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JOHN LENNON with RINGO STARR, YOKO ONO, BILLY PRESTON, KLAUS VOORMAN, PHIL SPECTOR AND THE PLASTIC ONO BAND - PLASTIC ONO BAND THIS IS A JOHN LENNON VERSION, NOT A YOKO ONO VERSION - ORIGINAL 1970 APPLE RECORDS SW-3372
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
INCLUDES ORIGINAL CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE, UNIQUE TO THIS COVER.
ORIGINAL APPLE LABEL: WHOLE GREEN APPLE ON ONE SIDE, SPLIT WHITE APPLE ON THE OTHER
CAPITOL RECORDS, SCRANTON, PA PRESSING
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
COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK CELLOPHANE WRAP
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THE RECORD HAS A BELL SOUND STAMP IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING.
The record has SAM FELDMAN S initials SF clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl dead wax
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
The clich about singer/songwriters is that they sing confessionals direct from their heart, but John Lennon exploded the myth behind that clich , as well as many others, on his first official solo record, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. Inspired by his primal scream therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov, Lennon created a harrowing set of unflinchingly personal songs, laying out all of his fears and angers for everyone to hear. It was a revolutionary record -- never before had a record been so explicitly introspective, and very few records made absolutely no concession to the audience s expectations, daring the listeners to meet all the artist s demands. Which isn t to say that the record is unlistenable. Lennon s songs range from tough rock rollers to piano-based ballads and spare folk songs, and his melodies remain strong and memorable, which actually intensifies the pain and rage of the songs. Not much about Plastic Ono Band is hidden. Lennon presents everything on the surface, and the song titles -- Mother, I Found Out, Working Class Hero, Isolation, God, My Mummy s Dead -- illustrate what each song is about, and charts his loss of faith in his parents, country, friends, fans, and idols. It s an unflinching document of bare-bones despair and pain, but for all its nihilism, it is ultimately life-affirming it is unique not only in Lennon s catalog, but in all of popular music. Few albums are ever as harrowing, difficult, and rewarding as John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
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, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow a/k/a Cousin Brucie , Tim Rice of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita fame , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan s first album , Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc. . For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565.
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CONDITION:
THE 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 EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
a The record comes in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.
b The record is 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
THE COVER
COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.
- Cover has a minor wrinkle crease in the cardboard base on the back panel
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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