JOE JACKSON I'M THE MAN RARE SEALED ORIG '79 A&M 7" BOX SET w/POSTER & STICKER

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·       JOE JACKSON – I’M THE MAN – VERY RARE ORIGINAL 1979 A&M RECORDS STEREO LP 7-INCH, 5-SINGLE BOX SET SP-18000

·       VERY RARE TRUE FIRST VERSION OF THE ALBUM RELEASED AS A BOX SET OF FIVE (5) 7", 45rpm SINGLES; (album's A-side-tracks on single A-sides; album B-side-tracks on single B-sides

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL CUSTOM BLACK & WHITE A & M LABELS WITH JOE JACKSON'S FACE IN THE BACKGROUND, UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE.

·       THE WEIGHT OF THE SET, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       TWO “BREATHE” (AIR) HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP

·       INCLUDES LARGE ORIGINAL FOLDOUT POSTER , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION (SO SAYS A SMALL 'HYPE' STICKER AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP)

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

·       ORIGINAL, 3/4" THICK CARDBOARD BOX

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY 'HYPE' (ADVERTISEMENT) STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE SHRINK WRAP.

 (►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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It was the era of the angry young man (as opposed to today's age of angry old men -- op.ed).

That was the label applied in the late ’70s to Joe Jackson, Elvis Costello and Graham Parker – songwriters and frontmen who became famous on the heels of the British punk explosion. Although these fellows created music as unfettered as the Sex Pistols and the Damned, they seemed to channel the movement’s gritted-teeth rage with their lyrics more than their music. Call it pub rock, call it punk rock, call it New Wave — this was energetic rock with a point of view.

Jackson, Costello and Parker not only shared the “angry young man” banner, they also shared a complete hatred for the label and its limitations. It’s no wonder that all three would rebel against their ties to punk, especially Costello and Jackson who would dive heedlessly into excursions into country, jazz, R&B and classical works later in their careers.

But even with his second album, Jackson was already resisting the label stamped on him. I’m the Man was released in October 1979 – only 10 months after his debut LP, Look Sharp! – with Jackson looking anything but sharp on the cover. Sporting a thin mustache and wearing a suit jacket loaded with stolen jewelry, Joe looked like the kind of petty criminal known as a spiv in the U.K. His tongue firmly planted in cheek, he told Rolling Stone, “I think people always want to put a label on what you do, so I thought I’d be one step ahead of them and invent one myself – spiv rock.”

Regardless of what you filed it under, I’m the Man packed a wallop of great tunes, edgy vocal performances and cutting lyrics. The album was received by critics almost as positively as Jackson’s debut and performed well on the charts – getting to No. 12 in the U.K. and No. 22 in the U.S. As with Look Sharp!, the album was recorded with the four-piece Joe Jackson Band featuring Jackson on vocals and piano, Gary Sanford on guitar, Graham Maby on bass and David Houghton on drums — a lineup that initially held for just one more album, because of Jackson’s musical meanderings. (They would reunite in the 2000s to record and tour.)

Back then, this foursome was as tight a musical outfit as existed — and I’m the Man provides great evidence of this, perhaps most notably on the title track, the punkiest performance in Jackson’s entire discography. Over pounding drums, charging guitar and an acrobatic bassline, Joe impersonates a salesman who specializes in fads and offers his own commentary on the disposable nature of pop music in the process. He sneers: “I got the trash and you got the cash / So baby we should get along fine.” Maybe he wasn’t kidding about “spiv rock,” after all.

The album also featured Jackson’s biggest-charting hit in his native U.K., the No. 5 “It’s Different for Girls.” Joe said the song came about after he overheard someone use the cliched phrase in a conversation. He then invented his own conversation in the lyrics, turning the cliche on its ear where the female is seeking mere sexual gratification (“She said just give me something, anything / Give me all you got but not love”) and the male pines for something more. It’s a clever piece of work and Jackson’s bellowing vocals gives each line the appropriate amount of acid, but it’s the musical accompaniment (which does not include Jackson’s piano) that creates the tense atmosphere. The throbbing bassline and those stringing strains of guitar set the table for a lovers’ quarrel to explode, as it does in the chorus, and then fade into dismissive dissatisfaction on both sides.

I’m the Man rocks throughout, but it’s also dotted with moments of nuance, from the jazzy bits of piano that spar with jagged guitar riffs on “The Band Wore Blue Shirts” to the reggae feel of “Geraldine and John.” Together, they make I’m the Man the perfect delivery method for Jackson’s witty, and only occasionally angry, songwriting.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY BRIAN WAWZENEK)

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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)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record are believed to come in their original , custom, inner picture sleeves, which are UNIQUE to this album.

(c)           The box set comes with large foldout poster of Joe Jackson, such as the one shown with  our other images, from our previous auction (so says a small 'hype' sticker on the shrink wrap)

(d)          Based on the weight of the set, the records ares apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl.

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

·       COVER  (3/4" BOX SET)

THE BOX IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

NO SIGNIFICANT IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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