GRAM PARSONS EARLY YEARS 1963-'65 RARE ORIGINAL 1979 SIERRA LP w/INSERT NR MINT

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·       GRAM PARSONS – THE EARLY YEARS 1963-1965 – ORIGINAL 1979 SIERRA RECORDS STEREO LP SRS-8702

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL BLACK SIERRA LABEL WITH A RED ROSE LOGO

·       INCLUDES ORIGINAL INSERT (SIERRA RECORDS FLYER/MAIL ORDER CARD)

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

·       ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER (NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE)

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER (WITH PARSONS' PHOTO ON PALE BLUE BACKGROUND), NOT THE LATER REISSUE WITH FIERY ORANGE/RED BACKGROUND

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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This wonderful album contains the complete recorded legacy of the Shilos, nine songs cut as a demo tape at Bob Jones University in March of 1965, and one home recording of Gram Parsons improvising a potential theme song for a park at Cypress Gardens, Florida. The harmonizing on the group numbers is gorgeous, a rival to the best work of the Kingston Trio or the Journeymen, and the playing is spirited and of virtuoso quality. Opening up with a very bracing, energetic cover of Dick Weissman's "I May Be Right," the album carries you through myriad sounds and genres, including a beautiful Parsons original called "Zah's Blues" that sounds like a descendant of the Kingston Trio's "Scotch and Soda," and the sweetly passionate "Mary Don't You Weep." The group was equally fine doing covers of Pete Seeger songs (there's a very animated rendition of "The Bells of Rhymney" here) and gospel-themed material. And then there's "Surfinanny," the Parsons theme park theme song -- he never cut another song as sweetly innocent or beguiling in the eight years he had left to live. Any of the tracks here were worthy of release, and "On My Journey Home" and "They Still Go Down" should have been especially attractive as potential singles at the time. Anyone who loves the Kingston Trio or similar groups will have to own this record, and it's worth tracking down

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much 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)           The album comes with the original Sierra records flyer/mail order postcard included

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

·                               THE COVER

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

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a  cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of 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.

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

-         Cover has one corner slightly worn / dinged

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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