THE MARVELOUS SING 1st Pressing from 62-ONE OF THE RAREST TAMLA LPS-WHITE LABEL
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THE MARVELOUS SING 1st Pressing from 62-ONE OF THE RAREST TAMLA LPS-WHITE LABEL
A G LP ON TAMLA TM229
FROM 1962 THE ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING WITH WHITE TAMLA LABEL
WITH THE ALL BLACK COVER WITH TRACKS IN WHITE CIRCLES
PRODUCED BY HOLLAND-STEPHENSON
WITH THE ORIGINAL TAMLA-GORDY-MOTOWN RED INNER SLEEVE AS SHOWN
TRACKS AS SHOWN ON THE LABEL PHOTOS
BACKGROUND INFO FROM ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
The least memorable of any album they ever recorded, the Marvelettes' second long-player, originally titled The Marvelettes Smash Hits of 1962, was rushed out in April of that year, not a month after most of it was recorded in a few fast sessions, to try extending the commercial life of the number 34 pop charting "Twistin' Postman." In keeping with the latter record (which also reached number 13 in the Billboard R&B listings) and the tastes of the times, there is a certain emphasis on "Twist" sides here, including a pleasing if unambitious rendition of Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" -- apart from the Supremes' Sam Cooke tribute album of 1965, Motown didn't give a lot of play to Cooke's songs, so that makes this album a little more interesting than its music per se. The Marvelettes Sing also included their rendition of the Mary Wells number "The One Who Really Loves You," using the same backing track as Wells' record, and -- in a totally uncharacteristic moment for Motown -- there's a good cover of Cindy Walker's "Dream Baby," a song most closely associated with Roy Orbison, which closes the record. The 11 songs here don't capture the group at its best, having been cut as part of a flurry of activity in the wake of the number one hit "Please Mr. Postman" -- and to show how far they were from full-strength, Wanda Young, who sang lead on four of the songs, was pregnant at the time, which didn't stop her from handling those vocals (but may explain the absence of a cover photo). Still, for all of the relative weaknesses here -- or, more properly, the lack of specific strengths and moments of inspiration -- this is a fun record four decades on, more than a curio or a space-filler in their discography, and worth hearing more than once.
COVER STOCK WITH LIGHT RUB AND RING WEAR AND AGE DISCOLORATION. CORNERS WITH SMALL ROUGH SPOTS AND OUTER LAYER LOSSES ON POINT. TOP RIGHT EDGE STARTING TO SPLIT ABOUT AN INCH. EDGES WITH SOME FRAYING AND SMALL OUTER LAYER LOSSES.NOTWITHSTANDING, A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO PLEASE DO LOOK AT THE COVER PHOTOS TO ASCERTAIN COVER CONDITION.
SPINDLE HOLE WITH SOME RUB MARKS. THE HIGH LUSTER VINYL BLANK WITH ASSORTED SURFACE RUB SCUFF MARKS AND PLAY LINES UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT AND ASSIDUOUS EXAMINATION. A NOTICEABLE SCUFF MARK ACROSS THE TRACKS IN THE 1ST SIDE IN THE THE 6 POSITION. WE'VE TEST PLAYED THIS LP BY SAMPLING EACH TRACK 2-3 TIMES ON A VPI TURNTABLE WITH A GRADO REFERENCE ONE WOOD CARTRIDGE WITHOUT NOTICE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS AND SOUNDING QUITE FINE HERE.
FROM A NOTED REVIEWER'S PRIVATE COLLECTION
RARELY SEEN LP WHICH NOW FETCHES 500 PLUS WHEN SEEING THE LIGHT OF DAY
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