'67 The Box Tops LP "The Letter/ Neon Rainbow" Promo NM

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Sep 8, 2009 Sold Date

Sep 3, 2009 Start Date

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Up For Auction: Super Blue-Eyed Soul / Sunshine Pop / Pop-Rock LP In Spectacular Condition!!!

1967 Bell Records, 12 inch, 33 1/3 RPM Mono LP, Cat. #6011 , First Pressing, Promotional, Lt. Blue Label with Blue and Black Print. Both the label and the back of the cover are marked "promotional'. Featuring: The Box Tops. Titled: "The Letter/ Neon Rainbow". Song Titles Include: 1. The Letter - 1:55, 2. She Knows How - 3:08, 3. Trains and Boats and Planes - 3:48, 4. Break My Mind - 2:29, 5. A Whiter Shade of Pale - 4:34, 6. Everything I Am - 2:20, 7. Neon Rainbow - 3:04, 8. People Make the World - 2:31, 9. I'm Your Puppet - 2:54, 10. Happy Times - 1:46, 11. Gonna Find Somebody - 3:02 and 12. I Pray for Rain - 2:26.

If you're not familiar with this artist/Title, here's some additional information: "It has since been revealed that most of the music on the Box Tops' records — with the exception of (ironically) "The Letter" — was done by session men. Even as early as the first album, this method cut both ways. It ensured a Southern soul professionalism that the young band likely couldn't have conjured on their own, but also worked against the development of a solid group identity, particularly as Alex Chilton was allowed to record very little of his own material. In fact, there are no Chilton songs on this debut, a spotty affair showing every indication of having been assembled very quickly in the wake of "The Letter" soaring to number one. Although "The Letter" author Wayne Carson Thompson and the Dan Penn-Spooner Oldham team wrote most of the songs, their blue-eyed soul compositions are surprisingly journeyman, with nothing nearly as outstanding as "The Letter," save maybe the follow-up hit "Neon Rainbow." Chilton's vocals are strong and, for the most part, as gritty as those on "The Letter." Has there every been another case in pop history when a teenager sounded like a wizened adult at the outset of his career, but his voice became higher and more youthful in subsequent years?".

The Vinyl is Near Mint (9-9.5 of 10) in condition. With Original Plain Paper Inner Sleeve. The cover is very nice. The only issues to report: some very minor edge and shelf wear and some very slight corner softening. Nothing serious on this nearly impossible to fine 42 year old MONO pressing!!.

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