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SOLOMON BURKE

"ROCK 'N SOUL"

US TRUE STEREO ORIGINAL PRESS

QUITE POSSIBLY HIS BEST SOUL ALBUM

BLUE & GREEN

FAN STYLE LABELS

ATLANTIC

SD 8096

• RARE US ORIGINAL STEREO PRESSING on the NON FLEXIBLE "fan style" ATLANTIC stock label (see photo). The true wide angle stereo mixes are amazing to listen to. His strong voice never sounded better. This HIGH GRADE copy comes from my personal collection.
• Please take a look at my other Rock, Psychedelic, British Invasion, and R & B LP auctions on the ATLANTIC, ATCO, ABC PARAMOUNT, BRUNSWICK, CADENCE, CAPITOL, COLUMBIA, DECCA, DUNHILL, ELEKTRA, EPIC, FOLKWAYS, GORDY, HARVEST, IMMEDIATE, IMPERIAL, ISLAND, KING, LIBERTY, LONDON, MERCURY, MGM, MOTOWN, PROBE, RCA, REPRISE, SMASH, SOUL, SUE, TAMLA, TOWER, VERVE, UNITED ARTISTS and WARNER BROTHERS labels.

Solomon Burke's first album for Atlantic Records features three bona fide hits and other treats done as only the soulful, preaching singer with croon-ability can. He defies pigeonholing. Nobody ever talks of what range Burke sings in because it doesn't matter. Like Michael Jordan or Allen Iverson on the basketball court, Burke makes you feel like he's capable of anything and everything in the studio. (AMG)

Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American recording artist and vocalist, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s and a "key transitional figure in the development of soul music from rhythm and blues. He had a string of hits including "Cry to Me", "If You Need Me", "Got to Get You Off My Mind", "Down in the Valley" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love". Burke was referred to as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", "Bishop of Soul" and the "Muhammad Ali of soul". Due to Burke's minimal chart success in comparison to other soul music greats such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, Burke is often described as the genre's "most unfairly overlooked singer" of its golden age. Atlantic Records executive Jerry Wexler once referred to Burke as "the greatest male soul singer of all time".
During the 55 years that he performed professionally, Burke released 38 studio albums on at least 17 record labels and had 35 singles that charted in the US, including 26 singles that made the Billboard R&B charts. In 2001, Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. By 2005 Burke was credited with selling 17 million albums. (Wikipedia)

Bid according to the condition stated below
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Record Condition: Side 1 & 2: Very Good++ ...the has full like new gloss with only a few very light sleeve slide/surface marks. The beautiful fan style STEREO Atlantic labels are clean without wear, writing, stickers or stains (See photos). The vinyl comes protected in the original ATLANTIC custom paper inner sleeve. I doubt this copy was played much.

Cover/Jacket Condition: Very Good+ ...the thick stock original ATLANTIC cover is clean with a drill hole in the lower left corner and light wear mostly on the back at the opening edge where the paper is beginning to fray (see photo). The seams and spine are intact and lettering sharp (see photos).

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