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As its title makes clear, the 1991 sequel to Bonnie Raitt's platinum breakthrough on NICK OF TIME takes nothing for granted. Raitt had achieved sobriety, renewed commercial focus, and then the payday that the prior album yielded, but Luck Of The Draw mirrors an even fiercer determination to make music as if her life depended on it.

Again teamed with producer Don Was, Raitt surpasses herself with her best album to date: her wonderfully lush, blues-rimmed voice and sinuous slide guitar wrap themselves around a dozen potent songs culled from a typically shrewd mix of writers including Paul Brady, John Hiatt, Bonnie Hayes, Shirley Eikhard, and Billy Vera, and Raitt herself turns in her most generous batch of originals yet.

Sympathetic guests include Brady and Delbert McClinton on harmony vocals, Richard Thompson on guitar, and Heartbreaker Benmont Tench on organ, in a program including the sassy "Something to Talk About," the sultry "Slow Ride," a soaring "Not the Only One," and the heartbreaking "I Can't Make You Love Me." This isn't luck, it's artistry. 

Personnel: Bonnie Raitt (vocals, slide guitar, acoustic & electric guitars, electric piano); Stephen Bruton (acoustic guitar, background vocals); Mark Goldenberg (acoustic guitar); Randy Jacobs, Robben Ford (electric guitar); Scott Thurston (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards); Billy Vera (electric guitar); Ivan Neville, Ian McLagan (Hammond B-3 organ); Benmont Tench (Hammond C-3, piano); Steve Conn (accordion); James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass); Don Was (jug bass); Ricky Fataar, Curt Bisquera, Tony Braunagel, Jeff Porcaro (drums); Debra Dobkin, Paulinho DaCosta (percussion); Sweet Pea Atkinson, Sir Harry Bowens, David Lasley, Arnold McCuller, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Brady, Danny Timms, Glen Clark (background vocals).
Recorded at Ocean Way Recording and Capitol Studios, Los Angeles.
An extremely strong follow-up to the superb NICK OF TIME, LUCK OF THE DRAW continues where that Grammy winner left off--and in a way, surpasses it. Co-produced by Raitt and Don Was, LUCK OF THE DRAW again plays on the singer's rich blues roots and potent slide guitar, with a fair share of the softer, lovelorn ballads that distinguished NICK OF TIME. A gutsy woman who revels in her sexuality, Raitt shapes "Something to Talk About" and the reggae-tinged "Come To Me" into brilliant come-ons, then counters the seduction hauntingly with songs like the heartbreaking "I Can't Make You Love Me," featuring Bruce Hornsby on piano.
The complicated emotional reverie of "One Part Be My Lover" emerged from a poem that Raitt's husband Michael O'Keefe left on her pillow after the couple had argued one night. "Not the Only One" is a beautiful, buoyant love song with Raitt's sand-and-smoke vocals riding Paul Brady's lyrics with reverent, hopeful abandon. Further establishing the fiery redhead as the grand blues mama (not to mention one of the most formidable slide guitarists) of the contemporary rock scene, LUCK OF THE DRAW is Raitt at her raunchy and romantic best.

LIMITED EDITION. This Limited Edition FACTORY SEALED LP is an audiophile collector’s item that simply gives the feeling of being directly in the studio with the artist.

This recording is re-mastered from the Original Session Tapes by Steve Hoffman on DCC’s vintage Vacuum-Tube Playback System. The plating of the lacquers is done the same day as cutting using a slow low temperature bath to minimize groove echo and loss of frequency information. The result is the best sounding series of LPs in history. This Out of Print collectible LP has all Liner Notes, Photos, and Artwork from the Original LP faithfully recreated. ......

The DCC record label is unfortunately long gone. They produced some of the best sounding audiophile software to ever hit the market, most of which was mastered by Steve Hoffman. This makes all their LPs, Gold CDs and Silver Sided CDs all out of print. As time goes on, you will undoubtedly notice significant increases in the prices of the DCC items, especially as the supply dwindles down to next to nothing. In fact, you may have already noticed the skyrocketing price on some of their products. This is no coincidence as all audiophiles and music lovers seek out their software, simply because the product was so good! Get them while you can as they won't be around for long!

Vinyl / Cover = original DCC - Compact Classics - Record = FACTORY SEALED! .... pure analogue !! .....

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..... extremely rare analogue DCC-LP !!

..... very hard-to-find-worldwide ... in this perfect - FACTORY SEALED - Quality !!

