DEE CLARK HOLD ON….IT'S DEE CLARK RARE ORIGINAL 1960 VEE JAY STEREO LP BEAUTIFUL

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·       DEE CLARK – HOLD ON…IT’S DEE CLARK -  ORIGINAL 1961 VEE JAY RECORDS STEREO LP SR-1037

·       ORIGINAL US PRESSING

·       EXTREMELY RARE STEREO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN MONO

·       ORIGINAL, ALL-BLACK, MATTE (NON-GLOSSY) VEE JAY LABEL WITH THE  “BRACKETS” VERSION OF THE LABEL (VEE JAY LOGO IS ENCAPSULED IN WHITE BRACKETS

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE (MONO COVER WITH SMALL RED VEE JAY STEREO STICKER AFFIXED TO THE FRONT PANEL)

·       ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       THE RECORD HAS 'AUDIOMATRIX' STAMPED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) AREA, WHICH IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED A PROOF OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE FIRST PRESSING

·       THE RECORD HAS A DATE STAMP OF 7-12-61/7-20-61  HAND-ETCHED IN THE TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX)

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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A beautifully sung and produced effort, Hold On, It's Dee Clark treads some of the same ground that Sam Cooke and Clyde McPhatter were exploring during this era, trying to mix rhythm-and-blues with sophisticated pop, and ending up somewhere on the soul spectrum. Clark's rendition of "Portrait of My Love", for example, gets lush yet tasteful string accompaniment behind Clark's soaring performance, which is almost more in a pop vein than strictly "soul" as we came to know it. Yet his rendition of "Cupid" is grittier than Cooke's own version -- but then Clark switches gears on his own "Always Together", into an almost Johnny Mathis mode. The whole album shifts constantly in mood and tone, but despite the pop elements that sometimes intrude almost too far, Clark makes it all hang together as a prime example of sophisticated soul. Indeed, this album may hold up better in many ways than Sam Cooke's album work of the same era, Cooke having been prevailed upon by his producers to deliver "twist" records around this time, that were mostly beneath his talent. Clark seemed far more comfortable working in a pop vein, on numbers like "Whisperin' Grass", switching gears convincingly right into the lusty, passionate, pounding "I Want To Love You" and "Your Friends" -- though even he seems to run up against a brick wall on a cha-cha-rhythm rendition of "Nature Boy". Additionally, his songwriting contributions here, including "Raindrops" and "I Want To Love You", generally hold up well, and it's just surprising that the former, a major pop hit for Clark, wasn't played up bigger on the cover.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            Stereo  pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its mono  counterpart. The mix is more graphic, the sound resolution more precise, and the channel separation (which does not exist on mono version) adds a whole new dimension to the music. Also, the stereo mixes are (by definition) somewhat different than on the mono version. We estimate that mono copies of this album outnumber stereo copies  by a ratio of at least 10:1.

(c)           The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS (WEAK) NEAR MINT !

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        A superficial scratch noted on the lamination layer on front side (does not affect the paper slick)

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the opening side and the top seam (nothing significant); (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY)

-         The laminated cover has a few air 'bubbles' and wrinkles in lamination (this is a common problem with most laminated 50’s and 60’s covers

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 1.   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

-         Cover has a light "wrinkle" (crease)  in one of the corners.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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