LP JOHN LENNON Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits ADAM VII 100% Original
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ORIGINAL US LP
John Lennon -Roots
Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits
Adam VIII LTD. 8018
Amazing & RARE John Lennon Mail-Order LP that was available for purchase as a TV offer for 3 days only in January 1975:
My personal copy and the only copy I have even seen in 40 years of collecting.
SIDE ONE DEAD WAX:A 8018A BellSound Joe
SIDE TWO DEAD WAX:A 8018B Bell Sound Joe
Roots: John Lennon Sings the Great Rock & Roll Hits
This is the rare mail-order album issued by Adam VIII consisting of rough mixes of Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album.
It was available through television sale for three days in January 1975 before Lennon and Apple/EMI pulled it off the market.
Lennon then rush-released his "official" version in February 1975.
There were 3000 pressed, but only 1270 sold!
The Roots album was one of the strangest events in Lennon’s career. First, some background:
After John Lennon paid homage to Chuck Berry by quoting two lines from Berry’s hit “You Can’t Catch Me” in the 1969 Beatles hit “Come Together,” the owner of the publishing rights, Morris Levy, sued for infringement. Levy won an initial judgment, and as part of the settlement, Lennon agreed to record three songs that were owned by Levy’s publishing house, Big Seven Music.
In 1973, Lennon began recording a collection of rock ’n’ roll oldies with producer Phil Spector. After the sessions broke down, Lennon moved on. He returned to the project, without Spector’s involvement, in late 1974. Most of the tracks from these sessions would finally see official release in 1975 on Apple Records under the name Rock ’n’ Roll.
Somewhere during this process, Levy claimed that Lennon had agreed to allow this collection of oldies to be released on Levy’s mail-order label, Adam VIII Ltd., as further settlement to the “You Can’t Catch Me” lawsuit.
Eventually, a court ruled that no such agreement existed, and that Levy had no right to release the album, which he called John Lennon Sings the Great Rock ’n’ Roll Hits: Roots. Before that, it was very briefly advertised on independent TV stations in early 1975, but the ads stopped after a quick cease-and-desist order from Capitol/Apple. According to court documents, exactly 1,270 copies of Roots were sold.
- See more at: http://www.goldminemag.com/article/sound-advice-lennon-roots-album-has-value-%E2%80%94-if-authentic#sthash.ADzYjxKU.dpufThe album is so legendary that it has its own Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots:_John_Lennon_Sings_the_Great_Rock_%26_Roll_HitsBut be forewarned: Roots has been counterfeited. So you will have to prove that yours is original. Here are the three best ways to do so:
1. Check the spine. All original copies have the word “Great” as part of the title. Many of the counterfeits have the word “Greatest” instead of “Great” on the spine.
2. Check the ad for the “Soul Train” album on the back cover. The counterfeits tend to have blurry, almost unreadable, print on that ad, whereas on the original, it is crisp and clear.
- See more at: http://www.goldminemag.com/article/sound-advice-lennon-roots-album-has-value-%E2%80%94-if-authentic#sthash.ADzYjxKU.dpufBut be forewarned that counterfeits exist. This copy is guaranteed 100% authentic!First, the spine says "Great" whereas the counterfeits have "Greatest".
Second, the ads on the back are crisp and clear, whereas the counterfeits are washed out and blurry.
Please email with any questions
Track Listing
- "Be-Bop-A-Lula" (Tex Davis, Gene Vincent) – 2:39
- "Ain't That a Shame" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) – 2:38
- Contains a longer fadeout than the Rock 'n' Roll version
- "Stand by Me" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ben E. King) - 3:26
- Without the strings added to the official release
- "Sweet Little Sixteen" † (Chuck Berry) – 3:01
- "Medley: Rip It Up/Ready Teddy" (Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell, John Marascalco) – 1:33
- "Angel Baby" † (Rosie Hamlin) - 3:42
- Not officially released until the 1986 compilation Menlove Ave.
- "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman) – 3:15
- "You Can't Catch Me" † (Chuck Berry) – 4:51
- The Rock 'n' Roll version was stretched to – 4:51 by repeating the first verse
- "Bony Moronie" † (Larry Williams) – 3:47
- "Peggy Sue" (Jerry Allison, Norman Petty, Buddy Holly) – 2:06
- "Medley: Bring It On Home to Me/Send Me Some Lovin'" (Sam Cooke)/ (John Marascalco, Leo Price) – 3:41
- "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Eddie Bocage, Albert Collins, Richard Wayne Penniman, James H. Smith) – 2:20
- Contains a longer fadeout than the Rock 'n' Roll version
- "Be My Baby" † (Phil Spector/Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry) – 4:32
- Not officially released until the 1998 John Lennon Anthology
- "Ya Ya" (Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 2:17
- "Just Because" † (Lloyd Price) – 4:25
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CONDITION(graded visually unless noted otherwise)
RECORD IS IN EX CONDITION-nice lustrous vinyl,a few faint paper marks visible under bright light--very nice,nice orange labels with no spindle marks
SLEEVE IS IN VG+ CONDITION-solid crisp & nice..does NOT include original inner sleeve!..damage at top of spine with some fraying(please see pictures),nice looking front with barely any wear--very nice,nice looking back(small bent lower left corner-see pictures),nice edges,spine has some wear...please see pictures, what you see is what you get.
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(M) PERFECT RECORD, CLEAN GLOSS, NO MARKS, BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY. VERY FEW RECORDS WILL MAKE MINT. M-) LIKE NEW ... A GREAT RECORD FOR MOST COLLECTORS.
(VG+) LIGHT SUPERFICIAL SCUFFS ONLY, NICE GLOSS, SHOULD PLAY AND LOOK VERY NICE (VG) STILL A NICE RECORD, LOOKS A BIT USED, LIGHT SCRATCHES NO GOUGES, STILL PLAYS WELL, MAY PLAY WITH SOME SURFACE NOISE.
(VG-) A BIT ROUGH BUT WILL PLAY OK, FILLS THE COLLECTION.
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