FREDDY/FREDDIE KING IS A BLUES MASTER RARE ORIG '69 COTILLION LP 1A/1A NR MINT

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·        FREDDIE KING with BILLY BUTLER, KING CURTIS AND OTHERS – FREDDIE KING IS A BLUES MASTER - ORIGINAL 1969 COTILLION RECORDS (ATLANTIC SUBSIDIARY) STEREO LP SD-9004

·        ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·        ORIGINAL PALE BLUE/GRAY COTILLION LABEL WITH GREEN LOGO ON TOP

·        COLUMBIA RECORDS, TERRE HAUTE, IN  PRESSING

·        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.

·        CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·        FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least thick, and  10 being the thickest), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

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

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

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After having lived in semi-obscurity ever since his deal with King/Federal fell through in the mid-1960s, the Blues Boom that was spreading across America and the UK in the late '60s gave Freddie King the opportunity to revive his career. He did so by signing on to Atlantic Record's subsidiary Cotillion.

Having been known mostly for his ferocious instrumental workouts ("Hide Away", "Just Pickin'", "San-Ho-Zay", "The Stumble"), soul genius and sax player King Curtis, who would produce the blues man's entire Cotillion output - decided to put an emphasis on King's vocal prowess as well. 'Freddie King Is a Blues Master' is therefore divided in a vocal and an instrumental side.

Side A kicks off with the strong King original "Play It Cool", a slow burning tune steeped in the finest Chicago Blues tradition and is followed by the romping, uptempo Little Milton cover "That Will Never Do".

King Curtis blows a mean horn on Freddie's adaptation of legendary R&B musician Chuck Willis, another great vehicle admonishing King's vocal grit and raw gutsiness.

There's more head-bobbing, lurching electrified Blues with "Blue Shadows", the 1950 hit by Lowell Fulson, and a slightly more horn heavy take on Helen Humes "Today I Sing the Blues" - also covered by the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin that same year.

Things get really funky and downhome with a greasy, sassy and brassy spin on Allen Toussaint's showstopper "Get Out of My Life Woman", the first track that features a decidedly soul groove for King to sing and solo over. Deliciously psychedelic keyboard here, too.

A part from the album's closer "Let Me Down Easy", Side B focuses excusively on King's guitar skills. A funked up, bass heavy rendition of Freddie's own "Hide Away" opens procedures and is criminally short. In the pocket drums, poppin' bass and punchy horns all around provide a relentlessly funky backdrop for King's biting 'heavy hand attack'.

The same goes for the well-titled "Funky", another monster jam even heavier on the wailing horns, while "Hot Tomato" - penned by King Curtis - sounds almost Booker T. & the MGs-ish, featuring a thick as mollasses Hammond organ purring over the stuttering groove. Freddie used his famed 'right hand dampening' technique here, creating short, muffled notes.

King adds another original, smoking instrumental in the guise of the soulful rock opus "Wide Open", with Freddie churning out a brooding, grinding, raspin' lick right at the start of the tune.

The instrumental adventure is brought to a close with King Curtis' boogie woogie fest "Sweet Thing".

This strong album definitely demonstrated where King was heading..

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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  (WEAK) 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)           The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)            Stock (commercially released) mono copies of this album are NOT known to exist.

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

·                                     THE COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-          Cover has a small cutout hole in one of the corners

-          Cover shows some light yellowing on back side, apparently from aging (nothing significant)

-          Cover has two corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-          Minor shelf wear noted on the top and bottom seams (nothing significant)

-          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 3 (back side)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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