WAH WAH WATSON Elementary 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT
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WAH WAH WATSON Elementary 1976 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT

WAH WAH WATSON
Elementary

1976 UK CBS (S 81582) FIRT PRESSING OF HIS ONLY SOLO ALBUM
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED AND SOUNDS LIKE NEW

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST 'SUNSET' CBS LABELS
MATRIX: CBS S 81582•A1 / CBS S 81582•B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY "Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd England"
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" PRINTED IN BLACK

After years of infusing his wah-wah guitar licks on countless sessions, Melvin "Wah Wah Watson" Ragin cut a deal with Columbia Records for this unsuccessful solo album that did so poorly Watson didn't have another solo release for 24 years.
Columbia pushed this as fusion-jazz; well, some of it is, but it's much more.
"Cry Baby" sounds like a track left off Sly & the Family Stone's There's a Riot Going On album; not a sad tune as its title suggests, but a jaunty stepper more related to funk than jazz. "Bubbles" is soft and understated with a clandestine groove, with Watson easing up on the wah-wah's. You'd think Norman Whitfield was in the studio on "Goo Goo Wah Wah" going by the countless gadgets and studio tricks employed on this likeable sprinter that's pushed by threatening tomtom drums: great chase music.
Some of L.A.'s finest studio musicians are with Watson on this one

Side 1:
Goo Goo Wah Wah (5:36)
Love My Blues Away (5:30)
Cry Baby (4:02)
My Love For You Comes And Goes (4:37)
Together (Whatever) (4:53)
Side 2:
Sunset Boulevard (4:09)
Love Ain't Somethin' (That You Get For Free) (4:19)
I'll Get By Without You (6:01)
Bubbles (3:18)
Good Friends (6:12)

LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of clean, unmarked labels.
No spindle traces or any signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault.
No clicks, ticks or pops and clean
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from some rub to the surfaces/corners the cover is good and solid with all spine text clear

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £20.00 (International Signed For delivery)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY

Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any  1281 (GS 8.3.5 (1281))


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