ETTA JAMES SELF-TITLED '73 ALBUM (ONLY A FOOL) RARE ORIG '73 CHESS LP IN SHRINK

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·      ETTA JAMES – THE SELF-TITLED ORIGINAL 1973 CHESS ALBUM, ALSO KNOWN AS ‘ONLY A FOOL’ – ORIGINAL 1973 CHESS RECORDS STEREO LP CH-50042

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      ORIGINAL ORANGE AND TURQUOISE (AQUA-BLUE) CHESS LABEL WITH “HORSE’S HEAD” LOGO (EARLY 70s STYLE)

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

·      ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER

·      COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·      FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

·      As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.

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Etta James' third album after the Muscle Shoals tour de force of Tell Mama presents a genius makeover to attract white rock fans who had been left awestruck by Janis Joplin. Way before she tore up the audience at Monterey Pop,Joplin had been sneaking into quite a few of her rehearsals , as James remembers fondly in her semi-autobiography Rage to Survive. Getting introduced to her famous admirer and being paid respect for being a source of inspiration, James found it easier to accept the ideas of Gabriel Mekler, producer of Kozmik Blues Band-era Joplin. Only a Fool came together in a turbulent period. Ongoing struggles with a severe heroine addiction had plunged her and then husband Artis Mills into a Bonnie & Clyde lifestyle of drug dealing, forging checks, and driving around in a stolen Cadillac donated by one Sly Stone. All this came to a sudden halt with a drug bust in Texas. Before entering some serious rehab, James took a detour to New York to work as desk clerk for Chess in between recording the first of two Mekler produced albums. His most important achievement in James' words was steering clear from the heavy horns and weepy strings of preceding albums. A mixture of funk and blues-rock, the new direction turned out dark and brooding. Movie-like opening track "All the Way Down" perfectly fit the singer's own down-and-out experiences and turned out to be her last to hit the R&B singles chart. James identified so much with the song the producer wrote her a sequel in "Out on the Street Again" for follow-up album Come a Little Closer. Elsewhere, the suggestion by Mekler to use songs by Randy Newman was warmly welcomed by the singer. Taken very much with the lyrics of "Sail Away" and turning "(You Can) Leave Your Hat On" into an FM radio favorite, James hair-raisingly sarcastic interpretation of "God's Song" gloriously outshone the other two: "she" turned out to be black and female after all. However rewarding the choice of Newman might have been, the real standout is the singer's earth-shattering take on Tracy Nelson's "Down So Low." The reinvented James went over well with the public. The album garnered good sales and was even nominated for an Emmy Award. Two songs -- the title track and "Leave Your Hat On" -- would resurface in different versions on 1976's Etta Is Betta Than Evah!.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY QUINT KIK, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

TRACK LISTING: All The Way Down/God's Song/Only A Fool/Down So Low//Leave Your Hat On/Sail Away/Yesterday's Music/Lay Back Daddy/Just One More Day

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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 RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

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

·                          THE COVER

COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has a few wrinkles along the spine

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

-       Cover has two corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-       Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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