DAVID ALLAN COE outlaw country LP “Texas Moon” PLANTATION ’77 orig NM scarce

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Artist:  DAVID ALLAN COE

Title:   “Texas Moon”

Label:   PLANTATION ~ PLP 507.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Green and yellow label with black text.  

Date:  1977.

Condition:   

DISC:  Vinyl is NM- with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.              

JACKET:   Jacket is NEAR MINT with flawless front and back panels.  Nice seams and spine.  Right side corner tips have light wear.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Got You On My Mind
• These Days
• Satisfied Mind
• Why You Been Gone So Long
• Why Me

Side Two:

• Mary Magdeline
• Fuzzy Was an Outlaw
• That Old Time Feeling
• Ride Me Down Easy
• Give My Love to Rose

Review:

“Though Texas Moon wasn't released until 1977 on Shelby Singleton's Plantation label, it was actually recorded in 1973, then sold to Columbia with David Allan Coe's contract.  Needless to say, the recording and production budgets were considerably smaller than they were at the latter label.  Well-known for its notorious cover photo, the set's real merit is that it displays Coe's ability as an interpretive singer, though on a few tracks he tries too hard.  He wrote only two of the set's ten songs -- one of which, "Mary Magdeline," (sic) is considered a classic.  Texas Moon is lean, almost raw.  Highlights include Coe's readings of Guy Clark's "Old Time Feeling," Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me," Mickey Newbury's "Why You Been Gone So Long," and a stellar reading of the Joe "Red" Hayes/Jack Rhodes nugget "A Satisfied Mind."  Perhaps the most startling track here is Coe's take on Jackson Browne's "These Days" -- which, unlike its author's version, is devoid of naive sentiment -- or Nico's Gothic, lost-in-darkness version.  Instead, with real physicality and empathy, Coe's delivery reveals the weariness and helplessness in the lyric.  The misses are on Billy Joe Shaver's "Ride Me Down Easy” -- marred by a clattering piano -- his overly reverential reading of Johnny Cash's "Give My Love to Rose," and Coe's throwaway original, "Fuzzy Was an Outlaw."  Though it's usually regarded as one of the "for hardcore DAC fans only" titles, Texas Moon is well worth re-investigation.”

(courtesy Thom Jurek, allmusic.com.) 

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