ESQUERITA SELF-TITLED 1st & ONLY ALBUM INSANELY RARE ORIG '58 CAPITOL MONO LP

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·      ESQUERITA - THE FIRST, ONE AND ONLY, SELF-TITLED ALBUM ("ESQUERITA") – INSANELY RARE  ORIGINAL 1959 CAPITOL RECORDS MONO LP T-1186

·      AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE COVER:  THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS RARE ALBUM (APPARENTLY, A MAJOR-LEAGUE DIMWIT) TAPED THE SPLIT SEAMS WITH MULTIPLE PIECES OF OBNOXIOUS POSTAL PACKAGING PAPER TAPE IN SUCH A HIDEOUSLY UGLY MANNER (STAGGERED MULTIPLE PIECES ALL OVER THE PLACE, SOMETIMES OVERLAPPING WITH EACH OTHER) THAT WE HAD NO OTHER RECOURSE BUT TO COVER THE OFFENSIVE TAPE WITH BLACK TAPE ON THE FRONT SIDE, THUS MAKING THE COVER MINIMALLY PALATABLE AND TRUE TO FORM. IN OTHER WORDS, THE RECORD IS IN A MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN THE COVER. PLEASE READ FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      ORIGINAL BLACK CAPITOL LABEL WITH MULTICOLORED SPECTRUM (“RAINBOW) BAND ALONG THE LABEL’S EDGE, CAPITOL LOGO ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, AND TEXT PRINTED IN VERTICAL STRAIGHT LINE SEPARATING THE SPINDLE HOLE AND THE LOGO

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

·      ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD (ON ONE SIDE ONLY)

·      MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-D1/-D3'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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An amazing album by the legendary Esquerita.

We all know that in an artist like himself, especially during the late 50's or early 60's, you are going to miss out a lot on the record. For instance, many tracks had "dirtier" versions performed live, but he couldn't speak like that on a Capitol Records album. Another thing was the fact he had a very powerful persona on stage, a fantastic showman and a shock for the time.

I know this record came out long after Little Richard's fame, but experts claim that he was actually influenced by Esquerita. The story goes that Richard used to be friends (and some say lover) with him, and that Esquerita brought Richard to make his high tuned screams. This is backed up by the fact that early Little Richard recordings were far from the classics, and that during the recording session in which he would later make Tutti Frutti, he was doing awful; he and the producer went to have lunch and Little Richard performed an XXX version of the song. The producer removed the dirty parts and then decided they should go for that one... it ended up being a hit song we still hear 60 years from that.

An unrecognized legend I would have loved to see perform.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

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·                          CONDITION:

·                          THE 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 STRONG VERY GOOD+(+) . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters) ; SIDE 2 IS IN A BETTER CONDITION THAN THE SIDE 1 AND PROBABLY DESERVES TO BE GRADED VG++

(b)         The record is 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!

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

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

·                          THE COVER

THE COVER IS ONLY ABOUT GOOD+ (G+).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has all three seams (top, bottom and spine) partially split in indeterminable lengths and taped with the white (now yellowed) wide packaging paper tape, which can be obtrusive; the tape has been covered with a layer of black tape on the front panel

-       Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on all three seams.

-       Cover has three corners slightly worn / dinged

-       Cover has some light 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 2  (front side) and 4 (back side)

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

-       Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.   (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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(A) All orders valued at $50.00 or more will be shipped fully insured against loss, damage or theft by ShipCover, eBay's contracted insurer, at our expense (B) Yes, we do combine items into a single shipment; in order to enable this feature, the winning bidders should WAIT until their last item of interest ends and ONLY THEN make a payment. Doing otherwise will result in multiple shipments to the same customer and forfeiture of multiple shipping charges already paid. (C) Because we do not play-grade our items, we do not know how the purchased item will play on the buyer's equipment. We can only make reasonable inference on the record's playing condition based on its visual appearance. (D) This seller will NOT cancel erroneous, frivolous and prank bids. The bidders can do so on their own, by visiting eBay's Site Map, then clicking on Bid Retractions link. (E) This seller does not specifically grade or describe certain items, such as: shrink (cellophane) wrap and accompanying extras (inserts, booklets, etc.); however, the presence of these items WILL be noted and accompanied by the gallery photo(s). (F) Please do not submit any bids on our items if you have insufficient user history. (G) Other than in very rare justified cases, failure to pay for the item you won amounts to a fraud and will result in a permanent ban on bidding on our future listings. (H) We will NEVER deliberately, knowingly or willingly provide a false, deceitful or misleading information.

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FINE (BUT IMPORTANT!) PRINT

 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

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