LAVERN BAKER SEE SEE RIDER SEALED ORIGINAL 1962 ATLANTIC STEREO LP BEAUTIFUL

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·       LAVERN BAKER - SEE SEE RIDER - ORIGINAL 1963 ATLANTIC STEREO LP SD-8071

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED LP BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL FIRST STEREO PRESSING***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL BLUE AND GREEN ATLANTIC STEREO LABEL WITH WHITE  "FAN" LOGO

·       VERY RARE STEREO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN MONO

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, 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.

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

·       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

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

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See See Rider was LaVern Baker's last official album for Atlantic Records, released in 1963 in the wake of her late-1962 hit with the title track. The album was actually an assembly of mostly unreleased tracks, some dating back nearly eight years, while others were totally contemporary to early 1963. There was a little something for everyone on See See Rider, starting with the raunchy "You Better Stop," highlighted by Sam "The Man" Taylor and Dave McRae's tenor saxes and a three-man horn section of Emmett Berry and Shad Collins on trumpets and Lawrence Brown on trombone, plus a hint of blues guitar opening the whole song -- very much period "big band" R&B-cum-rock & roll, complete with an uncredited male chorus and vocal accompaniment that deserved better. Jump ahead three years to the smoother rocking, uptempo "He's a Real Gone Guy," a high-speed story of seduction driven by King Curtis' tenor sax and Ernie Hayes' guitar, and then the music takes a leap to the decidedly newer pop/R&B strains of "Story of My Love," built around its achingly beautiful melody and a hook-laden chorus, backed by a string section that could have been lifted out of the nearest Drifters session or a Phil Spector rehearsal. "You Said" was cut from similar cloth, its slightly lighter pop strains (highlighted by a Mickey Baker guitar solo) and its focus on romantic disappointment aimed more at the teen market than the hardest sounds here. Baker's cover of "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," from 1960, is an above-average pop/R&B hybrid, but only because of her singing -- the backing vocal arrangement is sort of embarrassing, but she saves it. "Trying" is another pop digression, and elevated mainly by Baker's vocals. "Half of Your Love" gives Baker less to overcome, her vocals meshing well with Mundell Lowe's guitar accompaniment and the horn overdubs, if not the string overdubs. "A Little Bird Told Me So" is as close to a disaster as Baker ever got as a recording artist, a hopeless pop number that nothing can save -- luckily, it's the third to last number here, and the soaring "Endless Love" helps make up for the waste of a perfectly good recording session and song slot on the album. "All the Time," which closed the original LP, wasn't the best song here, but it gives Baker enough chance to stretch out so that it's a more than decent finale, even if it's a little too much of a pop number.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

LAVERN BAKER WAS ONE OF THE FINEST BLUES, SOUL AND R&B VOCALISTS OF HER GENERATION AND - MORE IMPORTANTLY - A TRUE PIONEER IN R&B GENRE. THE IMPORTANCE OF HER – SOMEWHAT LIMITED, BUT MASSIVELY EXPRESSIVE - VOICE CANNOT POSSIBLY BE OVERESTIMATED.

LAVERN, WHOSE "SOUL ON FIRE" IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN "SOUL" BALLADS (NOT TO MENTION, INCLUDED IN THE 1987 MOVIE "ANGELHEART" FOR THE CRUCIAL SCENE - BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TELL YOU --- GO SEE THE MOVIE) DEFINED THE ENTIRE GENRE, AND THE VERY TERM: SOUL SINGER.

THIS, HER 1962 ATLANTIC ALBUM , IS AMONG HER FINEST. UNLIKE HER EARLY ALBUMS, WHICH ARE HEAVY ON BALLADS, THIS ONE ROCKS FROM START TO FINISH,!!! ONE OF THE CRITICAL EARLY R&B ATLANTIC ALBUMS.  Finding a still sealed original STEREO copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

TRACK LISTING: See see Rider - You better stop - He's a real gone guy -Story of my love - You said - I'm leaving you - Don't let the stars get in your eyes - Tryin' - Half of your love - A little bird told me so - Endless love - All the time.

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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 is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           The record is apparently 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!

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

·       COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny, almost invisible, pinholes (or staple holes) in one corner. These tiny holes are NOT cutout holes.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a small cutout saw-mark (an indent about 3-5 mm long ) on one of its seams.

-         Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging  (nothing significant).

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out corners

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

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        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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