JIMMY JAMES & VAGABONDS -NEW RELIGION- RARE 1966 UK LP

	£		36
	$		48

RECORD CATALOGUE NUMBER : Piccadilly NPL 38027

With Run out groove Matrix Numbers:

NPL 38027A-2 *1 & NPL 38027B-1 *1

 ...A-2 & B-1 (i.e. The Original 1st Issue Pressing Matrix Stampers !!!)...

ARTIST / GROUP :

JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS ...

TITLE : THE NEW RELIGION ...

...1966 U.K. VINYL LP ORIGINAL : This is the very rare original 1st matrix pressing of the album ! ...It comes in an original Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. front-laminated 'flipback' type sleeve, with rear sleeve notes by Peter Meaden ! ...It comes in it's original Made In England with British Patent Numbers plain white poly-lined inner sleeve ! ...It's on the original 'red' Piccadilly record label, (being part of the Pye Records Ltd. group !) ...This is Jimmy James superb 1st album, who's an acclaimed 'master' of the soul & northern soul genres !!! ...A great album and thoroughly recommended ! ...It's been well looked after and has been stored in a 'plastic protective sleeve' in my collection since the early seventies ! ...The music is brilliant and it makes you feel soooo good !!! ...It's certainly a very rare album nowadays and almost impossible to find ! ...This is a great copy and you certainly shouldn't miss this rare opportunity to obtain an original 1st issue !!! ...(The record is graded below & there is also a biography of Jimmy James at the bottom of my listing, which should be of interest to all soul enthusiasts and collectors !)... Anyway, It's A Superb Soul / Northern Soul Album !!! ...Thoroughly Recommended !!! ...

Consider The Rarity & Condition of this Original U.K. LP ! ...Remember, there can only be one winning bidder ! ...When it's gone it's gone and I won't be able to get another one ! ...Don't Miss It !!! ... A Very Rare Original 1966 1st Pressing Album by Jimmy James & The Vagabonds !!! ...

THE TRACKS ARE :

(Side 1) -

Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud / This Heart Of Mine / Do It Right / I Gotta Dance To Keep From Cryin' / I'm Just A Fool For You / Honest I Do / Hi-Diddly Dee Dum Dum ... 

(Side 2) -

People Get Ready / The Entertainer / Come To Me Softly / Little Boy Blue / It's Growing / Amen / Ain't No Big Thing ...     

... (Record Collector Grading System : i.e. MINT, (which can include ; As New, Perfect, Sealed or Unplayed - as advised and as appropriate !) / NEAR MINT, (NM) / EXCELLENT, (EX.) / VERY GOOD, (VG.)... / plus (+) & minus (-) are used where appropriate !) ...

...CONDITION / GRADE ; 

No Problems & A 'Nice' Condition Original Vinyl LP (Visually & Audibly Graded) ; 

The 'red' Piccadilly Record Labels are in EX+ condition (no stickers, no writting, no blemishes or flaws but some light spindle 'trace' lines near the centre spindle hole ; overall then, in essentialy EX+ condition !) /

The Garrod & Lofthouse front-laminated 'flipback' type Sleeve is in EX. condition (a few light laminate creases but, as such, no bends to the sleeve itself / there is very little 'age' type wear to the corners and the spine is straight and unblemished with clearly readable album details / there is no 'lifting' of any of the laminate and the opening edge is straight with no dents or damage or tares / there is no writting or major blemishes to the rear of the sleeve and the rear sleeve 'black&white' picture of Jimmy James is clear and true, and the sleeve notes are perfectly legible / there is, however, a bit of slight 'age' grubiness near the opening edge which is probably the result of fingers being placed there when the record has been taken out of the sleeve, but this is not significant or serious or a detraction to the overall grade ! ..overall then, the sleeve is in EX. condition with no serious faults or flaws !) /

The Vinyl is in EX. condition...(the heavy thick vinyl retains it's original black gloss visual appearance with only slight signs of play ; with only a few light, slight and visual only surface 'hairlines' from being removed from the inner sleeve, but nothing serious or that affects the playback ; I noticed only one light 'pop' which was exactly between the 2nd & 3rd tracks, side 2 ..this is after the music has finished on track 2 and before tack 3 begins so there's absolutely no problem and no infringement to the overall listening enjoyment ! ...there are just a couple of small, very light visual only 'surface' type marks, certainly not deep, that don't affect the play and that don't diminish it's grade ! / there are no bad or serious listening problems - it plays with clarity, clearly and as it should for it's grade ; enjoyable and problem free listening pleasure ! ..overall then, the vinyl must grade as being in EX. condition with no particularly bad or serious problems !) /

The overall grade for this album is therefore EX. condition, with no bad or serious faults or flaws ! ...

