THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS The Last Of The Red Hot Burritos Nr MINT
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THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS The Last Of The Red Hot Burritos Nr MINT
1972 UK A&M 1st PRESS, GLOSSY GATEFOLD, BARELY PLAYED
THE FLYING BURRITO BROTHERSThe Last Of The Red Hot Burritos
UK A&M (AMLS 64343) FIRST PRESSING (June 1972)
SEEN JUST A FEW SPINS - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE MUSTARD COLOURED A&M LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: AMLS 64343 A-1 * X / AMLS 64343 B-1 * X
THE VINYL IS TRANSLUCENT DEEP RED WHEN HELD UP TO THE LIGHT (typical of early '70s PYE PRESSING)
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL DEEPLY GLOSSY OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH SEALED RIGHT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE - DATE CODED '0172' (January 1972)
Gram Parsons was hardly the only worthwhile musician in the Flying Burrito Brothers, but the group's fusion of a country sound with a rock & roll mentality was largely his brainchild, and though the Burritos soldiered on for a while after he left for a solo career, their focus was never quite the same. In 1972 the bandmembers announced they were calling it a day, and the live set Last of the Red Hot Burritos was intended to be their final album.
By this point, Chris Hillman was the band's de facto leader (he was the only member of the group who had appeared on the Burritos' classic debut album) and Last of the Red Hot Burritos reflects Hillman's passion for bluegrass, with a three-song acoustic mini-set appearing alongside tunes from the band's studio albums, as well as including a few songs that the group had never recorded prior to this concert.
The tenor of the Flying Burrito Brothers on Last of the Red Hot Burritos was very different from the "Cosmic American Music" of The Gilded Palace of Sin, with more funky groove in the rock and more rural purity in the country, but there's no arguing that Hillman had put together a first-class band, including Byron Berline on fiddle, Al Perkins on guitar and steel, and Roger Bush on upright bass, and they play this material with impressive taste and feeling along with truly exceptional technique.
As it happens, Last of the Red Hot Burritos was hardly the end of the line for the Flying Burrito Brothers, as Sneaky Pete Kleinow and Chris Ethridge would relaunch the group in 1975 and various editions of the band would record and tour through the end of the '90s, but this album was a belated but heartfelt farewell to the Chris Hillman era of the Burritos, and speaks to his quiet strength as a bandleader as well as this great band's legacy
Side 1:
Devil In Disguise (3:37)
Six Days On The Road (2:58)
My Uncle (2:15)
Dixie Breakdown (1:46)
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (2:00)
Orange Blossom Special (3:26)
Side 2:
Ain't That A Lot Of Love (3:14)
High Fashion Queen (3:06)
Don't Fight It (2:42)
Hot Burrito #2 (4:24)
Losing Game (2:40)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels which carry less than a handful of spidery spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like-new with just some pressing blemishes and harmless wispy hairlines visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Playback is continuous on each side (no track divisions) and my play-check at volume found little to fault - nothing but a touch of surface on the run-ins - otherwise, pretty much flawless
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
A clean, bright and fresh gatefold with square edges, corners and spine, a deep, glass-like glossy sheen to the outer laminated surfaces and clean, unmarked inner surfaces
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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