SEALED soul LP LINDA JONES “Hypnotized” orig ’67 on LOMA no bar code WOW

$

42

Artist:  LINDA JONES

Title:   “Hypnotized”

Label:  LOMA.  Stereo pressing.  Catalog number is LS 5907. 

Year:  1967

Condition: 

Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.  Shrink is fully intact except at corner tips.  Original retail price sticker is affixed to front of shrink wrap.  Not a deltetion/cut-out.  Bottom right corner has been bumped.

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Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Hypnotized
• I Can’t Stop Lovin’ My Baby
• Give My Love a Try
• You Can’t Take It
• What’ve I Done (To Make You Mad)
• I Can’t Stand It

Side Two:

• The Things I’ve Been Through (Loving You)
• If Only (We Had Met Sooner)
• Make Me Surrender (Baby, Baby Please)
• A Last Minute Miracle
• Seeing is Believing

Biography:

“LINDA JONES was born in Newark, New Jersey.  She started singing in her family's gospel group, the Jones Singers, at the age of six.  Her first recording was "Lonely Teardrops" under the name of Linda Lane on Cub Records in 1963.  She was found performing at a local club by songwriter Jerry Harris who introduced her to producer George Kerr.  After unsuccessful singles on Atco in 1964 and Blue Cat the following year, Kerr took her to Warner Brothers' R&B subsidiary, Loma Records, in 1967.  The first Loma release proved to be her biggest success, the ballad, "Hypnotized" reached #4 on the Billboard R&B chart and #21 on the Hot 100.  This proved to be the label's best-selling record and it was followed by two further hits, including "What've I Done (To Make You Mad)" (#8 R&B, #61 pop), and an album.

After Loma closed in late 1968, Linda had a final single on the main Warner label before joining Neptune Records, run by Philadelphia producers, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.  Two singles, both produced by Kerr, saw some R&B success before she signed for All Platinum subsidiary, Turbo Records, in New Jersey in 1971.  A powerful revamped version of the former Jerry Butler hit, "For Your Precious Love" reached both the R&B (#15) and pop (#74) charts in 1972 and saw her career take off again.

Soon after this at the end of a national tour, she died at her mother's home at the age of 27 while resting between matinee and evening shows at New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem.  She had been a diabetic for most of her life and slipped into a coma while sleeping.

All Platinum put out three albums of previously issued and unreleased material after Linda's death and in 2008, her daughter, Terry Jones, along with Helen Bruner, produced an album featuring her mother's vocals.  One of the tracks, "Baby I Know" was nominated for a Grammy award at the end of 2008.”

(courtesy Wikipedia.)

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