The Exciters Tell Him Stereo 1st Pressing

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Thanks for checking out my albums! I've been collecting records for 20 years or so, to re-live my youth. Oh to be in the 60's again, far out man, but its time to give up those days. Well, maybe I'll just sell a few albums and think about it, I'm not that old, I can still party with the best of them, as long as the party over by 8:00. Anyway I'm sure you will find the albums I put up for bid will have some tear stains on them, I mean they will be some pretty decent 1st pressings, or HTF releases. Lots of Beatles, late 50's and 60's. Oh yeah, quite a few Audiophile pressings too.

A extremely clean, original stereo pressing of the only album the Exciters recorded on United Artists label. Pressed in 1963 this stereo issue is a hard to come by item, as mono was still the choice of records buyers.

A little Exciters history:

The first of the vocally aggressive girl groups, the Exciters, led the way for acts like the Ronettees the Shangri-Las. The Exciters were originally a quartet of seventeen year olds who were high school classmates in Queens, New York. Then called the Masterettes, the group consisted of Brenda Reid on lead, Sylvia Williams, Lillian Walker, and Carol Johnson. It was in the early 60s, while doing local shows with "brother" group the Masters, that they met bassman Herb Rooney. Rooney found the Masterettes' harmonies to be solid and felt Reid's powerful voice made the group exciting. They recorded one single, "I Talk To My Echo" for Brooklyn's Le Sage Records in 1958. Nothing came of it, so they continued in school with occassional performances. By 1961 Sylvia had ben replaced by Penny Carter.

The group came to the attention of producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who were so excited that they renamed them the Exciters and told to learn "Tell Him." Before the next session Penny dropped out and Herb Rooney, who was there to help out with the arrangements, bass was added..

The group signed with United Artists Records in the fall of 1962 and by December 1st had entered the Billboard charts with "Tell Him," which made it all the way to number four Pop on January 26, 1963, and number five R&B.

Reid's no-nonsense, tough girl vocal, the group's vocal blend, and a sure fire Bert Burns composition made "Tell Him" a whole new dimension in girl group rock and roll.

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ARTIST: The Exciters

ALBUM TITLE: Tell Him

LABEL & CATALOG # United Artists UAS 6264

PRESSING INFO: 1963 Stereo 1st pressing

 ALBUM COVER: VG+

Front~ Clean, but is starting to show light ringwear wear

Back~ Bright white background,very clean print. Stamped in red ink is N.R. (upper right corner (see pic). Bottom, middle of the slick has a small piece missing(see pic). 

 Spine~ Starting to split at the top and bottom of spine

Seams~ Clean

Corners~Clean

Record Mouth~ Straight, clean edges.

Gate fold Inside N/A

Inserts~ No

Comments All album covers are inspected very closely. You can rest assured there will be NO surprises when you receive your album.

 VINYL:

Visual Grade~ VG++ light paper scuffs, which do not affect the sound quality.

Play Grade~ NM- Amazing sound clarity, very clean stereo separation.

Labels~ Clean, free from spindle marks.

Record Sleeve~ White paper

Comments~ All vinyl is cleaned with a Nitty Gritty record cleaning system, unless sealed.

Shipping Info: All albums (if not sealed) are packaged with record and cover separated, protected by cardboard inserts, and bubble wrapped together. Shipped in a new record mailer.

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