EAST-WEST LP Butterfield Blues Band BUTTERFLY Label EKS-7315 Excellent (EX)

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EAST-WEST

The Butterfield Blues Band

1966 Second Album ~ Special 1976 Reissue

With Jazz Drummer Billy Davenport

Vinyl LP Record

Stereo Album

Chicago Blues Rock Fusion

Elektra EKS-7315

Liner-Note Comments...

Vinyl Condition: Excellent (Minor Lead-In Ridge From Pressing ~ Goldmine Grading)

Cover/Sleeve Condition: Excellent (Minor Seam Wear ~ Goldmine Grading)

Smoke/Pet Free

Plastic Sleeve Cover Protector Included

RARE -- 1976 BUTTERFLY -- VARIATION LABEL PRESSING

Play-Tested

1966 Blues -- Paul Butterfield -- From A Treasured Vinyl Collection....

Includes Shipping

""We don't want any liner notes; we'll do our own notes, hey," they said - they being the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the Marat/Sade of blues - now all draped in, on, over, and around navy-blue canvas chairs in Elektra's Engineering (renamed Pioneering) A, doing a sound mix for this album..."We gotta do our own notes, maybe with a flashlight, little Tom Wolfe blips, you know"..."Naw, Pop Art: pictures of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms - the 3 B's. We've got the 3 B's too, the 3 B's of blues - Butterfield, Bloomfield, and Bishop - plus the A-N-D - Arnold, Naftain, and Davenport. Pop Art"..."Just print our names and pictures, that's all. We like to see our names"..."Not a word about the music, even though this record's got a lot of different sounds on it. Nothing about the music"..."We should all write about each other. We'll draw names out of a hat to keep it fair"..."Two paragraphs of insanity, the notes can't be longer than that"..."People call us all sorts of things - blues, pop, folk-rock - but we're mainly a blues band: everything we touch turns into blues in some way"..."Brahms!"..."Three things the notes can't be: (1) 'The blues came up the Mississippi River many years ago on the back of a ...'; (2) 'This song was learned from a Muddy Waters record on which he...'; 'or the fan approach (3) Handsome, blue-eyed so-and-so covered his eyes from the cruel glare of the spotlights.' Also, no scholorship, no superlatives, no 'best of' or any of that crap"..."No notes, period. Just run our photos. We like to see ourselves"..."We're gonna have to write our own notes, otherwise we're gonna hate 'em. We'll put ink on dogs' feet and let 'em run white paper"..."No, use rats. They lead a rougher home life, more suitable environment"..."We're gonna all get together and hate the notes ...." - Paul Nelson"

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Goldmine Record Grading Summary

MINT (M): Vinyl - Absolutely Perfect; No Factory-Pressing Defect; No Factory-Packaging Defect; No Fingerprint; 3rd-Party Certified. Cover - No Seam Split; No Ring Wear; No Crease; No Sticker; No Ink Wear; 3rd-Party Certified.

SEALED (SS): Factory Sealed.

NEAR MINT (NM or M-): Vinyl- No Major Factory Defect; Full Gloss; No Spindle Mark; If Played - No Surface Noise; May Have A Minor Sleeve Scuff From Packaging That Does Not Cover More Than One Track; No Fingerprint. Cover- No Seam Split; No Ring Wear; No Crease; No Sticker or Cut-Out; Very Minor Ink Wear If Any.

EXCELLENT (EX / E) or VERY GOOD DOUBLE-PLUS (VG++): Vinyl - Would Be Near Mint Except For A Few Minor Things; Great Shine; May Have Minor Center-Hole Mark But Not Misshapen; May Have Very Minor Label Wear or Discoloration; May Have Light Sleeve Scuff(s) From Packaging; May Have Minor Fingerprint(s); Very Little Surface Wear; May Have A Light Scratch Not Deep Enough To Feel With Fingernail; May Have Very Minor Warp That Does Not Affect Sound; If Played - Almost No Surface Noise. Cover - Very Minor Seam Wear; Barely Noticeable Ring Wear; Very Slight Corner Crease; No Cut-Out; No Price Tag But May Have Clean Package/Marketing Sticker.

VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+): Vinyl- Shows Some Signs of Handling But Otherwise In Great Condition; Has Most of the Original Gloss Shine; Center Hole May Have Marks or Be Slightly Misshapen; May Have Minor Label Wear, Writing, or Sticker; May Have Some Fingerprints; May Have Some Surface Wear; May Have Minor Scratches Not Deep Enough To Feel With Fingernail; May Have Some Warp That Does Not Affect Sound; If Played - May Have Some Incidental Surface Noise. Cover- Seam Wear But No Seam Split; Some Ring Wear; Some Ink Wear But Not Overwhelming; May Have Corner Creases; No Cut-Out; No Writing (Autographs Accepted); May Have Clean Price Tag or Other Sticker.

VERY GOOD (VG): Vinyl - Lacks Much of Original Gloss Shine; May Have Label Writing, Tape, or Sticker; Some Visible Groove Wear; May Have Light Scratches Deep Enough To Feel With Fingernail; If Played - Some Surface Noise or Audible Scratches Perhaps in Intro, Ending, and Soft Passages But Does Not Overpower Music. Cover- May Have Seam Split But Not Obvious (For Example: Minor Bottom-Seam Split Less Than One Inch); Ring Wear in the Middle or Edge But Not Overwhelming; Creases; May Have Minor Defacing or Cut-Out Mark; May Have Writing, Tape, Stamp, Price Tag, or Sticker.

GOOD (G), or GOOD PLUS (G+), or VERY GOOD MINUS (VG-): Vinyl - Label Definitely Worn with Significant Ring Wear, Heavy Writing, or Other Obvious Damage; Significant Groove Wear and/or Scratches; If Played - Record Plays Through Without Skipping But Has Significant Surface Noise. Cover- Seam Splits Obvious on Sight; Distracting Ring Wear; Heavy Creases or Folds; Significant Defacing or Cut-Out; Heavy Writing, Tape, or Name-Sticker.

POOR (P) or FAIR (F): Vinyl- Cracked; Impossibly Warped; Skips or Repeats When Play Attempted. Cover - Makes you want to cry.

(Note: Unfortunately, there are buyers who unscrupulously swap a good pressing with a bad pressing; therefore - no returns.)