1968 MINT ORIG = Rarest = BOX TOPS NON STOP Alex Chilton BIG STAR

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                           TOP COPY!!!

                       1968 FIRST PRESSING! 
    

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                           THE BOX TOPS

            "NON STOP"
             

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                        USA - BELL Records - 6023

GATEFOLD COVER STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE ...

The original owner cleverly cello-taped the original cellophane around the gatefold cover so that the cover can be opened up and still retains NO wear to the fragile cover (see details below)

Hard to find, especially THIS clean... Original 1968 first pressing vinyl in old style unipak gatefold cover...pre-Big Star Alex Chilton's hit sixties (garage) band that stunned the world in '67 with their timeless groover "The Letter"...

Well, as most of you know, we lost Alex Chilton a couple years ago, so thought it befitting to lay one of thier lp`s on! ...And this one is pretty good ! Probably the hardest BOX TOPS Lp to find as well!

The Box Tops -- or more precisely Alex Chilton and producer Dan Penn -- were treading water on the third album to be churned out under the group's name in less than a year. The usual garagey blue-eyed soul rock that thrust them into fame dominates this program, without anything on the order of "Cry Like a Baby" or "The Letter," although with "I Met Her in Church," was probably trying for something on that level. Sometimes the moods are a bit on the bluesy side ("Choo Choo Train," "Rock Me Baby"), at others laid back ("Rollin' in My Sleep"). For the first time Chilton had the opportunity to write an LP track, and with "I Can Dig It," he brought out his most gravelly voice for a belter. That's nothing compared with "Yesterday Where's My Mind," in which he sounds like he's trying to out-gravel the most sandpaper-voiced white singer of the era, Tim Rose; in fact, the track bears more than a passing similarity to "Morning Dew," one of the songs Rose interpreted on his debut album. "Sandman," a luscious ballad by the composer of "The Letter," is the most interesting little-known cut. Overall, though, this, like all of the Box Tops' albums, is an ubteresting artifact from the sixties rock era...also for one reason or another, their most least seen album, getting a clean copy is something of a chore/hunt....

Choo Choo Train

I'm Movin' On

Sandman

She Shot A Hole In My Soul

People Gonna Talk

I Met Her In Church

Rock Me Baby

Rollin' In My Sleep

I Can Dig It

Yesterday

Where's My Mind

If I Had Let You In

CONDITION:

The cover : The old style unipak gatefold cover is M-  in factory cellophane wisely cello-taped around the gatefold cover so you can open and view the insides of the gatefold (looks nice!) very collectible with no concerning WEAR problems, no wear...has a delete in the middle (& label)   ....tiny delete drill in center (& label), the seams are tight, no bends and no writing...an LP IF found at all is usually found with wear, this copy, very nice, was carefully used, 49 years of age.

The vinyl is all shiny and clear -- both sides M- plays with exceptional clean audio ...both BELL labels are clean ( micro-delete drill)

A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record