SAM COOKE SELF TITLED RARE 1ST PRESS ORIGINAL1958 KEEN

$

65

       ANOTHER One Of THE         

                    'LEGENDS'

   'SAM COOKE'

"SELF TITLED"

ORIGINAL 1958

on 'KEEN' RECORDS

 'ULTRA-TONAL FIDELITY' (!?)

  A2001

GORGEOUS KEEN Recording 

 A

Beautiful MONO 1ST Pressing (A1/B1)

 ~ ORIGINAL 1958 ~

very rare and difficult to find in this condition

   SAM COOKE ~ (1ST PRESSING OF HIS FIRST LP!)

Sam Cooke

• Keen A-2001, mono 1958 LP

• HMV CLP 1261, U.K. 1958

Info:

• The Album has been re-released on the Saga label with a new name: Around The World

• Also re-released on Golden Stars GSS 5641 as part of a 3cd box that also includes Encore and the early singles.

Songs: (click on any title and/or *INFO SQUARE BELOW);

1. You Send Me

2. The Lonesome Road                                                                                                                    Advertising Cover ONLY ~

3.  Tammy                                                                                                                                          please see Auctioned pictures

4. Ol' Man River

5. Moonlight In Vermont

6. Canadian Sunset

7. Summertime

8. Around The World

9. Ain't Misbehavin' 

10. The Bells Of St. Mary's

11. So Long 

12. Danny Boy 

13. That Lucky Old Sun

*INFO SQUARE BELOW ~ CLICK INTO IT ANYWHERE TO MAGNIFY!

This album is presented for its historical value, its vinyl value, its beautiful 'Lables' (BOTH STELLAR ~ NO wear seen), and as a very rare *'1ST' Pressing (A1/B1), which can be exceedingly difficult to find in any condition.

Please see for yourself...check out the pictures!

*Matrix Numbers in trail-off vinyl (dead wax; both sides), end with '-1'. On SOME labels, suffix '-1' denotes the very first, original pressing.

The Record;

~Sides of vinyl;                              

(side 1) graded VERY GOOD+ (VG+), and still just beautiful. Much 'shine and gleam'.  Label is stellar; NO spindle marks/wear.  The surface is still nice with light 'sleeve-scuffs' and a few 'hair-likes'; CAUTION>Side one shows a minimal number of small 'hair-likes'. One very light, superficial, surface 'hair-like' is more than 1.1/4 inches long (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters); cannot be felt with a finger nail but may leave some light, quiet 'tics'. There is a minimum of 'graying' (very insignificant when compared to the shine and gleam).

(side 2) graded STRONG VERY GOOD+ (STRONG VG+), just beautiful. Again, much 'shine and gleam' along with some 'graying'/and some 'sleeve-scuff'. NO real 'hair-likes' found on side 2. Label is stellar; no spindle marks/wear. 

~The 'Cover';

(very rare and hard to find); The cover is worn (Although, We've seen A LOT WORSE)...

The surfaces are not bad ~ very little ring impression on front and none on back. Corners are in great shape for age. ALL words on front and back are completely readable. A few 'hair-like' scratches are seen on front along with some other wear.  The top and bottom seams are split and repaired with scotch tape (done very well). Spine is fully readable, yet has some light wear; i.e., front, lower left corner, small 'peel' leaving out the number '1' in album number (A2001). NO writing. (please see pictures ~ and please ask any questions).

TURN IT UP!!

HERE IT IS!!...

~ ON THIS AUCTIONED COPY... you'll find THE THREE FOLLOWING SONGS and MORE!... more meaning the Original 'You Send Me'...

The 'FUNKY', THE ORIGINAL VERSION, of...SAM COOKE'S...'SUMMERTIME'...

take a LISTEN!!>click here!! Sam Cooke - (The ORIGINAL) Summertime

take a LISTEN!!>click here!! Sam Cooke - That Lucky Old Sun

take a LISTEN!!>click here!! Sam Cooke- O'l Man River ~ LIVE!!

SAM COOKE ~ At the top with his 1958 self-titled album on Keen which featured one of the greenest evergreens in the entire history of early soul: the legendary 'You Send Me.' Sam Cooke was brought to Keen Records (from 1957 to 1959) by the A&R man of Cooke's previous label, Specialty, 'Bumps' Blackwell. Blackwell's orchestra is also featured in this awesome collection of some of Cooke's best hits, starting with the 1957 breakthrough masterpiece 'You Send Me' and unwinding through other gems like the impressive rendition of Fats Wallers' 'Ain't Misbehavin'' and the traditional 'The Bells Of St. Mary's.

"Unforgettable"

RECORD COMES IN 'HI-GRADE' MFSL PVC INNER SLEEVE (FOR PROTECTION)

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***You can feel confident that our packaging is CAREFUL, STURDY AND IMPACT PROOF***

(***PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES OF THE LP AND COVER ABOVE***)>NOTE: these are the REAL images of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. What you see is what you get.