JAN & DEAN SAVE FOR RAINY DAY RARE autographed WITHDRAWN ORIG'68 J&D MONO LP

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       JAN AND DEAN – SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY – MONSTROUSLY RARE ORIGINAL 1967 PRIVATE PRESSING ON PROPRIETARY J&D LABEL – ORIGINAL LP JD-101

 ·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 ·       ORIGINAL YELLOW J&D LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT AND FANCY (BAROQUE) SCRIPT

 ·       ‘SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY’ WAS NEVER OFFICIALLY RELEASED (UNTIL THE 2000s WHEN IT WAS FINALLY ISSUED ON SUNDAZED RECORDS); IN EARLY 1968, COLUMBIA ACQUIRED THE MASTER TAPES AND PLANNED TO RELEASE IT IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO VERSIONS (STEREO ACETATES EXIST); BUT THE ALBUM WAS CANNED AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT AND WAS NEVER RELEASED AT ALL. ONLY MONO PRESSINGS ON J&D LABEL EXIST.  NEITHER “TRUE” NOR ELECTRONIC STEREO VERSIONS OF THE ALBUM EXIST.

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

 ·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 ·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 ·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1A/-1A'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

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In 1966, Jan Berry was seriously injured in a car accident and did not play music again for years, as covered in the surprisingly fine TV movie, DEAD MAN'S CURVE. Something that film neglected to mention is that Dean Torrance continued recording under the Jan & Dean name for a couple of years before he quit music to start a successful graphic-design company. The only record Torrance released during this period was '67's unexpectedly lovely SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY. The reflective, PET SOUNDS-inspired semi-concept album of sweetly orchestrated sunshine pop was largely produced by Larry Knechtel and future Carpenters cohort Joe Osborn, with help from the likes of Gary Zekley. The single "Yellow Balloon" is the same backing track Zekley had produced for the one-shot band of the same name, with the vocals replaced by Torrance and James Burton. Always a better singer than Berry, Torrance actually sounds more relaxed and engaged here than he did on the earlier hits, and, while it's not as immediate as the duo's hits, SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY is a more-than-credible solo project.

  When Jan Berry lived out the lyrics to 'Deadman's Curve' in 1966 and wound up in a coma, his partner, Dean Torrence, kept the duo's name alive. Helped out by friends from Phil Spector's 'Wrecking Crew', Dean cut this sparkling little mini-masterpeice, shing as the raindrops beading up on the top of a Grand Prix. A Sundazed release.

Personnel: Dean Torrence (vocals); James Burton (guitar); Larry Knechtel (piano, Mellotron, glockenspiel); Joe Osborn (bass guitar); Mickey Jones (drums).

Unlike their friend Brian Wilson, who had previously guided the Beach Boys from surf band to cutting-edge pop/rock outfit without totally abandoning the band's signature sound, Jan & Dean didn't really have the capacity or songwriting chops to make the transition to serious and sophisticated pop. Nevertheless, when the architect of the duo, Jan Berry, was incapacitated in early 1966 by a terrible car accident that ultimately left him brain-damaged, Dean Torrence took up the business and musical reins of the band and made a nearly convincing one-shot stab at progressive pop with Save for a Rainy Day. In a sense, the album is still more commercial acquiescence than legitimate artistic statement, yet it is perhaps the most interesting musical stretch in the duo's catalog -- although it is a Jan & Dean album in name only rather than in practice, as Berry understandably does not appear on the album in any capacity. The album is conceptual, in the loosest sense of the word, in that each song is about or refers to rain and is held together like a song cycle by thunderstorm sound effects. In addition, most of the tracks were also created by Joe Osborne and Larry Knetchel, as well as another of Torrence's friends and neighbors, James Burton. As opposed to an opulent studio creation, however, most of Save for a Rainy Day was stitched together in Osborne's garage. Jan & Dean's version of Gary Zekley's "Yellow Balloon" uses the very same backing track that Zekley made for the group Yellow Balloon, and is nearly as good as that version, while "Lullaby in the Rain" is a heartbreakingly pensive hymn. On the other hand, the music occasionally dips into uncomfortably sappy sentiment and easy listening sounds. Nevertheless, the album really is a lovely Californian artifact and worthy blue afternoon listen.

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

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This record has scuffs. It's vinyl is VISUALLY graded a 7.

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MY GRADING SCALE

10..Looks like it was just opened.

9.. A few scuffs with no discernable scratches.

8..One or two miniscule scratches per side; record still has plenty of gloss.

7.. A few minor scratches per side; record still has plenty of gloss.

6..Record has numerous small scratches; still has some gloss.

5..Record has numerous small scratches and a few large scratches (this is an average played record).

4..Record has numerous small scratches and numerous large scratches.

3..Numerous scratches with very little gloss.

2..Numerous scratches that may not play through.

1..I don't usually sell records in this condition unless it is very rare.

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