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DEL VIKINGS COME GO WITH DEL VIKINGS 1957 L UNIVERSE RECORDS MONO LP-1000
GENUINE U.S. PRESSING
10-TRACK PRESSING, NOT A 8-TRACK VERSION
VERY EARLY PRESSING CIRCA 1958/59 ON YELLOW L UNIVERSE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT IDENTICAL TO THE 1957 RELEASE EXCEPT FOR THE TWO TRACKS ADDED
DEEP GROOVE PRESSING
THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
ORIGINAL GLOSSY, LIGHTLY LAMINATED COVER
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.
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
An interesting LP with an interesting story. In early 1956, The Del Vikings made a demo tape of songs, all just vocals, to pitch to record labels. Of course, we all know that they would hit big with Come Go With Me and Whispering Bells , but that soon was followed with member changes and lawsuits against former members. At one point, there were two groups, one called The Del Vikings and another called The Del-Vikings .
In the midst of all of this chaos, Lunniverse, a label best known for its sci-fi theme cut in novelty records, had got ahold of the demo tape they made, dubbed in instruments, and released it as an LP. As you can imagine, this didn t go over so well with the group or their current record label. In the end, Lunniverse was sued, and the label soon went under, making this their only LP release. A fairly rare album nowadays.
EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW
The story of the Dell-Vikings or Del Vikings, or Del-Vikings is one of the most glorious, complicated, and frustrating of any successful doo wop group in music history. With two major national hits Come Go With Me and Whispering Bells to their credit -- one more hit than most other successful doo wop groups ever had -- they had a jump on virtually all of their competition. Just as they were ascending those heights of fame and success, however, internal fractures and some greed and misdirected ambition helped destroy any chance they had of making a lasting place for themselves at the top of their profession. They left behind two hits and a large body of very good records that weren t nearly as well-known, as well as a reputation as one of the few successful integrated vocal groups of their era.
FROM A DEL-VIKINGS BIO, REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
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.
b The record has a deep groove an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings .
c 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
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER:
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD VG .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has some light ring wear nothing significant On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the severity of ring wear as 3
- Back cover has circular tarnish grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record , probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
- Cover has a partially split spine between 1 and 2 inches / 2.5 to 5 centimeters
- Cover has some fraying/wear along the spine
- Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged just a beginning of the split seam
- The cover has a few tiny scratch marks on the back panel nothing significant
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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