PHIL OCHS REHEARSALS RARE ORIG'68 A&M/MONARCH WHITE LABEL PROMO LP IN SHRINK NM

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·       PHIL OCHS - REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT - ORIGINAL 1969 A&M RECORDS STEREO LP  SP-4181

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       *** IN ADDITION,  THE PROMOTIONAL STICKER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       VERY RARE WEST COAST PRESSING (MONARCH PRESSING PLANT, LOS ANGELES)

·       RARE PROMO-ONLY CSG MASTERING WITH DIFFERENT MIXES

·       HOW IS THIS PROMO-ONLY MASTERING DIFFERENT FROM THE REGULAR, STOCK, COMMERCIALLY RELEASED VERSION OF THIS ALBUM? HERE’S HOW: THIS PRESSING WAS MADE FROM THE PROMO-ONLY STAMPERS WHICH UTILIZED THE SO-CALLED “CSG PROCESS” (SEE THE GOLD LABEL ON THE COVER) AND WERE NEVER INTENDED FOR THE REGULAR, COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THIS TITLE. FOR THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ‘CSG’ PROCESS, THIS WAS A SHORT-LIVED NOVELTY MIXING AND MASTERING METHOD WHICH ALLOWED SOME LABELS (NOTABLY A&M) TO CUT DOWN ON THEIR PRODUCTION COSTS BY CEASING THE PRODUCTION OF THE CUSTOM (PROMO-ONLY) MONO PRESSINGS INTENDED FOR RADIO STATIONS ONLY. THE ‘CSG’ PROMO PRESSINGS ALLOWED THE RADIO STATIONS TO SWITCH FROM AM-UNFRIENDLY STEREO TO AM-FRIENDLY MONO WITH THE SIMPLE FLICK OF THE STEREO-TO-MONO CONVERTER SWITCH. IN ORDER TO ENABLE MONO (AM) BROADCAST, THE BOTTOM PART OF THE FREQUENCY RANGE (RHYTHM SECTION) HAD TO BE BOOSTED IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE RADIO TRANSMISSION OVER AM WAVES; IN SHORT, CSG PRESSINGS HAD SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED LOW END OF THE FREQUENCY RANGE (BASS AND DRUMS).  WHILE IT IS DEBATABLE WHETHER THESE CSG PROMOS ARE BETTER OR WORSE THAN COMMERCIAL MIXES (THE PREFERENCES ARE INDIVIDUAL; I PERSONALLY LIKE CSG MIX A LOT), IT IS THE FACT THAT CSG MIXES ARE CLEARLY DIFFERENT FROM THE REGULAR, COMMERCIALLY RELEASED VERSIONS.  THE ONLY WAY – SHORT OF PLAYING THE RECORD – THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE CSG PRESSING IS VISUALLY: THE CSG-PRESSED COPIES HAD “CSG”- PREFIX IN THE MATRIX STAMP, AND A VERY THICK, DENSE, MATTED GROOVES WITH A DISTINCT “FISHBONE” TEXTURE. REGULAR, COMMERCIAL PRESSINGS WERE MORE EVEN AND “FLAT” IN TEXTURE, AND HAD A MUCH MORE GLOSSY, REFLECTIVE SURFACE.

·       INCLUDES TWO TRACKS NOT AVAILABLE ON LATER "PICKWICK" REISSUE: William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed (3:00) AND Where were you in Chicago? (:30), which is not listed, or included in timing of either of the adjoining songs. On the vinyl it is part of the previous track.

·       ORIGINAL (TAN) A&M LABEL (60’s and early 70’s style), WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

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

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On Rehearsals for Retirement, Ochs retained his poetic sense, but his songs were imbued with the conflicts of the times. The leadoff track, "Pretty Smart on My Part," the hardest-rocking number Ochs had yet recorded, is sung in the persona of a violent right-wing extremist who fantasizes about running over hitchhikers, whipping women, and finally assassinating the president and taking over the government. Similarly, "I Kill Therefore I Am," a twangy rocker, is sung in the voice of a policeman who hates long-hairs, blacks, students, and homosexuals and plans to spray them with mace, beat them, and shoot them. Specifically combining the poetical with the political, the gentle waltz-time piano ballad "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed" is a haunting depiction of the confrontation between demonstrators and police in Chicago, quickly followed by a dancehall ditty that sends up its somber reflections without relieving the tragic tone. The result of the convention and the subsequent election of Richard Nixon as president represents, in the songwriter's judgment, the dawn of "Another Age," and a terrible one. That declaration is as positive as things get on Rehearsals for Retirement. For much of the album, Ochs expresses despair rather than anger. "My Life," another attractive piano ballad laced with strings, traces his personal disillusionment, while "The Scorpion Departs but Never Returns," actually a topical song about a nuclear submarine that sank in 1968, evokes familiar Ochs references to sailors, who, here, all drown. The plaintive "Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore" concerns the drug overdose death of comedian Lenny Bruce. In retrospect, especially because of Ochs' suicide seven years later, it is impossible not to see the evidence of the songwriter's personal anguish in Rehearsals for Retirement.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY WILLIAM RUHLMANN, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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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)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.

(c)             The record is 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)            White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 30:1.

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

·       THE COVER

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

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

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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