RARE 1965 MONO PROMO ELEKTRA PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES 1st LP + MIKE BLOOMFIELD

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309

   53 YEAR OLD  ELEKTRA Label PROMOTIONAL MONO SUPER-RARITY!

                   MONO = PLAYS STRONG !!!

NEVER SEE THIS PRE-RELEASE PROMOTIONAL COPY!
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                 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
              (((1st LP)))
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  USA -  ( PROMOTIONAL LABEL UNIQUE DESIGN) ELEKTRA - EKL 294 - MONO

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 VERY RARE = UNIQUE DESIGNED PROMOTIONAL COPY

The absolute 1965 issue on a rarely seen PROMO label design, absolutely a pre-release from 1965!  The very first BLUES CLASSIC Butterfield album featuring the twin guitar injections by none other than Elvin Bishop & Mike Bloomfield ... ALL in glorious MONO

The rare monaural release offers not only a bold punchy production -but- different song mixes from the stereo issue.

Even after his death, Paul Butterfield's music didn't receive the accolades that were so deserved. Outputting styles adopted from Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters among other blues greats, Butterfield became one of the first white singers to rekindle blues music through the course of the mid-'60s. His debut album, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, saw him teaming up with guitarists Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield, with Jerome Arnold on bass, Sam Lay on drums, and Mark Naftalin playing organ. The result was a wonderfully messy and boisterous display of American-styled blues, with intensity and pure passion derived from every bent note. In front of all these instruments is Butterfield's harmonica, beautifully dictating a mood and a genuine feel that is no longer existent, even in today's blues music. Each song captures the essence of Chicago blues in a different way, from the back-alley feel of "Born in Chicago" to the melting ease of Willie Dixon's "Mellow Down Easy" to the authentic devotion that emanates from Bishop and Butterfield's "Our Love Is Drifting." "Shake Your Money Maker," "Blues With a Feeling," and "I Got My Mojo Working" (with Lay on vocals) are all equally moving pieces performed with a raw adoration for blues music. Best of all, the music that pours from this album is unfiltered...blared, clamored, and let loose, like blues music is supposed to be released. A year later, 1966's East West carried on with the same type of brash blues sound partnered with a jazzier feel, giving greater to attention to Bishop's and Bloomfield's instrumental talents.

Born in Chicago

Shake Your Money-Maker

Blues with a Feeling

Thank You Mr. Poobah

I Got My Mojo Working

Mellow Down Easy

Screamin'

Our Love Is Drifting

Mystery Train

Last Night

Look Over Yonders Wall

CONDITION: COVER: rated: VG++ light (only light) visible past use, in strong shape, back cover about the same or a little less, overall, still stands up tall.  Having no delete marks,  No split seams, no bends, no writing ...collection ready! Back cover "EX" (excellent) ... 53 years of age, solid collection copy

The vinyl: surprisingly very bright shiny gloss remains, side one is strong VG++, while side two has stray scuff/hairlines, nothing deep so plays way better than visuals, and side one plays great as well with little to no surface!  Quite a prize as it is for the 53 year old artifact of the Chicago '65 blues-rock scene ... both rare unique PROMO only label design produced by the  Elektra label in 1965.