FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS rock LP A&M “Sleepless Nights” WLP promo NM

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Artist:  GRAM PARSONS / THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS              

Title:  “Sleepless Nights”

Label:  A & M ~ SP-4578.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is white with black text, Promotion Copy.   

Date:   1976

NOTE:  This rare unplayed white-label promo came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums were stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  We are in the process of selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection.  If you insist on MINT, archival quality albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT PLUS with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears unplayed.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with clean and bright panels.  Light wear on seams and corners.  Promotional punch hole at upper corner, and promotional sticker at bottom of reverse.  A beautiful PROMO jacket worthy of display.

Includes the original A&M RECORDS factory sleeve in top condition.

Track Listing: 

Side One: 

• Brand New Heartache
• Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
• Sing Me Back Home
• Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven
• Crazy Arms
• Sleepless Nights

Side Two:

• Close Up the Honky Tonks
• Together Again
• Honky Tonk Women
• Green, Green, Grass of Home
• Dim Lights
• The Angels Rejoiced Last Night 

Review:

“Three years after Gram Parsons' untimely death, his frequent duet partner Emmylou Harris helped arrange for the release of this collection of outtakes -- three songs he cut with Harris for his final solo album Grievous Angel in 1973, and nine others recorded live in the studio with The Flying Burrito Brothers in 1970.  Anyone hoping to find the great lost Gram Parsons song is out of luck here; all 12 tunes are covers of vintage country classics, except for "Honky Tonk Women" (which at least sounds like a C&W classic in this arrangement) and The Louvin Brothers' "The Angels Rejoiced Last Night," which is as spiritually uplifting as ever with Harris' pure, clear voice helping to bring it home.  The three tracks with his duet partner fare best, while most of the cuts with the Burritos sound like demos, and though a few are inspired (particularly the deeply felt versions of "Sing Me Back Home" and "Green, Green Grass of Home," a lot of the time both Parsons and the band sound like a solid bar band in the middle of a Wednesday night set -- more than competent, but less than inspired.  Sleepless Nights was certainly a labor of love and it's a worthy purchase for committed fans, but neophytes are better off giving a listen to The Flying Burrito Brothers' masterpiece The Gilded Palace of Sin, or either solo album, G.P. or Grievous Angel.”

(courtesy Mark Deming, allmusic.com.)

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