JESS & JAMES:Third/Rare Belgian Orig.Psych-Prog LP MINT

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May 20, 2011 Sold Date

May 13, 2011 Start Date

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JESS & JAMES 1969 Vinyl LP Palette MPB S 3290 When Belgian-Portuguese duo Jess & James (Tony Lam and Wando Lam)
released their third LP in 1969, they already had an impressive body of
work under their belt. Playing a highly energized blend of pop and soul,
they achieved great success in Europe with singles like "Move" and
"Something for nothing". Oddly enough, they were often presented as
British musicians origin instead of Portuguese. Jess & Jamed released
a couple of well-received albums in the same style of the singles, a
brilliant mix of soul, pop and psych, recorded along with the legendary
J.J.Band: "Move!" (Palette MPB S-3114, 1968 / Belter 22.281) and
"Revolution, Evolution, Change!" (Palette MPB S-3237, 1969) for Belgium
and (Belter 22.305) for Portugal !! Their next record wouldn't bear the
name Jess & James but instead the quite adventurous name of the
Free Pop Electronic Concept. "A New Exciting Experience" was a joint
effort with experimental composer Arsène Souffriau, one year before
the much-lauded "Ceremony", where composer Pierre Henry is joined
by rock group Spooky Tooth. Later in 1969, Jess & James released their
self titled third and final album which is widely regarded as their best.
This time they are joined by top English session musicians Scott Bradford
(keyboards) and Stu Martin (drums) and the sound changes toward a more
hard-psych-prog approach, featuring superb Hammond work and some long
jams, at times reminiscent of early Caravan or even Arzachel !!!

Track listing:

A1 Straight Man 3:20 A2 Mrs. Davis 4:40 A3 Perdition Again 4:37 A4 Lip Service 1:55 A5 A Passing Car 5:22 B1 She's A Woman 4:05 B2 Skathing 3:58 B3 James Stuff 7:55

RECORD M

SLEEVE M

GRADINGS:

Records are graded first,then covers
S/S = still sealed
M = mint , new or unplayed condition…cover is nice and new looking with no ring wear.
M- = near perfect copy, played only a few times.
EX = only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which will not distract
        significantly from the sound…sleeve also has only slight wear, and is still in nice
        collectible.
VG++ = played often with moderate surface wear and some moderate noise, still plays well…
        sleeve may have medium overall wear or some ring wear.
VG+ = overall wear, but no skips of serious defects, more noisy sound during quiet passages…
        sleeve is well worn, usually with considerable ring wear.
VG = plays a lot, heavy wear on record and cover…guarantee does not apply to vg- or worse
        condition records.
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