SEALED garage surf LP “Jim Messina & the Jesters” THIMBLE ’73 WOW

$

26

Artist:  JIM MESSINA and the JESTERS

Title:   “Jim Messina and the Jesters”  

Label:  THIMBLE RECORDS ~ TLP-3.   

Personnel:

Bill Beckman – rhythm guitar

Ron House – rhythm guitar

Jim Sholstedt – bass

Dave Archuleta – tenor sax

Jim Messina – lead guitar, trumpet, harmonica, drums

Larry Cundieff - drums.   

Year:  1978.

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of an individual who retired from the retail music business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink wrap is sparkling clean and fully intact, except for a small separation (approximately 3 inches) along opening edge.  Top left corner is clipped to indicate the album was originally sold as a cutout/deletion.  A beautiful sealed pressing of this classic album! 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Honky Tonk
• Raunchy
• The Breeze and I
• High Voltage
• Yang Bu
• Chihuahua

Side Two:

• The Jester
• Hollywood Sound
• Masatlan Rally
• No Name Dragster
• The Cossack
• Tamale Wagon

Review:

“Early in his career -- right at the outset, in fact -- 18-year-old Jim Messina was a devotee of surf music, enamored of the music of Dick Dale, the Champs et al.  The Jesters was among his early professional efforts, a surf band that included, along with Messina, Bill Beckman and Ron House on guitars, Jim Sholstedt on bass, Dave Archuleta on saxophone, and Larry Cundieff on drums.  They won a lot of local band competitions in California, where the competition in the field was still fierce in 1965 and 1966, and were good enough to get to record an entire LP for Audio Fidelity.  It was re-released on the Thimble label in the mid-1970's, to capitalize on Messina's success as one half of Loggins & Messina.”

(courtesy Bruce Eder, allmusic.com.)

Guaranteed to be vintage and authentic.  I do not sell bootlegs or modern reissues.

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The records are removed from the jackets to protect the cover.
Both the LP and jacket are sandwiched between additional layers of cardboard.

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