DEL JONES Court Is Closed/Positive Vibes 3xLP /3xLP VERSION /FUNK-ROCK MONSTER

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DEL JONES/DEL JONES POSITIVE VIBES 'Court Is Closed'/'Positive Vibes' Triple LP (US, Now-Again Records, Catalogue #NA 5218) Brand new/unplayed copy of ultra-limited year 2023 17 Now-Again Records label special EXCLUSIVE TRIPLE LP EDITION/PRESENTATION (NOT the inferior 2xLP only edition which does not include the essential/exclusive third LP which presents THE WHOLE STORY of this amazing set of albums, singles and rehearsal takes) of ALL-TIME CLASSIC PHILADELPHIA FUNK-JAM ROCK MONSTER album recorded by Del Jones and company, featuring both the rare ROCK MIX edition of the album (entitled Court Is Closed) and the second SOUL MIX edition of the album (entitled Positive Vibes) plus, included here only on the "Subscriber Edition" of this release, a full THIRD LP of Del Jones' rare singles and rehearsal takes for the album's sessions. An absolute essential full meal-deal monster album set and the Godsend full-scale album reissue release project of the entire decade of the 2020's so far!

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(NOTE: BRAND NEW/NON-FACTORY SEALED ITEM!)

(NOTE: ULTRA-LIMITED "SUBSCRIBER ONLY" THREE LP VINYL EDITION!)

Del Jones, a poet, and proto-rapper, recorded Court Is Closed in 1973. It was underground Philadelphia's response to Amiri Baraka's and Gil Scott-Heron's indictments of the Black American experience -- a call to action not just for his city, but for the nation. Court Is Closed, equal parts psychedelic rock and deep funk, had a limited release of 500 copies and was rarely heard before Jones overdubbed horns on the album, remixed and augmented it with additional music, and issued it as the better-known Positive Vibes. Here we present both versions of the album, with a bonus LP containing Jones' rare 7-inch single tracks and rehearsals, including unreleased tracks heard here for the first time.   

"The first version of this album (sans the overdubbed horns of the second pressing) is a great document of true inner city grit. While the anger is surprisingly subdued, these guys obviously know the down and dirty city life of which they sing. Despite all of the lyrics about drugs and being put down by the man, there's an essentially positive message here. A few of the songs stretch out into long jams that build in intensity and really stand up well to multiple listens. There's a lack of real 'singing' here, with most of the stories being told in a kind of matter-of-fact sing-speak, and the few times real melodies break out make you wish there were more. Nonetheless, this is a killer LP: powerful, memorable, uncompromising and full of life, and it doesn't sound like any soul/funk album you've heard. If "Maggot Brain" is "Superfly", this is "Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song." - Aaron Milenski/The Acid Archives.

"Extraordinary eyewitness report from the Philly ghettos surprisingly packaged in a non-aggressive funk-jam rock grooooooove that surpasses pretty much everything else in the genre, especially the opening title track with a westcoast jazzrock feel that just kills. Supported by the best housing project funk band anywhere (misspelled as 'Postive' on the cover) Del Jone raps about the terrifying state of America '73, while the flipside deals directly with heroin use and how to get out of it. One of the top funkrock LPs ever, blows most of your starry-eyed white-boy psych LPs away." - Patrick Lundborg/The Acid Archives

Tracks on this Triple LP set are as follows:

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