Marvin Holmes & Justice - Summer Of 73 lp 1973 Brown Door OG 1st RARE Soul Funk

$

103

Welcome to our golden age "soul/funk" / Rare Groove auction, WE COMBINE SHIPPING! :)
This week features original pressings of The 3 Pieces - Vibes Of Truth 1975 lp, ESG 1981 light blue 99 Records EP, Eddie Bo - Watch For The Coming 1980 lp, Lafayette Afro-Rock Band - Malik 1976 Makossa promo lp, Marvin Holmes, the first Funkadelic 1970 Westbound lp, The Ultimate's 1976 TSG lp, exceptional James Brown & JB's, Allen Toussaint, Roy Ayers, Gil Scott-Heron, Sam Dees, David Axelrod, Curtis Mayfield, Minnie Riperton, Oliver Sain, Northern Soul, Chicago Soul,  the Memphis/Stax/Volt scene, Motown Psychedelic soul, New Orleans funk such as The Meters, the Philly Scene including the Delfonics, Florida with the Miami Funk/Soul T.K. Family, and much more!  **After the first 6 lp's it will mostly go by year, the vast majority are early 1970's, sweet soul, psychedelic soul, soul/funk, funk, some jazz/funk as a taste, cinematic soul / funk, tons of obscure / rare, also some nice classic staples, and the ordering is a little idiosyncratic for example multiple releases by the same artist, we put together beginning with earliest release by year. I promise the scroll starting with "ending soonest" or "newly listed" is worth it, so many gems! *Note: Everything in this sale is an original first press, no reissues, no bootlegs! :)**
Approximately 200+ items, all originals, many have soundclips from the actual record!

* After this week's auction, we'll need about 2-3 weeks to begin our next two major auctions, our highest end sales with an even greater quantity of listings, lots of grail pieces:  Rare Funk /Soul 45's, Ultimate Breaks & Beats Originals, Gospel/Modern Soul, Jazz-Funk / Spiritual Jazz / Soul Jazz / Fusion, so stay tuned, we'd be honored if you saved us as a favorite seller, we a couple thousand items coming down the pipeline in total!*
All soundclips used are unedited directly from the item up for sale :). See below for detailed grading!
All records are vintage, originals, in extraordinary exceptions, it will be noted if it is a reissue multiple times. Feel free to message any questions!
**For 12" singles, we aren't going to grade generic sleeves, or company generic sleeves, but we will grade any picture sleeve, sleeve specific to the exact release :)

Soundclip info: B3 "All Day Into Night", B2 "I Can't See You", A1 "Summer Of 73'"
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Media Grade:  VG (plays a nice solid VG+ to EX, has surface scuff, some paper sleeve marks that almost by divine intervention do not affect play, a really nice copy, listen to the clips from the actual record!) 
Sleeve Grade:  NM (*Look at brief comments to find out more about this unique alternate cover!!)
Year / Label / Catalogue #:  1973  /  Brown Door Records   / MH 6573 Stereo (deadwax is "MH-6573-A / MH-6573-B" confirmed OG press!) 
Brief Comments:  So, the first two questions everyone probably has on their mind are: 1) What's the deal with the cover?, 2) Is this really an original press? So, to answer both questions, this came from one of the members of Marvin Holmes group "Justice", his personal copy, he had lost the original sleeve back in the 70's, but got this custom sleeve, with real shrink-wrap to replace it, Marvin Holmes apparently liked the custom design (especially the colors!) so much, that the next album "Honor Thy Father" 1975, had the brown, and would have had orange overlay along with the generic white, but the cost was prohibitive.  
It's the original copy of member Dave Mirigan, who was nice enough to talk with me back in the day (It was 11 years ago), he doesn't have any spare copies of any more albums, before I had talked with him, years before, he sold his spare copies. He happened to remember this one, and didn't mind parting with it, which I couldn't be more grateful.... It's not an easy one to part with for me, I think he was far more happy to...One you just won't find, and it's pretty special, having this one of a kind cover to it.... 
One of the best, just killer soul/funk, jazz-funk, and a nice open drum break? The cherry on top!
This item is guaranteed, as all of our items are, if for any reason it doesn't enrich your collection (no matter how slim of a chance we think that will be...), 100% refund no questions asked, we figure for a high value item, of this particular nature, to state clearly again this, bid with confidence :)
Even if it were housed in a generic 12", or sealed in it's original artwork, this would still be a one of a kind album, but you already know!
Here's to Marvin Holmes and Justice, to the Summer of 73 here for you in the Summer of 2025, as timeless as ever :)


*Tariffs aren't going to impact used vinyl records / music media, we wish they were never in place at all, so for international buyers, don't worry on that account!
For our record grading, we stand by the merits outlined in the scale below, anything VG or below will have a detailed explanation in brackets next to the grade.
For sleeves, we will mention anytime there is split, or defect not visible in the photos in brackets next to the grade, otherwise we refer to the photos for the merit of the grade. Of course any questions, concerns, are always welcome :) 
Our media grading scale is as follows: [*Quick note, our VPI is still in storage on the other side of the US, we do brush clean many  items carefully, but we have to prioritize, we won't leave anyone stranded with a filthy record, only "filthy" good! We don't factor dust particles into the grading]
NM = Essentially a pristine album, like new, rarely used.
EX = Under bright light if there is any scuffs or mark, which will be inaudible, most collectors and sellers would tend to consider it closer to NM, EX is also the grade others might call VG++ under the same level of conservative scrutiny.
VG+ = More then a small handful of scuffs, light marks, nothing feelable, will have high-gloss, a thoroughly enjoyable copy that may only have tiny moments of barely perceptible surface noise overpowered by the music. Our VG+ will satisfy the vast majority of collectors as a nice keeper copy, as collector's ourselves for nearly two decades, this grade is aimed to be a great keeper. Note if say the record has a light DNAP warp, but otherwise is NM, we will automatically put it to VG+ and detail that. Another scenario is if a copy plays at a solid EX, but visually is VG, the composite grade will be VG+, and detailed as such.
VG = More hairlines, more marks, maybe a few visible scratches, no more then two feelable scratches (which automatically lowers to VG-), there likely will be surface noise, but will play through, still being an enjoyable copy, the audio quality will satisfy most collector's (the golden rule: if it doesn't satisfy us, it won't be VG), if a record is otherwise EX, but has a slight momentary skip, where 99% of the record is EX, we will note that, and put it at VG. Usually will retain a nice gloss.
VG- = More Scratches than VG, surface noise will jump out more, it be overpowered for longer stretches, or compete with the music in places, it will likely play all the way through on most turntables, a copy that you can still get a decent play enjoyment from.
G+ = Lots of scratches, deeper ones, surface noise now mostly overpowers or competes with the music. It may skip in some places. We don't tend to sell G+ copies, unless the rarity is so great, and that will be precisely detailed.
Thrashed = Pretty much a "Theoretical Grade" for us, it be for all intents & purposes virtually unplayable, it would be for display purposes, or perhaps if you needed the cover but not the record. It's "theoretical" because so far we haven't sold or identified anything intended to sell at this bottom level.
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