HOWARD TATE GET IT WHILE YOU CAN RARE SEALED ORIG '67 VERVE LP SOUL MASTERPIECE

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·       HOWARD TATE - SAME-TITLED FIRST ALBUM ("HOWARD TATE", ALSO KNOWN AS 'GET IT WHILE YOU CAN') – ORIGINAL 1968 VERVE RECORDS STEREO LP V6-5022

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING (REISSUES WITH THE “PORTRAIT” COVERS DO NOT EXIST; ONLY THE LATER, "CARTOON" COVERS WERE REISSUED) ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLUE VERVE LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT AND  LARGE T-SHAPED VERVE LOGO (NO OTHER STOCK 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.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE ALBUM, WITH THE ORIGINAL TRACK SELECTION (MEANING: WITHOUT  “STOP  OR “SWEET LOVE CHILD”, BUT WITH TWO OTHER TRACKS INSTEAD)  AND ORIGINAL FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER (THIS IS NOT A “PSYCHEDELIC” VERSION OF THE ALBUM WITH A DIFFERENT TRACK LISTING)

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       As far as we know, this album is currently out of print and unavailable on Compact Disc, or in any other format.

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

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Something of a Holy Grail in the Soul canon, and rightfully so.

The Georgia-bred Howard Tate possessed a huge set of pipes; a blues-drenched, howling, crackeling voice possible of reaching a dizzying falsetto, that today is regarded as one of the finest in the genre by connaisseurs and long-time admireres alike.

Howard Tate was brought to the Verve label by R&B composer, writer and arranger extraordinaire Jerry Ragovoy in 1965, and the duo hit home the first time around with the jaunty, deliciously funky "Ain't Nobody Home", a Top 20 R&B hit and this LP's apt opener. The horns, churchy, groovy organ and fatback beat create a ridiculously funky setting for Tate to wail over. In 1971, blues titan B.B. King would cover it for his 'In London' disc.

Clay Hammond's "Part-Time Love" was a staple of the soul man's diet, and Tate's execution of this 'evergreen' is steeped in the deepest blues tradition. Equally capable of churning out a Redding-styled vocal attack, Tate romps through the busy, fast paced, sassy "Glad I Knew Better" before slipping right back in a blues bag with the legendary "How Blue Can You Get", a deep slice of electrified country blues that B.B. King would use for his live gigs for years. The guitar work on Tate's version is equally spirited, mind you.

The title-track naturally was popularized by blues shouter Janis Joplin, but Tate's original is the real deal; a mixture of blues shouting and soulful crooning over a lamenting, sparsely arranged groove. It all builds up to a dramatic finale richly draped in mourning horns.

Much more upbeat is the bootie shaker "Baby, I Love You", complete with fonkey Stax-esque stops and starts and some in-the-pocket-gutbucket drumming. Again, the horns really finalize the track.

Tate does his grittiest of wailing, most desperate of pleading on the deep soul ballad "I've Learned It All the Hard Way", a goosebump inducing gem that perfectly showcases Tate's remarkable falsetto. More gorgeous horn arrangements and a great minor-keyed bridge that really creates a moody, lost and dark vibe.

Memphis Slim's peerless "Everyday I Have the Blues" is juiced up considerably here, as Tate turns it into a funk vamp that rides a hard rockin' groove. Shamefully short, the tune clocks in at under the two minute mark...

And then there's the hilarious, cheeky uptempo blues stomp of "How Come My Bulldog Don't Bark", an incisive piece of sweaty, down home soul belting on par with Otis Redding and Carla Thomas' "Tramp" and Joe Tex' "Papa Was Too". Good-natured humour continues on the funky "Look at Granny Run Run", with more chanking guitars and blaring horns on the break as a floorshakin' tambourine-heavy rhythm struts on and on and on...

Superb piece of blues-infused funky soul.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ONLINE REVIEW)

What else can we say on account of this great, legendary, Jerry Ragovoy-produced blues classic that hasn't been said before;an album Jerry Ragovoy himself considered his finest achievement. Not much, except to note, maybe, that at one point or another everybody and their uncle covered the great tunes penned by Jerry Ragovoy and included in this album (including Janis Joplin - another Jerry Ragovoy protégé - who did a great version of the title track on "Pearl", her final album). Truly and genuinely a classic, if ever we've met one.   Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.

For additional historical or discography information on this album, including track listing ►click here

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE 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 believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

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

·                               THE 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 small, neat, circular (PROMO?) cutout hole in one of the corners

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (BARELY VISIBLE)

-         Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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