BILLY VERA With Pen In Hand BLUE EYED SOUL DEEP BALLADS-WHITE LABEL PROMO
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BILLY VERA With Pen In Hand BLUE EYED SOUL DEEP BALLADS-WHITE LABEL PROMO






..... A VG PLUS LP ON ATLANTIC SD 8197

FROM 1969 A WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL ISSUE

THE PROMOTIONAL/RADIO STATION/AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES SUCH AS THIS WERE OFTEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE RADIO STATIONS BEFORE THE RECORD WAS RELEASED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS FOUR MONTHS AHEAD. THESE RECORDS ARE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE “FIRST AMONG EQUALS”. THEY ARE THE FIRST GENERATION TO COME OFF THE MOTHERS AND THE EARLIEST KNOWN PRESSING BESIDES A POSSIBLE ACETATE MASTER.

PRODUCED BY CHIPS TAYLOR & TED DARYLL AND RECORDED BY BRUCE TERGENSEN

TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS

BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Not only is Billy Vera (born William McCord, Jr. on May 28, 1944 in Riverside, CA) a rock historian, he's made some rock history himself over the last quarter century. Vera wrote for the likes of Barbara Lewis and Rick Nelson during the mid-'60s before recording his "Storybook Children" as an R&B duet with Judy Clay in 1967 for Atlantic. It proved a solid hit, as did their 1968 follow-up "Country Girl - City Man." Vera surfaced as a solo artist in 1987 when "At This Moment," a song he'd cut in 1981 with his band, Beaters, was featured on the popular TV sitcom Family Ties and topped the pop charts on Rhino. Vera recently returned to a soulful duet format, this time with ex-Labelle belter Nona Hendryx, for "You Have to Cry Sometime" on Shanachie. Vera has also compiled and annotated many CD reissue projects, notably the Legends of Specialty series.

COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. TOP CENTER EDGES SPLIT ABOUT THREE INCHES. ALL FOUR CORNERS WITH CRUSH MARKS ON POINT. PRICE CODE STICKERS TOP LEFT FRONT (GREEN ROUND CIRCLE OVER A WHITE STICKER AND WHICH ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE WITHOUT TEARS). BOTTOM RIGHT EDGE SPLIT ABOUT AN INCH. BOTTOM BACK RIGHT CORNER WITH SMALL PIECE OF PRINTED LAYER MISSING. NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.

SPINDLE HOLE WITH RUB MARKS. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK WITH SOME LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE RUB SCUFF MARKS AND PLAY LINES UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION. WE'VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP BY SAMPLING EACH TRACK 2-3 TIMES ON A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE ONE WOOD CARTRIDGE WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS AND SOUNDING QUITE FINE HERE.

⁂PLEASE NOTE THE VINYL DESCRIPTION IS ONLY A VISUAL INSPECTION UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED. HERE IS A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR GRADING SYSTEM AND SUPERSEDES ANY OTHER GRADING SYSTEM, INCLUDING GOLDMINE: ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY GRADED AND THE RED GRADE ABOVE REFERS ONLY TO THE APPEARANCE OF THE VINYL BLANK. COVER CONDITION IS NOTED SEPARATELY. ANYTHING BESIDES MINT OR MINT MINUS IS USUALLY TEST PLAYED AND THE RESULTS ARE FOUND IN THE LISTING. MINT INDICATES PRISTINE VINYL WITHOUT ANY MARKS ON THE VINYL BLANK. MINT MINUS MAY CONTAIN A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS FROM HANDLING & SLEEVE WEAR OR A FEW PLAYS. IF YOU ARE A REAL VINYL AFICIONADO AND COLLECTOR YOU'LL KNOW THAT EVEN A FACTORY SEALED LP OCCASIONALLY HAS SOME LIGHT RUB OR SLEEVE MARKS FROM TRANSPORT AND SHELVING. ANYTHING IN THE VG CATEGORY WOULD CONTAIN SOME LIGHT AND FINE SURFACE PLAY LINES AND EVIDENCE OF PLAY WEAR THAT IS EASILY SEEN. SELDOM IS ANYTHING OFFERED IN THE "G" STATE.
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