Bo Diddley 2 LP Lot: Self Titled 1st LP & Go Bo Diddley - 1958 & 1963 Vinyl LPs

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Bo Diddley 2 LP Lot:
1958 - Self Titled
1959 - Go Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley (1st Album) - LP 1431
Original 1958 US pressing on the Chess label. Black labels, first pressing with "J8OP"  catalog number on labels.

Grading:
Sleeve:  VG   Solid, shelf-wear, no splits, legible spine
Vinyl:  VG   Sounds great, has a few scattered light background crackles


Go Bo Diddley - LP 1436
Original 1959 US pressing on the Checker label. Original black labels.

Grading:
Sleeve:  VG-   Solid, heavy shelf-wear, repaired seam splits
Vinyl:  G   Playable, but beat up

Notes:
 In late 1954 Elias "Bo Diddley" McDaniel teamed up with harmonica player Billy Boy Arnold, drummer Clifton James and bass player Roosevelt Jackson and recorded demos of "I'm a Man" and "Bo Diddley". They re-recorded the songs at Chess Studios, with a backing ensemble comprising Otis Spann (piano), Lester Davenport (harmonica), Frank Kirkland (drums), and Jerome Green (maracas). The record was released in March 1955, and the A-side, "Bo Diddley", became a number one R&B hit. Diddley continued to release hit singles, culminating in the full length LP "Bo Diddley" in 1958.

 Released in July 1959, Go Bo Diddley is his second album, but the first full studio album that he recorded - it is also his first LP for the Checker Records imprint. The b-side to the single "Hush Your Mouth", "Dearest Darling" was released June 1958 and also released on Bo Diddley's self-titled debut album. Bo's next single "Willie and Lillie" was released in November 1958 and then released on this album. Bo's next single "I'm Sorry"/"Oh Yea" was released in February 1959 and reached #17 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart. The next single "Crackin' Up" b/w "The Great Grandfather" was released in May. "Go Bo Diddley" was released two months later in July. In November 1959 Bo released his most popular single "Say Man"/"The Clock Strikes Twelve" which became a crossover hit making #20 on the Billboard Hot 100. The rest of the songs on the album were album-only tracks, including "You Don't Love Me (You Don't Care)" which Little Walter retitled as "Roller Coaster" and released as a single.

Allmusic's review of "Bo Diddley" gave it four-and-a-half out of five stars and recommended it as one of the few essential albums for listeners who want to "play rock & roll, real rock & roll". "Go Bo Diddley" was ranked #214 on The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine.

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