MONO LP 1429

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** ONE OF THE RAREST ROCKABILLY ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE ***

·       ORIGINAL BLACK 'CHESS' LABEL WITH SILVER SCRIPT.

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

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·       ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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

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Ladies and Gents, you are looking at one of defining moments in the development of Rock music, and one of the rarest and most treasured specimens in the record-collecting hobby: Dale Hawkins’ first album (he would not record another one for the next seven years) is a true Rockabilly classic – the jagged,  tribal rhythms are compounded by Hawkins’ throaty, testosterone-laced vocal delivery and – most importantly – by his slashing, almost violent, guitar lines which have inspired everyone from James Burton to Jeff Beck to Roy Buchanan (who – lest we forget to mention – played lead guitar on “My Babe”, one of Hawkins’ final singles for Chess) to Alvin Lee to Brian Seltzer.   In many ways, Oh, Suzy-Q was not only the finest example  of what today we know as Rockabilly – but also a template – a gold standard that set the bar so high that it effectively remained beyond reach of many young, aspiring Rockabillies. Needless to say, the original pressings of this album were mighty rare EVEN in the late 50s – and by early 2017 AD they have passed on to the Land of Record Collecting Myths and Legends. This is ONLY THE SECOND copy of this mythically rare album we have EVER offered on eBay (we do not expect to have another one anytime soon) and BY FAR THE BEST-PRESERVED specimen  we’ve seen in the past 45 years or so (not quite near mint, but very, very close)

On an interesting note: this album was originally slated for release on ARGO label,  Chess’s Jazz subsidiary (please see the back cover, shown below). We have absolutely no clue what may have prompted Chess brothers to conclude that Dale Hawkins’ would be better off in the company of people such as Zoot Sims, James Moody or Ahmad Jamal (all of whom recorded for ARGO around that time).  The only rational explanation we can come up with is that the young white artist and his controversial, loud, sexually-charged, taboo-breaking music scared the sh!t out of the brothers who decided to take no chance and to try to market Hawkins as an up-and-coming Jazz/Beatnik artist instead (Oh, sure…Dale Hawkins is a Jazz musician, and I am Greta Garbo’s younger sister…).  But then, apparently the brothers had a change of heart at the very last moment and decided to release the album on Chess label, where it rightfully belongs,  with the likes of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Chalk up one for sanity…

Finally, with almost 30 known versions (and probably more than a trillion unknown amateur performances), the title track of this album remains one of the most-covered and best-loved Rock anthems of all time. The list of people who covered Suzy-Q (sometimes spelled as Suzie Q – or -  Susie Q – or - Suzi-Q) reads like a proverbial “Who’s Who” of Rock Music: The Rolling Stones; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Everly Brothers; Chet Atkins; The Astronauts; Lonnie Mack; The Barbarians, Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks,  Carl Perkins, Johnny Rivers, Bobby McFerrin,  Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs,  Waylon Jennings, Jose Feliciano,  The Thrashmen, Gene Vincent, Bobby Vee…etc, etc, etc. The, um… “Queue”…goes on forever.

For additional historical information on this album, including track listing ►click here

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·       CONDITION:

·       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!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a tiny, barely visible cutout hole in one of the corners

-         Cover has a partially split bottom seam (less than 1 inch / 2.5 centimeters)

-         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 2  (front side) and 4 (back side)

-         Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-         Cover has a visible wrinkle (crease) in the cardboard base on the front panel

-         Cover has three corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-         Cover has a small, round, sticker residue (small yellowish discoloration from the removed price sticker)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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