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SAM & DAVE "Hold On I'm Comin' "(1966)  UK 1st issue A1/B1 (EX+)

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Artist

SAM & DAVE

Title

"Hold On I'm Comin' "

Label/Cat No

Atlantic 588045

Year & Country of issue

1966 (UK)

Grading

Record: EX+/EX+

Sleeve: EX+

Labels: EX+/EX+

Matrix number stamped in run out groove

Side 1: 588045 A//1

Side 2: 588045 B//1

Other information

Hold On, I'm Comin' is the debut album by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam and Dave, issued on the Atlantic-distributed Stax label in 1966.

Background on "Hold On, I'm Comin'"

According to Steve Cropper, lead guitarist for Booker T and the MG's, the Stax Recording Studio played a key role in the creation of the title track, Hold on, I'm Comin'. Stax Records was an old Movie Theater located at 926 East McLemore Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. The men's restroom in the theater-turned studio had tile walls and tile floors. To produce reverb and echo a speaker from the studio was placed in the men's room to pipe the sound into the men's room; and a microphone was placed in the men's room to return the sound back to the recording studio. This arrangement produced both the reverb and echo heard on Stax Records. One night, as Sam and Dave were recording, Dave had to stop and make a trip to the men's room. When Dave took a little longer than what Isaac Hayes thought was necessary. He yelled at Dave to "hurry up!" Dave heard him on the speaker in the men's room and replied, "Hold on; I'm coming". With a few additions this became the title track of the album, and a hit for Sam and Dave.

Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all tracks written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter.

Side one

"Hold On, I'm Comin'" – 2:36

"If You Got the Loving" (Steve Cropper, Hayes, Porter) – 2:33

"I Take What I Want" (Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Porter) – 2:33

"Ease Me" – 2:25

"I Got Everything I Need" (Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 2:56

"Don't Make It So Hard on Me" (Floyd, Willa Dean "Deanie" Parker) – 2:45

Side two

"It's a Wonder" – 2:53

"Don't Help Me Out" – 3:09

"Just Me" (Randall Catron, Mary Frierson, Parker) – 2:40

"You Got It Made" – 2:33

"You Don't Know Like I Know" – 2:40

"Blame Me (Don't Blame My Heart)" (Cropper, Isbell) – 2:22

Personnel

Samuel Moore – vocals

Dave Prater – vocals

Booker T. & the MG's and the Mar-Key Horns – instrumentation:

Booker T. Jones – keyboards

Steve Cropper – guitar

Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar

Al Jackson, Jr. – drums

Charles "Packy" Axton – tenor saxophone

Don Nix – saxophone

Wayne Jackson – trombone, trumpet

Isaac Hayes – organ

Deanie Parker – liner notes

Ronnie Stoots – cover artwork

The grading standard used is the UK Record Collector magazine gradings as described below 

Mint: The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.

Excellent: The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.

Very Good: The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.

All items are securely packaged in purpose made mailers, with 2 cardboard stiffners, clearly marked fragile, with the record removed from the outer sleeve (to avoid sleeve splits whilst in transit) in a brand new polythene sleeve. 

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