SYL JOHNSON BACK FOR TASTE RARE ORIG '73 HI PROMO ADVANCE LP w/LETTER FROM LABEL

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·       SYL JOHNSON – BACK FOR A TASTE OF YOUR LOVE - ORIGINAL 1973 "HI" RECORDS STEREO LP SLH-663

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** ULTRA-RARE PROMO ADVANCE PRESSING WITH THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FROM THE LONDON ("HI" RECORDS' PARENT COMPANY) ***

·       *** PROMOTIONAL COPY; THE RECORD HAS STOCK LABELS; HOWEVER, THE LETTER OF INTRUDICTION FROM LONDON'S PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT (AFFIXED TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE GENERIC WHITE COVER) CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       ORIGINAL BEIGE "HI" LABEL WITH RED LOGO

·       BELIEVED TO BE A MASTERCRAFT, MEMPHIS PRESSING

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

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

(?PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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In 1970 famed producer Willie Mitchell brought Syl Johnson to Hi Records. Inexplicably it took two years for Mitchell to get around to releasing an album with Johnson. Produced and arranged by Mitchell, about all you can say is 1973's "Back for a Taste of Your Love" was largely worth the wait. But before going any further let me warn you that Johnson's voice bore at least a passing resemblance to Al Green. To my ears Johnson was a bit funkier and "street", but those differences were largely lost amidst Mitchell's patented Hi production, which included support from the same group of musicians who played on all of Green's mid-'70s successes. I guess the good news was anyone who liked Al Green was guaranteed to appreciate Johnson's work. There may have been plenty of Green echoes across these grooves, but you could argue Johnson beat Green at his own game on 'Wind, Blow Her Back My Way'. Elsewhere Green seldom got as funky as the Hi-meets-shag 'We Did It' and the blazing 1971 single 'The Love You Left Behind '. In fact, to my ears there was only one disappointment on the album - the sappy ballad 'You Don't Know Me'. One of my favorite overlooked '70s soul albums. Worth tracking down.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The PROMOTIONAL, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES (such as the one we have here) were often distributed among the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the "first among equals", which is to say the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title; a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.

For additional historical information on this album, including track listing ?CLICK HERE

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs - are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type), vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

COVER : This reference pressing comes without any custom jacket, and will be shipped in its original plain, generic, white cardboard cover with a typewritten data sheet attached (NOT GRADED SEPARATELY, BUT IN A NICE CONDITION OVERALL)

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