CHARMELS - As Long As I've Got You - WU-TANG CLAN - 1967 VOLT Rare Soul Samples
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THE CHARMELS
AS LONG AS I'VE GOT YOU / BABY COME AND GET IT
VOLT 45-155 - 1967
"A girl group signed to Memphis' Stax/Volt label, The Charmels made a handful of singles, none of which gained much national play. "As Long as I've Got You" originally came out in 1967 and, notably, was the an early product of a collaboration between Isaac Hayes and David Porter. It's a deceptively delicate and melancholy ballad, with its fragile-sounding opening piano melody by the Stax house band falling into a heavy backbeat"
"As Long as I've Got You" might have remained forever obscure if the Wu-Tang Clan's producing wizard The RZA hadn't decided to sample that opening piano melody almost 30 years later for one of the group's big 1993 hits: "C.R.E.A.M." ("Cash Rules Everything Around Me") off Wu-Tang Clan's debut album. The RZA's production on "C.R.E.A.M." turned the melody into something foreboding
I'd have to grade this record as "Good" ... it's flat and bright with no warping and clean labels except for an "X" radio station mark over "Volt" on the A-Side ... the vinyl has many light scuffs & scratches which results in some surface noise, crackling and pops, but still very listenable ... both sides of the record have been play tested on my Techics turntable, the vinyl plays through just fine with no skips and good fidelity ... I've attempted to photograph the vinyl in a way which would show these scuffs & scratches with moderate success ... please carefully review the detailed images provided.
A collectible piece of original East Coast Hip Hop / Rap memorabilia that will be carefully and securely packaged in a generic paper & poly sleeve, sandwiched between two pieces of stiff, over-sized, thick cardboard in a custom cardboard mailer to insure safe, damage-free shipping.
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