THE RARE ORIGINAL 1st PRESS FIRST ALBUM BY,

JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS,

'THE NEW RELIGION' ! ...

...(THOROUGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ENTHUSIASTS OF THE SOUL GENRE ! NORTHERN SOUL COLLECTORS IN PARTICULAR !)...  

*** WILL YOU SEE ANOTHER COPY IN THIS CONDITION, BID WITH CONFIDENCE ! ***

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U.K. ;

7" 45rpm single or EP is 1.75 pounds(GBP), (by Recorded 'Signed for' 1st class Post !) ... 

LP or 12" is 2.95 pounds, (by Recorded 'Signed for' 1st class Post !) ...

EUROPE ;

7" or EP is 2 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ... 

LP or 12" is 4 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ...

U.S./CANADA ;

7" or EP is 2.50 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ... 

LP or 12" is 6 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ...

WORLDWIDE(Japan, etc..) ;

7" or EP is 3 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ... 

LP or 12" is 6.25 pounds, (by Airmail small packet rate with a 'Certificate of Posting' obtained !) ...

.....EACH ADDITIONAL LP : U.K. is 1 pound / Europe is 1.75 pounds(GBP) / U.S. & CANADA is 2.00 pounds(GBP) / WORLDWIDE is 2.30 pounds(GBP)..... (3 or more LPs' : then P&P will be at cost to the nearest poundGBP ; to be confirmed at the Post Office when location is known !).....

.....EACH ADDITIONAL 7" or EP : U.K. is 75 pence / Europe is 1 pound(GBP) / U.S. & CANADA is 1.25 pounds(GBP) / WORLDWIDE is 1.40 pounds(GBP)..... (3 or more 7" Singles or EPs' : then P&P will be at cost to the nearest poundGBP ; to be confirmed at the Post Office when location is known !)...

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Beat R&B vocalist Jimmy James was born Michael James on September 13, 1940, and grew up in Jamaica. He started performing American soul music in the late '50s. As a solo artist he notched two number one records in Jamaica as Jimmy James on Tip Top Records: "Bewildered and Blue," and "Come to Me Softly" (the latter reached number 70 in States). After the two solo smashes, one of Jamaica's most popular bands, the Vagabonds, approached him; they needed a lead singer and Jimmy was hot. James agreed to work with the band, and Jimmy James & the Vagabonds formed in 1960. They found steady work at the Marquee Club in London, where the British clamored to hear their bag of American soul music. The Northern soul boom was still seeding, and American soul singers rarely came to England, so Jimmy James & the Vagabonds filled a void. The Vagabonds were Rupert Balgobin (drums), Phillip Chen (rhythm guitar), Coleson Chen (bass), Wallace Wilson (lead guitar), Carl Noel (organ), Carl Griffiths & Fred Fredericks (sax), and the focal point, next to Jimmy, Count Prince Miller, a crowd-pleaser who got the audience involved in the show.

In London, they got their first contract with Pye Records, but released only a series of unpopular singles. Sales didn't start moving until they recorded a live album at the Marquee Club that did well and another entitled The New Religion. Of the singles, only their 1968 cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine" resembled a hit. The Vagabonds called it quits in 1970, gave up the name, and disbanded. Jimmy owned the name and recruited new Vagabonds: a four-piece all-white band consisted of Chris Garfield (guitar), Alan Wood (bass), Russell Courtney (drums), and Alan Kirk (keyboards). They were good, but nowhere near as exciting live as the originals, and they didn't have anyone as charismatic as Count Prince Miller, who scored a solo reggae hit in 1971 with "Mule Train."

Jimmy James and his new Vagabonds scored a minor hit "A Man Like Me," produced by Biddu on Lanita Records. A few recordings for Trojan Records resulted before they reunited with Pye and Biddu. After scoring with the Biddu-produced "Help Yourself," the band spent the '70s gigging. A handful of singles during the '80s did little, and in the '90s James reunited for a few gigs with Winston Curtis and Count Prince Miller.