LAVERN BAKER Blues Ballads LP ATLANTIC 1959 US 2nd press+bullseye+mono 8030
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LAVERN BAKER
LaVern Baker was one of the sexiest divas gracing the mid-'50s rock & roll circuit, boasting a brashly seductive vocal delivery tailor-made for belting the catchy novelties "Tweedlee Dee," "Bop-Ting-a-Ling," and "Tra La La" for Atlantic Records during rock's first wave of prominence...
"BLUES BALLADS"
<2nd pressing, originally published in 1959>
LP ATLANTIC RECORDS 8030 MONO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1960 SECOND PRESSING
LAMINATED (on front) SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (American Style)
This version: Second pressing with bullseye label; First Pressing on Atlantic black label & silver text.
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LABEL: ATLANTIC - WHITE LABELS w/RED&PURPLE RIM & BULLSEYE - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: 8030
Catalog on labels: 8030 (11603) / 8030 (11604)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 11603 AT
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 11604 AT
On labels: rim text reads "Atlantic.....733 1/3 RPM ? Full Dynamics - Frequency Spectrum"
On Front Cover: FULL dynamics-frequency SPECTRUM
On Back Cover: Notes by Harold L. Keith
Atlantic Recording Corporation, 157 West 57 Street, New York 19, New York
Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: I CRIED A TEAR - IF YOU LOVE ME - YOU'RE TEASING ME
LOVE ME RIGHT - DIX-A-BILLY - SO HIGH SO LOW
Side B: I WAITED TOO LONG - WHY BABY WHY - HUMPTY DUMPTY HEART
IT'S SO FINE - WHIPPER SNAPPER - ST. LOUIS BLUES
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Before she became a successful rock & roll vocalist, Lavern Baker did straight jazz and gutbucket blues, and that's what she's singing here. These tunes didn't have any crossover appeal, but they're gritty, unpolished, and sung with the intensity and energy that made Baker's later material so memorable...(AllMusic)
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