Waylon Jennings LP "JD's" 1st Pressing - NEAR MINT - NM

$

200

Here is an EXTREMELY RARE COPY of Waylon Jennings first LP, private limited pressing. This is the 1st pressing of this LP. This is undoubtedly one of the nicest still in existance, nearly perfect!! My research determines that the 1st pressing was pressed in a very limited number (possible as low as 500, as high as only 1000). The LP was later repressed on Sound Recordings, on an orange label. Interestingly, this is titled "JD's" on the front cover, and "At JD's" on the label and on the back of cover, but it is not a live LP, but a studio album. The quality is amazingly clear and bright, and the music is simply phenomenal. Recorded 12/3/1964 at the legendary Audio Recorders on 7th St. in Phoenix. This LP was sold at JD's at Waylon's live shows throughout 1965. Waylon got his start in Phoenix at Frankie's Cocktail Lounge on 52nd St/Thomas Rd in Phoenix. I found this LP within walking distance of the old Frankie's!!!

LP is NM condition. First pressing, MONO, Gold Label with black lettering, BAT records, LP-1001-1.

Cover is NM condition. Cover is from second pressing "Sounds" release. I do no have the original BAT cover.

After working with Buddy Holly in 1959, Waylon Jennings returned to radio work in Texas, but moved to Arizona in 1961 to be closer to his new wife's family. They stayed in Coolidge, where Jennings got a gig at radio station KCKY. A subsequent move to the Valley (Phoenix, AZ) found Jennings working a variety of jobs, including busing tables at John's Green Gables Restaurant on 24th Street and Thomas. The local club scene at the time included the Riverside Ballroom, a major venue on South Central Avenue, and Magoo's near 19th Avenue and Van Buren. But Jennings resurrected his singing career in smaller venues. He was a fast favorite at Frankie's Cocktail Lounge, near 52nd Street and Thomas, an intimate nightclub that had to expand after Jennings became a regular. He also performed at a couple of Scottsdale spots -- Wild Bill's, a cowboy steak house now known as Handlebar J's, and the Cross Keys, a former jazz club turned country near a far more humble Scottsdale Fashion Square.

But the showcase venue for Jennings was JD's, a massive, two-level nightclub north of the river bottom on Scottsdale Road in Tempe. JD's was designed to feature rock bands in the basement -- the "Riverbottom Room" -- with country music on the main level, which could pack in more than a thousand people. Jennings christened JD's in the summer of 1964 after construction workers convinced the club's owner, Jim Musil, that Jennings was the top country act in town. Musil went to see Jennings and was so impressed he drew up a contract that allowed, among other things, for Jennings to help design the club's stage and sound system. The owner's son, Jim Musil Jr., managed JD's and remembers that Jennings earned his paycheck, playing seven nights a week from 8:40 to closing time.

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