BO DIDDLEY 1st ALBUM ORIG JAPAN CHESS BLACK LBL AUDIOPHILE MONO LP w/OBI+INSERT

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·       BO DIDDLEY - THE SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM ("BO DIDDLEY") - ORIGINAL JAPANESE CHECKER/P-VINE RECORDS  MONO LP PLP-811

·       ORIGINAL JAPANESE PRESSING

·       JAPANESE AUDIOPHILE HIGH QUALITY PRESSING ON A VIRGIN VINYL

·       ORIGINAL BLACK, MATTE (NOT GLOSSY), CHESS MONO LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT.

·       EXTREMELY RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN FAKE (ELECTRONICALLY RECHANELLED) STEREO (NOTE: JAPANESE PRESSINGS EXISTS IN MONO ONLY; ELECTRONIC STEREO PRESSINGS ARE AMERICAN-ONLY)

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

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE

·       ALBUM INCLUDES "OBI" (A RIBBON / BELT WITH JAPANESE ALPHABET CHARACTERS, CONTAINING ALBUM DATA)  WRAPPED AROUND THE COVER)

·       THE ALBUM ALSO COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL, JAPANESE-ONLY INSERT/LYRICS SHEET

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

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For anyone who wants to play rock & roll, real  rock & roll, this is one of the few records that you really need. Along with Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, and a few select others, Bo Diddley was one of the founders of the form -- and he did it like no other. Diddley had only one real style, that being the Bo Diddley beat: a syncopated, rhythmic drive, loaded with tremolo. There are 12 examples of it on this record, and that is about all you need. It's one of those records that, after listening to just a few cuts, will find you tapping the beats on every available surface. Diddley's guitar and vocals have a gruff feeling that recalls bluesmen such as Waters, yet he has his own style. Buttressed by drums, funky piano, and usually maracas, it's absolutely infectious. This is one of the greatest rock sounds that you're likely to hear, and it's all on this one record, too.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MATTHEW GREENWALD, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

Ladies and Gentlemen, you are looking at the inception of Rock'n'Roll. This is the spring-source of all that its primal, atavistic, vital, rude, crude and lewd (in the best sense of the word) in all of R&R: Bo Diddley not only single-handedly invented the entire R&B genre, he not only parented what is probably the single most memorable of all R&R riffs, but also acted midwifed at Rock's birth. We proudly present here Bo Diddley's first - and greatest - album. Track listing: Bo Diddley - I'm a man - Bring it to Jerome - Before you accuse me - Hey Bo Diddley - Dearest Darling - Hush your mouth - Say Bossman - Diddley Daddy - Diddey Wah Diddey - Who do you love - Pretty Thing. The list of the bands and artists who covered these immortal songs reads like who-is-who of Rock: Doors, Etta James, Creedence, Captain Beefheart, The Band, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Bob Seger…but the award goes to Pretty Things who named themselves after the same-titled song from this album. This album is a DEFINITION of "classic".

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE 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 NEAR MINT (APPEARS UNPLAYED). The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The album comes with the original Japanese-only insert/lyrics sheet still intact.

(c)           The album comes with the original Japanese OBI strip included and intact.

(d)          The record comes in a hi-grade PVC inner sleeve, which has - apparently with success - shielded the record from the harmful impact of elements over many years!

(e)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, high-quality, virgin-grade vinyl, which is usually used for audiophile, extended-dynamic-range, half-speed mastered and connoisseur pressings.

(f)            In addition, the record is pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

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

·                               THE COVER

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

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        BOTH sides of the cover have yellowish dust speckles scattered here and there (front side: about 5%, back side: about 40%) these tiny spots are not overly obtrusive or distracting)

-        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 2  (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   (nothing significant).

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-        Cover has one corner slightly dinged (nothing significant)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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