BOZ SCAGGS S/T VG++ 1969 Atlantic 1st Pressing Duane Allman Muscle Shoals SD8239

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Vinyl:  VG++ Play Tested. Sounds Great!  Atlantic Labels are Clean except side 1 has a couple of pen marks--see photos.   This is the Original Atlantic 1st Pressing!   SD 8239.  Here's Boz at his first solo project, after having just left The Steve Miller Band!  It's a Champion of an Album!  Duane Allman on Guitar!!!!  Recorded deep in the heart of The Sunny South at Muscle Shoals!!!  Along with The Muscle Shoals crew, there is a photo inside of a future Grateful Dead Folk!:::::Donna Jean Thatcher, who was on her way to becoming a Grateful Dead wife and co-lead vocalist!!! 
Cover:  VG+  (see photos; paper tear bottom right front corner; small initials, top right front cover)  No Barcode! 
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine  [-]

Departing from the Steve Miller Band after a two-album stint, Boz Scaggs found himself on his own but not without support. Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, his friend, helped him sign with Atlantic Records and the label had him set up shop in Muscle Shoals, recording his debut album with that legendary set of studio musicians, known for their down-and-dirty backing work for Aretha Franklinand Wilson Pickett, among many other Southern soul legends. The Muscle Shoals rhythm section, occasionally augmented by guitarist Duane Allman, gives this music genuine grit, but this isn't necessarily a straight-up blue-eyed soul record, even if the opening "I'm Easy" and "I'll Be Long Gone" are certainly as deeply soulful as anything cut at Muscle Shoals. Even at this early stage Scaggs wasn't content to stay in one place, and he crafted a kind of Americana fantasia here, also dabbling in country and blues along with the soul and R&B that grounds this record. If the country shuffle "Now You're Gone" sounds just slightly a shade bit too vaudeville for its own good, it only stands out because the rest of the record is pitch-perfect, from the Jimmie Rodgers cover "Waiting for a Train" and the folky "Look What I Got!" to the extended 11-minute blues workout "Loan Me a Dime," which functions as much as a showcase for a blazing Duane Allman as it does for Boz. But even with that show-stealing turn, and even with the Muscle Shoals musicians giving this album its muscle and part of its soul, this album is still thoroughly a showcase for Boz Scaggs' musical vision, which even at this stage is wide and deep. It would grow smoother and more assured over the years, but the slight bit of raggedness suits the funky, down-home performances and helps make this not only a great debut, but also an enduring blue-eyed soul masterpiece.