OTIS REDDING w/BEN E. KING APOLLO SATURDAY NITE VERY RARE ORIG'64 ATCO STEREO LP

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·      OTIS REDDING with BEN E. KING, DORIS TROY, RUFUS THOMAS, COASTERS AND OTHER ATLANTIC RECORDING ARTISTS - APOLLO SATURDAY NIGHT - RARE 1964 ATCO RECORDS VARIOUS ARTISTS COMPILATION ALBUM CAPTURING LIVE PERFORMANCES AT THE HARLEM'S APOLLO THEATER  - ORIGINAL 1964 ATCO RECORDS STEREO LP SD-33-159

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      ORIGINAL 2-TONE (TAN AND PURPLE) ATCO STEREO LABEL

·      ULTRA-RARE TRUE  STEREO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN MONO

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

·      THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·      COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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

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On November 13, 1963, as veteran producer/liner-notes writer Bob Altshuler explains, "Atco microphones were positioned on the Apollo stage" after the showing of a film preceding this concert, which began "a few minutes before twelve o'clock." Decades later, this material by Doris Troy, Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, the Falcons, the Coasters, and Ben E. King remains a vital document of a special time when entertainment was pure and remarkable. Opening with Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd's version of the Falcons, the tone is set for the album, sticking to deeper cuts from the various artists' catalogs and shying away from their hits, with the exception of "Walking the Dog" from Rufus Thomas and headliner Ben E. King's "Stand By Me." The two Otis Redding tracks were taped more than a year and a half before his first Top 40 hit, while the former Apollo Theater usherette who follows Redding on this set, the marvelous Doris Troy, was riding high with "Just One Look" on the charts a few months before this taping. That gem isn't here, but her unique interpretation of "Misty" and her own "Say Yeah" are. Every one of the performances is top-notch, concluding with a finale where all concerned do a short rendition of Ray Charles' "What I'd Say." Essential entertainment.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JOE VIGLIONE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

What we have here is a hysterically rare STEREO version of one of the rarest compilation of the Soul era: this gorgeous set includes the cream of the crop of Atlantic Soul roster (Otis Redding, Ben E. King, Coasters, Doris Troy, Rufus Thomas, and many other) captured live, in an incendiary performance recorded at legendary Harlem venue. The most remarkable aspect of this set is Otis Redding performance: not only was it recorded in glorious STEREO, but it includes his earliest known live performances of his first two Stax/Volt singles: 'These Arms of Mine', and 'Pain in my Heart', in  arrangements so dramatically different from the one you are used to hearing, that you will have difficulties recognizing the two songs.

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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)         WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)         The record is 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!

(c)         The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(d)         Stereo  pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its mono  counterpart. The mix is more graphic, the sound resolution more precise, and the channel separation (which does not exist on mono version) adds a whole new dimension to the music. Also, the stereo mixes are (by definition) somewhat different than on the mono version. We estimate that mono copies of this album outnumber stereo copies  by a ratio of at least 8:1.

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

·                          THE COVER

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

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

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

-       Cover has three corners slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-       Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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