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DR. JOHN / DESITIVELY BONNAROO 1974  ATCO   1st USA PRESS

•••••  WILD & FUNKY STOMP THROUGH BAYOU BLUES !!! Beloved New Orleans icon rocks his way through "Quitters Never Win" "Stealin'" and more with charm, charisma, and a good time party attitude from the mid-1970's era of rootsy/bluesy rock!

• 1974  true first USA pressing
• PRESSWELL matrix
• thick heavy semi rigid 146g weight vinyl
• George Piros sound mastering
• the dead wax is etched "ST-C-743051/743052-A/B  AT/GP"
• cover is thick heavy cardboard with pasted on slick
• REFLECTIVE FOIL front cover
• original shrink wrap intact but open
• vintage record store price sticker
• inner sleeve is color printed heavy paper stock

CONDITION:
VINYL =     VG+   Sleeve scuff/rubbing/ hairlines & light playmarks visible under bright halogens. The labels are NM.

PLAY GRADE =   EX-   Exceptionally light hiss and crackle between tracks and occasionally very subdominant in quiet background,  HUGE LOUD CLEAR BOLD DEEP BOOMING FIDELITY.

COVER =   NM-   Exceptionally light rubbing / ring wear, light streaking to outer wrapping, light wear to open or exposed areas, some very mild storage creasing near some edges,  CLEAN COLORFUL BOLD BRIGHT.  The edge seams  have light rub near one exposed corner otherwise ROCK SOLID NO SPLITS, SPINE LEGIBLE.  Corners are excellent with some soft rub/rounding/chipping at top exposed corner. Inner sleeve has mild creasing/small tears/light age discolor.

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Dr John* ?– Desitively Bonnaroo

Label: ATCO Records ?– SD 7043 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, PR Presswell Pressing 
Country: US Released: 1974 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Rhythm & Blues, Bayou Funk, Funk

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Quitters Never Win Written-By – M. Rebennack* 3:14 A2 Stealin' Written-By – M. Rebennack* 3:29 A3 What Comes Around (Goes Around) Written-By – M. Rebennack* 3:10 A4 Me - You = Loneliness Written-By – M. Rebennack* 3:03 A5 Mos' Scocious Written-By – M. Rebennack* 2:45 A6 (Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away Written-By – M. Rebennack* 2:40 B1 Let's Make A Better World Written-By – E. King* 2:54 B2 R U 4 Real Written-By – M. Rebennack* 4:15 B3 Sing Along Song Written-By – M. Rebennack* 2:40 B4 Cant Git Enuff Written-By – M. Rebennack* 2:58 B5 Go Tell The People Written-By – A. Toussaint* 3:03 B6 Desitively Bonnaroo Written-By – J. Hill*, M. Rebennack* 2:30

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Produced For – Sansu Enterprises Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic
• Manufactured By – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Sea-Saint Studio
• Mixed At – Sea-Saint Studio
• Published By – Walden
• Published By – Cauldron Music (2)
• Published By – Oyster Music (2)
• Published By – Shirley's Music
• Published By – Sound Of America
• Published By – Marsaint
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane
• Lacquer Cut At – Atlantic Studios
• Pressed By – Presswell

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Allen Toussaint, Dr. John; The Nite Tripper*, Jessie Smith, Robbie Montgomery
• Design [Album Design] – Larry Summers
• Engineer [Criteria Recording Studios] – Karl Richardson
• Engineer [Sea-Saint Recording Studios] – Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace
• Illustration – Bob Nall
• Lacquer Cut By – GP* 
• Mixed By [Re-Mix] – Ken Laxton, Roberta Grace
• Musician, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Whit Sidener
• Musician, Bass [Fender Bass] – George Porter, Jr.
• Musician, Drums [Trap Drums] – Joseph Modeliste
• Musician, Guitar – Leo Nocentelli
• Musician, Guitar, Piano, Finger Cymbals [Muted Fingernettes & Zigola] – Dr. John
• Musician, Keyboards, Percussion – Allen Toussaint
• Musician, Organ – Arthur Neville* 
• Musician, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Gary Brown (2)
• Musician, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Mark Colby
• Musician, Trombone, Euphonium – Peter Graves
• Musician, Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Ken Faulk
• Producer, Arranged By – Allen Toussaint

Notes

Label and pressing variation, pressed by Presswell per 'PR' in label matrix numbers and runouts.

Jacket is full-color print on silver card stock. Some copies include 'Promotional DJ Copy Suggested Cuts For Air Play' sticker on front cover.

Includes 'Atlantic/ATCO Rock' promotional inner sleeve, numbered "Rock 4" or "Rock 5" bottom right.

Recorded at Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Fla.
And at Sea-Saint Recording Studios, New Orleans, La.
Re-mixed at Sea-Saint Recording Studios.
Produced & Arranged For Sansu Enterprises, Inc.

All selections: Walden/Cauldron/Oyster, ASCAP except
B1: Shirley Music/Sound Of America, BMI
B5: Marsaint/Warner-Tamerlane, BMI

From rear cover:
? © 1974 Atlantic Recording Corporation
ATCO Records
75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10019
Division Of Atlantic Recording Corporation
Printed In U.S.A.

From labels:
? 1974 Atlantic
Mfg. By Atlantic Recording Corp., 75 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-side label): ST-C-743051 PR
• Matrix / Runout (B-side label): ST-C-743052 PR
• Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched): ST-C 743051-A
• Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, hand-etched): ST-C -743052-A
• Matrix / Runout (A & B-side runouts, hand-etched): PR
• Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, hand-etched [mastering]): AT/GP
• Price Code (Spine): 0598
• Rights Society (A1 to A6, B2 to B4, B6): ASCAP
• Rights Society (B1, B5): BMI

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