RARE 1969 Orig JIM GORDON PLAYS HEAVY WEIRD Clapton Dominos George Harrison
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Jan 28, 2012
Sold Date
Jan 23, 2012
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Ultra Rare 1969 ORIGINAL ~ WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL
JIM GORDON
PLAYS HEAVY!
\ USA - CREAM RECORDS - CR 9007 - white label promo
Very, very rare original, circa 1969-1970 vinyl first pressing on the obscure 'CREAM" label. A lot of collectors don't even know this album exists ...
...even that much harder to find, it's a WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL
Until he 'blew his mind' (see story below), Jim Gordon was one of the famous studio musicians in the late 60's & early 70's in demand by the cream of the crop and backed such stars as Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, George Harrison and on & on including being a full time member of Derek & The Dominos, In what appears to be around 1969 - 1970, Jim Gordon made this little known solo album ("Jim Gordon Plays Heavy!"). The album was made using the technical facilities of Hollywood Sound recorders, including stereo echo, 16 track machines, electronic harpsichord, rocksichord, keyboard bass, clavichord, piano, drums and many (then) new musical instruments to formulate the creation called JIM GORDON PLAYS HEAVY!
Gordon began his career backing the Everly Brothers in 1963 at age 17, he went on to become one of the most sought-after recording session drummers in Los Angeles where, in 1968, he recorded with Mason Williams on the hit "Classical Gas". During this period, he performed on many notable recordings including Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys, Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers by Gene Clark and The Notorious Byrd Brothers by . Gordon at the top of his career was so busy as a studio musician that he would fly back to Los Angeles every night when playing in Las Vegas to do two or three record dates, then return in the afternoon in time for the 8pm show at Caesars Palace. In 1969 and 1970, he toured as part of the backing band for the group Delaney & Bonnie, which at the time included Eric Clapton. Clapton subsequently took over the group's rhythm section — Gordon, bassist Carl Radle and keyboardist-singer-songwriter, Bobby Whitlock. They formed a new band which was eventually called Derek & The Dominos. The band's first studio work was as the house band for George Harrison's 3 LP set All Things Must Pass. Gordon then played on the Derek & The Dominos' 1970 double album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Gordon contributing the beautiful elegiac piano coda for the title track, "Layla", co-written by Gordon and Clapton. He also toured with the band on subsequent U.S. and UK tours, but the group split in spring 1971 before having completed the recording of their second album. In 1970, Gordon was part of Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour. In 1971, he toured with Traffic, appearing on two albums with them, including The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys. Later in 1972, Gordon was part of Frank Zappa's 20-piece "Grand Wazoo" big band tour, and the subsequent 10-piece "Petit Wazoo" band. Perhaps his most well-known recording with Zappa was the title track of the 1974 album Apostrophe ('), a jam with Zappa and Tony Duran on guitar and Jack Bruce on bass guitar, for which both Bruce and Gordon received a writing credit. He worked with Chris Hillman again when he was the drummer in the Souther-Hillman-Furay Band from 1973 to 1975. Some of his best work was with Dave Mason on his 1970 album Alone Together, where Gordon set new standards for rock drumming. Gordon was also the drummer on the Incredible Bongo Band's Bongo Rock album, released in 1972. Gordon also played drums on 3 tracks in the Alice Cooper's album "Goes To Hell".In the late 1970s, Gordon complained of hearing voices in his head), primarily those of his mother (and maybe this album!) Unfortunately, his physicians did not diagnose his condition as schizophrenia and instead treated him for alcohol abuse. On June 3, 1983, he murdered his mother with a hammer. It was not until his trial in 1984 that he was properly diagnosed. Due to the fact that his attorney was unable to use t he insanity defense, he was sentenced to sixteen years to life in prison with a possibility of parole. He has served his sentence at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, and the State Medical Corrections Facility in Vacaville. He remains incarcerated. Currently, there is a petition online to assist him in either being released from prison or placed in a facility where he is able to receive more sophisticated treatment. During his career, Gordon played with a long list of top musicians and record producers, including on these albums:
