SOUNDSVILLE - 1965 DESIGN MONO LP RARE EARLY LOU REED PRE VELVET UNDERGROUND LP

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TITLE: Soundsville! - Various Artists

FORMAT: LP

PRESSING: Mono pressing with red Design labels

CATALOG NUMBER/ LABEL : Design DLP-187

REVIEW: Lou Reed's classics "Cycle Annie" and "You're Driving Me Insane" have shown up on bootlegs and have traded in collectors' circles for years. They made their first appearance on Soundsville, an album released by Pickwick International with a 1962 copyright date on back. What the budget label did was create a compilation of "sounds" from different cities, represented by makeshift artists like the Hi-Lifes, who give Detroit the song "Soul City," or Philadelphia's "entry," "Wonderful World of Love," by the Liberty Men. As dreadful as it sounds on paper, it would make a great soundtrack to an American International Pictures release, sounding very much like some Mike Curb production for Tower records with the inclusion of a bona fide star, Lou Reed, adding credibility -- and much fun to the disc. Far and away the best tracks are his "You're Driving Me Insane," which is by the Roughnecks and is considered "the sounds of England," and the Beachnuts' well-produced "Cycle Annie," which was, of course, "the sounds of the Motorcycle." Reed agreed in an interview that "Cycle Annie" is a good song, and if he included it on a future album, his fans would eat it up. He's got great attitude on both "Cycle Annie" and "You're Driving Me Insane." The Beachnuts are also here representing "the sounds of the Hot Rod" with "I've Got a Tiger in My Tank." This is not the Beach Nuts from Bang records, a bit of confusion, as the Goldmine Record Collectors guide erroneously claims it is. Reed's office and fans on the internet have confirmed the distinction between the two groups, the artist listed here is one word, the Beachnuts, while the Bang creation divided the words into "Beach Nuts" and was a project by Sire records co-founder and the Angels producer Richard Gottehrer (a Reed connection, as he would sign to Sire years later). Jeannie Larrimore sounds like she's fronting the Velvet Underground instead of Nico on "Johnny Won't Surf No More" -- a really humorous "Leader of the Pack" meets "Johnny Angel." Is Lou Reed on this track? Does he perform the Beach Boys rewrite that is "I've Got a Tiger in My Tank"? Connie Carson's "It's Hard for a Girl in a World Full of Men" is a folk song by a solo artist, making for a very interesting collection of truly underground '60s music. The album comes in "stereo-spectrum" sound on a label known for putting out reissues of music by Ray Charles, Della Reese, Lou Monte, the Fabulous Ink-Spots, Sammy Davis, Jr., and others available for a couple of bucks in supermarkets back in the '60s. They actually had other titles like Music for Longhairs, which featured Tommy Roe's "Sheila," the Impressions with Jerry Butler, the Chiffons, and Barry McGuire. So when someone asks you, "Which '60s label had Lou Reed, Lou Rawls, and Lou Monte at the same time?," you now know the answer. Worth a lot more than the 39 cents this disc was purchased for. Collectors note: The photo of New York on the album cover sure looks like it was used on the 7" Velvet Underground bootleg of VU album outtakes known as The Foggy Notion E.P. No songwriters or times are listed on this project.-Allmusic.com

Soundsville! - Various artists

LP, Design DLP 187 (mono) SDLP 187 (stereo), early 1965

Side 1: The J Brothers: Don't Turn My World Upside Down / The Hi-Lifes: Soul City / The Hollywoods: Teardrop In The Sand / The Liberty Men: Wonderful World Of Love / The Roughnecks: You're Driving Me Insane.

Side 2: The Hi Lifes: First Impression / I'm Gonna Fight / The Beachnuts: I've Got A Tiger In My Tank / Cycle Annie / Jeannie Larimore: Johnny Won't Surf No More / Connie Carson: It's Hard For A Girl In A World Full Of Men.

All titles composed by Lou Reed/Terry Philips/Jerry Vance/Jimmie Sims, except I've Got A Tiger In My Tank by Reed/Philips/Vance/Sims and Robert W. Motta

RARE U.S. MONO PRESSING WITH RED DESIGN LABELS. VINYL IN SUPERIOR SHAPE.

MONO pressings of LPs are sometimes more than just STEREO LPs compressed into one channel. In many instances, different effects, different recording levels, alternate takes, or different arrangements/mixes were used, to produce a wholly unique sound. In an attempt to prop up the sagging sales on the MONO format, once STEREO LPs became the norm in the mid to late 1960s, record companies first dropped the price of the MONO versions, then began offering intentionally and surprisingly different MONO versions of some LPs. On some titles the difference can be striking, especially on an album the listener has heard many times before. Ultimately, the tactic failed and the MONO LP faded out of existence in the late 60s and early 70s. However, since they became quite scarce quite quickly, and also due to their sonic uniqueness, MONO LPs are highly collectible today.

This LP is scarce and eye-opening window into the early songwriting of one of the most iconic artists of the 1960s, years before he achieved legendary status with The Velvet Underground.

CONDITION: (we visually grade albums according to Goldmine Standards, BUT questionable vinyl marks are also play-graded) 

                        VINYL: Very Good Plus

                        JACKET: Very Good Plus (2" split on spine) 

                        SLEEVE: plain paper

                        INSERT / EXTRAS : Mono Pressing

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