SHRINK 1969 JOHNNY WINTER 1st Columbia Hard Blues

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In Original Factory Shrink Wrap !                             

1969 1st COLUMBIA RECORDS WINTER BLUES CLASSIC!                                                                                    

              Johnny Winter

\                                         USA - Columbia Records - CS 9826

CLEAN.... 1969 ORIGINAL first pressing vinyl collectible of the very first Columbia Records album recorded by Winter, the one that thrust Johnny into the national spotlight and out of the small club scenes of Texas ...

***STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER...also contains the original Columbia printed inner sleeve to the album....

Feb 1969

Johnny Winter is signed to CBS Records, for $300,000 a year, making him the highest paid musician in history at that point.
Winter was later to bitterly regrest at all this ballyhoo: "I had this "fu*kin' manager man. He made everybody think I got all that bread at one time. It was actually spread over a long time. I just wished I could give the whole goddam lot back and start over."

Winter's debut album for Columbia was also arguably his bluesiest and best. Straight out of Texas with his hot WINTER trio, Johnny made blues-rock music for the angels, tearing up a cheap Fender guitar with total abandon on tracks like "I'm Yours and I'm Hers," "Leland Mississippi Blues," and perhaps the slow blues moment to die for on this set,  "Be Careful with a Fool" where he strings together a guitar break so fast and lengthy, it sizzles right off the fretboard. Winter's playing and vocals have yet to become mannered or clichéd on this session, and if you've ever wondered what the fuss is all about, here's the best place to check out his true legacy...

1. "I'm Yours & I'm Hers" - 4:33
2. "Be Careful With A Fool"  - 5:17
3. "Dallas"  - 2:48
4. "Mean Mistreater"  - 3:54
5. "Leland Mississippi Blues"  - 3:32
6. "Good Morning Little School Girl" -  2:45
7. "When You Got A Good Friend"  - 3:41
8. "I'll Drown In My Tears"  - 4:46
9. "Back Door Friend"  - 2:55

CONDITION: The cover is M- still in original factory shrink wrapper ...the cover is near IMPOSSIBLE to find without some shelf wear, the dark cover did not preserve well and almost all copies show shelf wear -- this copy is one of the better survivors, with small shelf wear along pocket opening, not bad, not much, 90% is MINT under the cellophane wrap and the back cover is 100% MINT...

The vinyl...very clean, all glossy shiny M- plays terrific!