TOMMY JAMES & SHONDELLS MONY MONY SEALED ORIG '67 ROULETTE STEREO LP W/STICKER

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·       TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS – MONY, MONY - ORIGINAL 1967 ROULETTE RECORDS STEREO LP SR-42012

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL ORANGE AND YELLOW "CHECKERED" ROULETTE LABEL (NO OTHER ROULETTE PRESSINGS OR LABELS EXIST)

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       COVER HAS A NIFTY STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE FRONT PANEL

·       ORIGINAL UNIPAC-STYLE COVER (ONE SIDE OF THE GATEFOLD OPENS, THE OTHER ONE IS A SINGLE-PLY CARDBOARD)

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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The 11 songs that make up the Mony Mony album are well-produced '60s pop, though the title track is the only one from this project which would chart, hitting the Top Five. "Mony Mony" is a terrific song with its repetitive hook, an endless party on record even more powerful live. Unlike the I Think We're Alone Now album, which even included photos of producers Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell, there are no credits on the LP gatefold, the focus instead on the musicians in colorful, hip suits with beads, scarves, and opulent surroundings. You can hear where producers for Bobby Sherman found his sound in "Somebody Cares," a second cousin to the Top 20 "Gettin' Together" title track of the LP before this. "Gingerbread Man" contains an adventurous spirit which would open up new avenues when the band wrote, produced, and arranged their next LP, the all important Crimson & Clover disc. You can feel James and his group learning from Bo Gentry and Ritchie Cordell, but also shedding the confines of outside help. Where "One Two Three and I Fell," "Somebody Cares," and "Get Out Now" have the Gentry/Cordell stamp, and the three covers of tunes by Illingworth and Grasso have their R&B moments -- "Do Unto Me" taken right from the Platters' 1967 hit "With This Ring" -- the band starts truly striking out on its own here. "Some Kind of Love" might not be "Crystal Blue Persuasion," but the congas and band sound show seeds of work that was just around the corner. As the group got more psychedelic, they found a new niche, a natural extension of the garage rock from their very first release, Hanky Panky, and the pure pop found here. When seen as a whole, the Tommy James catalog shows remarkable diversity, which is why in performance his repertoire has more dynamics than most touring '60s acts. That unique blend gave Tommy James the solo artist his platform to hit on his own in the '70s and '80s. Mony Mony was an important moment of transition featuring one of the group's most classic hits on an interesting and entertaining album.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY JOE VIGLIONE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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CONDITION:

RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID)

(b)          The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (nothing significant)

-         Cover has one corner slightly bent / compressed

-         Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease)  in one of the corners.    (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)  

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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