THE CHANTELS INSANELY RARE ORIG '60 END MONO LP w/WITHDRAWN "PLANTATION" COVER

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·      THE CHANTELS – WE’RE THE CHANTELS (THE CHANTELS’ FIRST ALBUM) – ORIGINAL 1960  "END" RECORDS MONO LP # 301

·      ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·      MONSTRUOUSLY RARE INFAMOUS, WITHDRAWN ORIGINAL  “PLANTATION” COVER, WHICH CAUSED MASSIVE CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF ITS RACIAL IMPLICATIONS (THE LADIES ARE DRESSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE CHAMBERMAIDS ON SOME ANTE-BELLUM SOUTHERN PLANTATION).

*** ONE OF THE RAREST DOO-WOP / GIRL GROUP ALBUMS IN EXISTENCE ***

·      ORIGINAL GRAY  "END" LABEL WITH "DOGGIE" LOGO ON TOP  WITHOUT 'DIVISION OF ROULETTE RECORDS' ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LABEL

·      RARE MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN FAKE (“ELECTRONICALLY RECHANELLED”) STEREO

·      DEEP GROOVE PRESSING

·      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)

·      ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER

·      THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·      MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

(►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!)

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The first LP ever issued on the End label was a natural product of the success of "Maybe," one of the great ballads to come out of the rock & roll boom and one of the most beloved R&B singles ever to emanate from the orbit of label owner George Goldner. For the album, all Goldner did was assemble the two sides of each of the existing six Chantels singles, but it's still a pretty impressive body of music, a fact that makes it a tribute to producer Richard Barrett. "Maybe" is the best song here, to be sure, with a career-making performance by Arlene Smith, but the rest of the album is not to be ignored: "The Plea" (co-authored by Smith and Barrett), which offers shimmering backing vocals by the group and a memorably passionate lyric; the radiant "Come My Little Baby," with its exquisite chorus and a honking sax solo thick enough to cut with a knife; the bluesy "Congratulations," with its "lead" bass instrumental arrangement; the ethereal ballads "Prayee," "He's Gone," and "I Love You So" -- even Richard Barrett's attempt to emulate "Maybe," "Every Night (I Pray)," is worth hearing as a refinement and expansion of the hit. [Note: This album was originally released as We Are the Chantels, with an image of the five-member group on the cover; such were the racial sensitivities of the time, however, that it was withdrawn and reissued in 1959 with the same catalog number and the title The Chantels, packaged in a more innocuous cover depicting two white teenagers standing next to a jukebox.]

(REVIEW REPRODUCED COURTESY OF  BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE)

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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 STRONG VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)         The record has a "deep groove" (an indent in the label about 1/2-inch from the edge of the label, which on SOME labels is associated with very early or first pressings).

(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)         Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its FAKE ("electronically rechannelled") stereo counterpart. We estimate that FAKE stereo copies of this album outnumber monos by a ratio of at least 10:1.

(e)         True Stereo copies of this album are NOT known to exist (except on compact disc)

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

·      COVER (THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER):

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-       Cover has all three seams (top, bottom and spine) partially split,  as follows:

-       Top seam: between 2 and 4 inches  / 5 to 10 centimeters.This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a side-long piece of transparent scotch tape

-       Bottom seam: between 1 and 2 inches  / 2.5 to 5 centimeters.This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a TINY piece of transparent scotch tape

-       Spine: between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters. This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a side-long piece of transparent scotch tape

-       (ALL REPAIRS ARE MAXIMALLY DISCREET AND RESPECTFUL OF THE ARTISTIC INTEGRITY OF THE COVER)

-       Cover has some light 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 1  (front side) and 4 (back side)

-       Back cover has circular tarnish (grayish, dust-covered sections, which closely follow the contour of the record),  probably caused by friction or by rubbing against other covers during the storage. The tarnish is similar in appearance to a common ring wear, but, UNLIKE ring wear, these grayish areas may be possible to clean up with a minor effort and with a right cleansing solution.

-       Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-       Cover has a small red quality control (inspection) stamp on the back panel (slightly smeared)

-       Minor water stain noted in one bottom stain (less than 1 square inch in size)  (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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 (1) The year indicated in the title bar is the year of the original release,  NOT necessarily the year of the actual pressing; for the actual generation of the pressing, please see our item description (top section, the text in red letters). (2) Please do NOT bid based on the title bar, subtitle bar or item specifics box alone; instead, please read the entire description before bidding; (3) Absolutely NO order cancellations after the auction closes. ever, under any circumstances. We can ONLY cancel bids before the item closes. (4) We are unable to provide matrix-, stamper- or other pressing  information in the final 24 hours of the auction. (5) All disagreements and miscommunications can be - and will only be - solved in a civil and mutually respectful manner; please avoid puerile, offensive, abrasive or menacing language (6) This seller will accommodate all reasonable requests and - unless seriously molested - is generally a flexible, pragmatic and agreeable person.

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