LIFE IS A PROBLEM Mississippi Records OOP LP gospel

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  LIFE IS A PROBLEM Mississippi Records OOP LP gospel
VARIOUS ARTISTS Life is a Problem
new unplayed stock copy (ex/nm)
2007, USA, Mississippi Records MRR-017

Here is a lovely new copy purchased direct from the label when the record came out of this wonderful gospel/blues comp. This has no single, unfortunately, hence the lower price. The label crossed out the reference to the 7" on the back in pen once the singles ran out, so I dropped the grade to an EX for sleeve even though they came like this from the label. Be sure to also check out the amazing "I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore" compilation of "ethnic" 78s that came out at the same time and is simply mindblowing that I have for sale. Very out of print, very gone, I believe the run was of 1000 copies. Unplayed stock, also comes with a nice insert.
Here is a review and tracklist from Boomkat:
"According to the liner notes of this fantastic church-friendly blues LP and 7" set the Reverend Utah Smith made a name for himself by rocking out with his congregation, hammering out 12-bar blues whilst swinging about from the church rafters with a pair of angel wings on his back. No wonder church was more popular in the first half of the twentieth century if they had these sorts of antics to entertain them. As the Life Is A Problem album amply demonstrates, the good Reverend isn't the only clergyman with a penchant for raucous ecclesiastical hoedowns. Man of the cloth, Lonnie Farris knocks out the grimy country jams with some heavy slide guitar on the boogie-woogie groover 'A Night In The House Of Prayer', while Sister Ola Mae Terrell knocks out some detuned blues like a proto-Erika Elder on the album's title track. It's hard to work out exactly when some of this stuff was actually recorded (unfortunately the liner notes aren't terribly consistent with dates), but apparently this rocking nun cut six songs for the Columbia label in 1953, and presumably this is taken from that session. The remainder of the first side shifts into a slightly rowdier mode with the Straight Street Group belting out the greasy rock & roll grooves of 'Angels Keep Watching Over Me' and Elder Charles Beck firing off electrified blues solos on the radical evangelistic crowd pleaser 'Rock & Roll Sermon'. There's more of a clean-cut gospel influence on the Crumb Brothers' 'Seat In The Kingdom' whilst Bishop Terry Tills wails out with a garage rock dirge. This guy's an actual Bishop? It's all getting very strange indeed. Can you imagine Rowan Williams blurting out this stuff? Even Desmond Tutu would have a hard time with it. The LP is absolutely loaded up with compellingly weird, unexpectedly hard-rocking juke joint-style stompers that would more commonly be passed off as the Devil's music. This fits right alongside the themed archive materials published by the Dust To Digital label and features quality turns of an equal calibre with any of those playlists. Highly recommended."

A1. Utah Smith - Take A Trip          
A2. Rev. Lonnie Farris - A Night In The House Of Prayer        
A3. Sister O.M. Terrell - Life Is A Problem        
A4. Straight Street Group - Angels Keep Watching Over Me        
A5. Rev. A Johnson - Lord Will Make A Way        
A6. Elder Charles Beck - Rock & Roll Sermon, Pt. 1 & Pt. 2        
B1. Crumb Brothers - Seat In The Kingdom        
B2. Bishop Perry Tillis - I Found A Solid Rock        
B3. Utah Smith - I'm Free        
B4. Willanette Singers - Pray On        
B5. Professor Johnson - Standing In The Safety Zone        
B6. Tom Dutson - Lil' School Song        
B7. Jesse Fuller - Amazing Grace






GRADING:
(cover/record): NM / EX / VG+ / VG / VG- / G / F / P
NM Like new. I don't use "mint." Record should look like you bought it new yesterday and be free of flaws and defects. EX A record that is otherwise NM but may have some hairlines or other small inconsequential blemishes; pristine sleeve with a ding, etc. VG+ / VG / VG-  Should really mean "very good" and this range of grades has been given a bad reputation by unscrupulous sellers. Various degrees of scuffs, scratches and other minor problems and signs of wear and noise, but even a VG- record shouldn't skip or be warped or anything like that. Basically decent used records. G This is where bigger issues like deep scratches, mild warps and small sticks can occur. F Bigger problems here; warps, skips, sticks, totally split seams, etc. P Completely hammered, unusable garbage. I hope I never have anything in this shape.

SHIPPING:
International bidders, please note that due to chargeback and mail problems, any records over $100 I must insist on shipping via registered international priority mail; this works out to around $25-30, but it is for both my and your protection; I would also ship $100+ records inside the US via priority mail. I combine shipping always.
Please disregard eBay's flat $4 shipping rate; it is impossible to mail a record anywhere but inside the USA via media mail only for $4. Please see the rough shipping costs below:
USA: Media Mail $4 for first 4-5 LPs / Priority Mail $8, $2 each subsequent LP; multiple LPs or heavy gatefolds may count as two LPs Canada/Mexico: $8 first record, $2 each subsequent; multiple LPs or heavy gatefolds may count as two LPs International: $14 for a single LP; $25-30 for priority mail for LPs over $100.
All records are shipped in sturdy mailers with cardboard stiffener pads (laid against the grain of the mailer's cardboard). While I make every effort through solid packing to make sure your LPs arrive in the condition they leave my house in, I cannot be held responsible for any extreme actions on the part of the post office.

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