- Duane Allman Anthology (Organ, Piano, Drums)
- Hoyt Axton My Griffin Is Gone
- Joan Baez From Every Stage; Diamonds and Rust; Gulf Wind
- The Beach Boys Good Vibrations; Spirit of America; Pet Sounds
- Stephen Bishop On & On: Hits of Stephen Bishop
- Bread Bread
- Teresa Brewer 16 Most Requested Songs
- Jackson Browne Saturate Before Using (organ), The Pretender
- The Byrds The Notorious Byrds Brothers
- Glen Campbell Wichita Lineman
- The Carpenters Horizon; A Kind of Hush
- Eric Clapton Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs; Derek & the Dominos in Concert; Derek & the Dominos- Live at the Fillmore;
- Gene Clark Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers
- Joe Cocker Mad Dogs And Englishmen
- Judy Collins Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Goes to Hell; Lace and Whiskey
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Box Set
- Burton Cummings
- Delaney & Bonnie "To Bonnie From Delaney"; On Tour With Eric Clapton And Friends
- John Denver
- Donovan Life Is A Merry-go-round; Yellow Star; Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth; Lazy Daze
- Neil Diamond Beautiful Noise (Conga, Drums, Harmony Vocals)
- Everly Brothers Heartaches & Harmonies
- Art Garfunkel Angel Clare
- Lowell George Thanks I'll Eat It Here
- Hall & Oates Bigger than the Both of Us
- Merle Haggard Same Train, Different Time
- George Harrison All Things Must Pass, Extra Texture; Living in the Material World
- Jim Henson The Muppet Movie
- John Lee Hooker Endless Boogie
- Jim Horn Through the Eye
- Thelma Houston I've Got the Music in Me
- Incredible Bongo Band Apache
- Dr John Sun, Moon & Herbs
- Carole King
- B.B.King In London; The Best of B.B.King
- John Lennon It's So Hard; Imagine; The Plastic Ono Band- Sometime in New York City
- Gordon Lightfoot Sundown; Gord's Gold; Cold On The Shoulder
- Manhattan Transfer Pastiche; Anthology: Down in Birdland
- Country Joe McDonald Classics
- Dave Mason Alone Together
- The Monkees Monkees; More of the Monkees; Instant Replay
- Maria Muldar < I>Maria Muldaur; Waitress in a Donut Shop
- Randy Newman Randy Newman; 12 Songs
- Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson; Aerial Ballet
- Van Dyke Parks Discover America
- Tom Petty Playback
- Emitt Rhodes (of the 'Merry Go Round') American Dream
- Minnie Riperton Adventures in Paradise
- Johnny Rivers Last Boogie in Paris; Blue Suede Shoes
- Linda Ronstadt Don't Cry Now
- Leon Russell The Shelter People; Will O' The Wisp
- Seals & Crofts Humming Bird
- John Sebastian Tarzana Kid
- Carly Simon No Secrets
- Phil Spector Back to Mono (1958-1969)
- B.W. Stevenson Pass This Way; Calabasas
- Barbara Streisand Barbra Joan Streisand
- Souther-Hillman-Furay Band
- Redeye Redeye
- Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
- John Stewart Phoenix Concerts
- Mel Torme Mel Tormé Collection
- Traffic Welcome To The Canteen; The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
- Best of John Travolta
- John Valenti Anything You Want, 1976
- Andy Williams
- Judee Sill Heart Food
- Mason Williams Classical Gas; Phonograph Record
- Frank Zappa Apostrophe; Läther; "Grand Wazoo" (tour) and "Petit Wazoo" (tour); Imaginary Diseases; Wazoo
CONDITION: The Cover: has a light shelf wear but all around sound, VG+, considering the fact the album is so rare abd virtually little seen, it should be fine in almost any collection -- where you going to find another copy?
The Vinyl: with white promo labels is all clean and glossy "EX" (excellent) plays minty clean.
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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