James Brown Prisoner of Love Soul Funk LP King 851 Still Sealed rare
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Description
ARTIST(S)/GROUP: James Brown
TITLE: Prisoner of Love
LABEL/NUMBER: King 851, original pressing
FORMAT: LP Record/Vinyl/rechanneled for STEREO
CONDITION: Sealed. Amazing copy of a great vintage title listed as worth $100 in UNSEALED mint condition on vinylbeat.com. See my other auctions for other jaw-dropping pieces from the Godfather of Soul.
Record is from the amazing personal collection of well-known San Francisco DJ Abe “Voco Kesh” Keshishian. Voco was an avid collector of blues, jazz, r/b and rock records who maintained his vinyl meticulously and accumulated early edition pieces. Check my other auctions for more from Kesh's collection.
Known for his KSAN radio show, “Lights Out San Francisco,” Voco was instrumental in the careers of artists like Blue Cheer and Harvey Mandel. He died of a heart attack in 1989 and his records were well-kept in storage until a recent auction.
Says Allmusic:
In the wake of James Brown's first substantial pop hit, "Prisoner of Love," King rushed out this LP, as usual drawing upon old singles ("Try Me," "Lost Someone," "Bewildered"), B-sides ("Waiting in Vain," the organ instrumental "[Can You] Feel It [Part 1]"), and Brown's then-current single, "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered" (not the Stevie Wonder song). The idea seemed to be to put together a collection in the medium-tempo, string-filled, lovelorn style of the hit, so there was a lot of pleading on this record.
GRADING SCALE:
SS: Still Sealed
M-: Like new, should be no significant defects or flaws. Should play flawlessly.
VG++: May have one or two superficial marks or smudges that do not effect play.
VG+: May have some slight wear or loss of luster but no significant scratches or marks. Might play with very light surface noise or a very light crackle.
VG: Will have wear or some dirtiness. Might have some light marks causing a few light pops or light crackle. Light to medium surface noise.
VG-: Will likely have some light to medium scratches and significant wear causing medium surface noise and light to medium pops and crackle.
G: May have heavy scratches, significant wear, or bad stains. Will play with heavy surface noise, heavy pops, or heavy crackle.
POOR: Fundamentally flawed by skipping or big scratches or cracks.
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