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BIG STAR featuring ALEX CHILTON - RADIO CITY THE GROUP S SECOND ALBUM, AND THE LAST ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN THE GROUP S INITIAL LIFETIME - ORIGINAL 1974 ARDENT STEREO LP ADS-1501 ONE TRACK IS MONO
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL PALE BLUE ARDENT LABELS WITH CLOUDS BACKGROUND AND CONVERGING ARROWS LOGO , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction. What you see is what you ll get. GUARANTEED
This is easily everybody s most praised popular and critical cult favorite of the 70s: the much-sought Big Star s second - and according to Alex Chilton - the last real album released by the Big Star. Big Star, who were neighbors, contemporaries and label-mates Ardent was a Stax subsidiary of such Stax/Volt legends as Booker T. and the MG s, Carla and Rufus Thomas, or Albert King, created a lasting masterpiece of rocking urgency, bold harmonies, twanging guitars, intricate chord changes and some real loud, intense RR. A masterpiece of 70s power-pop, and a great album, if ever we d met one. The album was pressed as the band was disintegrating, to minimal promotion and advertising, and nice copies are brutally hard to come by. Finding a still sealed original copy of this southern Power Pop Masterpiece? ? Forget it not even a HOPE This may be the last one you will ever see.
Track listing:O my soul - Life is white - Way out west - What s going ahn - You get what you deserve - Mod lang - Back of a car - Daisy Glaze - She s a mover - September Gurls later covered by Beach Boys - Morpha too - I m in love with a girl.
For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, this album was voted one of top-100 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted in 1987 by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio AR man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals click here for the complete album listing .
For additional historical information on this album, including track listing click here
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 THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a small cutout saw-mark an indent about 3-5 mm long on one of its seams.
- Cover has a light wrinkle crease in one of the corners.
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
- No split seams
- No ring wear
- No cut-out drill holes.
- No cut-out corners
