STEPPENWOLF SELF-TITLED 1st ALBUM RARE ORIG'67 DUNHILL LP FOIL COVER SHRINK MINT

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·        STEPPENWOLF-- STEPPENWOLF (THE SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM)- ORIGINAL 1968 DUNHILL RECORDS STEREO LP DS-50029

·        ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·        ORIGINAL BLACK DUNHILL LABEL WITH YELLOW 'SQUARE TOP" LABELS (NOTE: FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, THIS, FIRST (EARLIER) LABEL EXISTS ONLY ON STEREO PRESSINGS; MONO PRESSINGS UNIFORMLY USE LATER (MULTICOLORED) LABELS

·        ORIGINAL MIRROR-LIKE ALUMINUM FOIL FRONT COVER

·        NOTE: this delicate, frail,  foil-like cover is EXTREMELY susceptible to wear and tear. Practically no copy we’ve ever seen was mint or devoid of excessive ring wear. To preserve this cover in a truly immaculate condition, the original owner had to be have been very smart and KEEP the original, protective shrink wrap intact. We are very thankful for the original owner of this album for wisely doing exactly that: keeping the original shrink wrap in place, which has beautifully shielded and protected the delicate cover from the harmful impact of the elements (such as partying, booze, burns from grass joints or other, er… extracurricular activities) over the decades.

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

·        THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

·        FIRST VERSION OF THE COVER WHICH DOES NOT "PLUG" THE HIT-SINGLE 'BORN TO BE WILD' ON THE FRONT PANEL

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

·        CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·        THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

(Note: the reflective 'foil' surface of the cover is not suitable for photo capture, the image  shown in our image gallery does not necessarily accurately reflect the appearance of this album – THE COVER IS ACTUALLY MUCH NICER THAN IT APPEARS ON OUR PHOTO)

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Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence -- based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed -- and it shows on this album, a surprisingly strong debut album from a tight hard rock outfit who was obviously searching for a hook to hang their sound on. The playing is about as loud and powerful as anything being put out by a major record label in 1968, though John Kay's songwriting needed some development before their in-house repertory would catch up with their sound and musicianship. On this album, the best material came from outside the ranks of the active bandmembers: "Born to Be Wild" by ex-member Mars Bonfire, which became not only a chart-topping high-energy anthem for the counterculture (a status solidified by its use in Dennis Hopper's movie Easy Rider the following year), but coined the phrase heavy metal, thus giving a genre-specific name to the brand of music that the band played (and which was already manifesting itself in the work of bands like Vanilla Fudge and the just-emerging Led Zeppelin); the Don Covay soul cover "Sookie, Sookie," which, as a single by the new group, actually got played on some soul stations until they found out that Steppenwolf was white; two superb homages to Chess Records, in the guise of "Berry Rides Again," written (though "adapted" might be a better word) by Kay based on the work of Chuck Berry, and the Willie Dixon cover "Hoochie Coochie Man"; and Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher," an anti-drug song turned into a pounding six-minute tour de force by the band. The rest, apart from the surprisingly lyrical rock ballad "A Girl I Knew," is by-the-numbers hard rock that lacked much except a framework for their playing; only "The Ostrich" ever comes fully to life among the other originals, but the songs would catch up with the musicianship the next time out.

(REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

The first - and by far the greatest - of all albums by this legendary Heavy Metal/Psych/Hard Rock band, one of the most prominent 1960’s white electric blues/heavy metal bands. Unlike the heavy metal bands that would come in their wake, Steppenwolf always practiced the economy of sound, the lean, mean electric blues (just listen to their resplendent cover of Muddy Waters’ classic Hoochie Koochie Man from this album). Plus, their judgment and songwriting could not be beat. Not to mention that this first pressing brings out the very best of their sound, as in "The Pusher" which simply sparkles, as if just having taken an acoustic scrubbing. And then, there are such period gems such as "Born to be wild" which will have you play the air guitar in your living room in no time. Miss this awesome album now, and you will soon discover that these original pressings are getting increasingly hard to find.

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·                                     CONDITION:

·                                     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  NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)           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!

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

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

·        COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ‘FOIL’ COVER)

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

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-          Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2  (front side) and 1 (back side).

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

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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