J.J. Cale "Shades" 1st Edition/Pressing Shelter label 1979 NM

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This J.J. Cale album "Shades" is a 1st Edition/Pressing on Shelter Records MCA 5158 released in 1979. Cover is NM- (light edge wear and vinyl is thick and Near Mint.
Shades has a remarkably cohesive sound that is immediately recognizable as J.J. Cale. Nine of the ten songs are original compositions, the exception being “Mama Don’t,” which would become Cale’s show opener. As can be seen in the 2005 documentary To Tulsa and Back, Cale would take the stage himself and introduce the band members one by one following along to the words of the song (“Mama don’t allow no bass in this place…”) The album opens with “Carry On,” an optimistic call for perseverance in the face of adversity, followed by the chugging prison song “Deep Dark Dungeon.” The relationship songs have a sour tone, as is evident in “Runaround” and the bitter “What Do You Expect” (“What do you expect, caviar and candlelight? Champagne every night?") "Love Has Been Gone” is also despairing, with Cale repeating the line “There’s nothing new…” Even the straight love song “Wish I Had Not Said That” has an inherent ambivalence in the title, despite the tenderness found in the lyrics.
“Pack My Jack” recalls earlier Cale songs like “Travelin’ Light” and “I’m a Gypsy Man” and speaks to the freedom of the highway and how “a ramblin’ man keeps ramblin’ on.” The album’s closing track, “Cloudy Day” is an instrumental that clocks in at nearly five-and-a-half minutes, making it the longest song to appear on one of Cale’s albums.
Shades' cover features a silhouette of a guitar player, presumably Cale, inspired by the design of French cigarettes brand Gitanes. The notoriously media-shy singer would not use his own image on an LP cover until his 1983 album #8.
All songs written by J. J. Cale. "Carry On" - 2:20 "Deep Dark Dungeon" - 2:10 "Wish I Had Not Said That" - 3:23 "Pack My Jack" - 5:13 "If You Leave Her" - 2:42 "Mama Don't" (Cow Cow Davenport; arranged by J. J. Cale) – 3:50 "Runaround" - 2:42 "What Do You Expect" - 3:23 "Love Has Been Gone" - 2:13 "Cloudy Day" - 5:25 -------------------------------------- As always there might be an occasional tick or pop on some of the vinyl which can be remedied by professional cleaning and using "Last" preservative to recondition the vinyl. All vinyl (except for sealed albums and new Mosaic Boxes) have been ultrasonic cleaned but LPs need to be cleaned every couple of years. All albums come with an external plastic protective cover. Wherever I can I include the original inner sleeve but put cleaned vinyl in a new white non-toxic paper sleeve. Wherever I can I include the original inner sleeve but put cleaned vinyl in a new white non-toxic paper sleeve.
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