M- 1968 Orig BOB SEGER SYSTEM - RAMBLIN GAMBLIN Garage

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RARE & CLEAN  1968 FIRST PRESSING ON THE RAINBOW CAPITOL LABEL   

          The Bob Seger System

        RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN

\                                         USA - RAINBOW CAPITOL - ST 172

BEAUTIFUL MINT...

Original 1968 first pressing (M-) vinyl on the highly sought rainbow Capitol label.

The very first Seger System, a hard hitting rocker, came with a lot of fanfare, the band were one of the most popular 'garage' bands in the Detroit rocker scene, and it delivers to the point that original LP's (like this one) have long been sought by collectors (even the scarce compact disc goes for $$)

Reached #62 on the Billboard album chart. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" reached #17 on the singles chart and was a staple of Seger's live act for 15 years, before dropping off the playlist.

Standout tracks; hard to list, because there are so many. Over 40+ years after they were recorded, the raw intensity of these tracks persists; they haven't lost a bit of power. In addition to the title track, standout cuts include:

"2+2=?" -- The album version has the dead stop near the end -- the 45 version has a guitar chord added, not because the song needs it, but because radio stations fear dead air. (Although it's not quite dead. Put the headphones on and you can hear someone -- Honaker? -- come in just a fraction early.)

"Tales of Lucy Blue" -- Lucy Blue and Chicago Green both get another mention two albums later in "Lucifer."

"Ivory" -- The lyrics include the line, "You were born with a face that would let you get your way," later used in slightly different form in "Hollywood Nights"

"Down Home" is a killer cut (with a false ending), and the softer "Train Man" is also classic.

Listening to "The Last Song (Love Needs to Be Loved)" makes one wonder if Seger was inspired by Arthur Lee and Love...the way the melody bends around, you can almost imagine Lee singing it. Whatever, the track contends with the much later "Blue Monday" for one (actually two) of the most jarringly inept edits -- listen at the end where the chorus is scissored in and then back out.

For the first single off the album, (Seger manager) Punch and Seger insisted on the antiwar rocker, "2+2=?" Says Punch: "Capitol was real conservative back then. They got real bent out of shape about my even suggesting that people should be questioning the war. I was literally thrown out of the office, and the record did a quick dive."

The oddity on the album is "Doctor Fine," a 1:05 instrumental -- the only instrumental on any Bob Seger album. The reason it's there is obvious. It's right after "2+2=?" -- a song so powerful that nothing can really follow it, hence the jams before getting into "The Last Song."

• Bob Seger - organ, guitar, piano, vocals
• Dan Honaker - bass, guitar, vocals
• Pep Perrine - drums, vocals
• Bob Schultz - organ, keyboard, vocals

1. "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" – 2:21
2. "Tales of Lucy Blue" – 2:28
3. "Ivory" – 2:23
4. "Gone" (Dan Honaker, Seger) – 3:28
5. "Down Home" – 3:01
6. "Train Man" – 4:06
7. "White Wall" – 5:20
8. "Black Eyed Girl" – 6:33
9. "2+2=?" – 2:49
10. "Doctor Fine" – 1:05
11. "The Last Song (Love Needs to Be Loved)" – 3:04

CONDITION: The cover is all solid M- with NO shelf wear = all the seams are solid, no fraying, no bends, no writing. Solid keeper copy

The vinyl is VERY clean and all glossy both sides M- plays TOP level... VERY clean all over...and  great Lp!

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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