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..... DCC-LPZ-LP and Cover are in perfect FACTORY SEALED Quality ...... (look at the picture !!) ...... pure analogue Pressings in USA (very high Quality), .... this DCC-LPZ-LP has been - Out of Print - for over 15 years .... the Vinyl
is in absolute perfect FACTORY SEALED Quality ..... guarantee, ..... t doesn´t get any better than that, ..... this DCC-LPZ-LP is perfect FACTORY SEALED ..... a-very-hard-to-find DCC-LPZ-LP worldwide in this perfect - FACTORY SEALED - Quality - ..... best Quality worldwide ..... guarantee !! ...... last chance to buy the DCC-Record in this - FACTORY SEALED - Quality ..... you must have this DCC-Record in this - FACTORY SEALED -  Quality !! .......

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..... Here a couple of small details ...... The DCC analogue LP/RECORD is brand new, perfect factory sealed, in perfect mint condition, complete and made in JAPAN/USA =  mastered by Steve Hoffman from the original master/session tapes with all vacuum-tube cutting system, the LP has never been opened. The Cover/Booklet includes the complete original artwork, linernotes and Photos from the ORIGINAL-LP.  This LP comes with the original DCC-Poly wrap and is perfect factory sealed in mint condition. The original DCC-Poly wrap has no tears, it is perfect factory sealed.  There are none dents or cracks in the Cover, ..... none of seams are split or corners badly damaged. It is not a cut-out. (No saw marks or drill holes.) It is a completely original Japan/USA-Pressing on the DCC Compact Classics, Inc. This analogue LP is long out of print and is an extremely rare title.  This is one of the rarest DCC titles to find, especially perfect factory sealed.  This ANALOGUE LP comes from my own personal collection and smoke-free environment. .....

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..... HIGH QUALITY PRESSING .... 180+ PURE VIRGIN VINYL .....

..... HQ 180 PURE ANALOGUE PRESSINGS, USA / JAPAN .....

..... PURE ANALOGUE PRODUCTION ...... WITH LIMITED EDITION NUMBER .....

..... MASTERING BY ORIGINAL MASTERWORKS BY STEVE HOFFMAN ....

..... SPECIALLY PLATED AND PRESSED ON HIGH DEFINITION SUPER VINYL ...

..... MANUFACTURED BY DCC COMPACT CLASSICS, Inc. USA .....

..... FOREIGN BIDDERS are welcome:

..... Sorry, ... my shipment is from Germany ...... the US shipping costs below, ... created by the eBay system itself, ... are not correct ... and ... not applicable ! .......

..... please, .....Winners have to contact me within 3 days

of auction close .....

..... Winners have to pay shipping costs ..... for 1 heavyweight, valuable, analogue DCC-LP/Record ........

..... 7,95 Euro Deutschland ........ (Versand als versichertes Paket !!) ........

..... $ 29,95 US-Dollar .......(all country´s...around the world) ......

...........worldwide ....... with airmail, .........registered ...

........... and first class safety cardboard package ................

.... SECURE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE ....

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..... I prefer worldwide payment with Paypal ..... ( in Deutschland bitte eine Banküberweisung in Euro .... vielen Dank .....)

..... to keep the handling fair is very important for me. I promise you that 

..... if you have any questions,please email me .......

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..... sorry, .... please look all my other items in my auction .... this week ......

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Dear music collectors,

I have been collecting music for about 30 years and as I wish to reduce my personal collection, I am offering various analogue and audiophile LPs & CDs for sale.

I have some particularly rare and out-of-print objects: many of my LP's and CD's are still sealed = FACTORY SEALED / OVP. I have verified and evaluated all used LP´s and CD´s according to the official collectors rating.

I will take any LP or CD back, if you are not satisfied with the quality of the item and disagree with my rating.

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......... with-money-back-guarantee .........

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......... Explanations regarding my ratings: ..........

1st part: quality of the record 2nd part: quality of the cover ...............

SEALED / OVP: ..... LP & CD is - FACTORY SEALED - in shrink-wrap or cellophane ........

NEU / NEW: ..... LP & CD is OPEN and UNPLAYED .........

MINT / MINT: ..... LP & CD is as NEW and does not show wear .............

M - / M - : ..... LP & CD shows minimum wear .............

VG / VG (very good): ..... LP & CD shows wear ...........

Demo-Copy: LP & CD = ..... Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!! ....

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..... THANK YOU !! ... GOOD LUCK !!

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