Daryl Hall & John Oates ABANDONED LUNCHEONETTE, Vinyl, Atlantic PROMO (1973)

$

100

Selected titles from the private collection of a music business veteran are now being made available for the first time. Titles offered by this Seller are one-owner and came directly from the pressing plant, record company warehouse, other label reps or record store unless otherwise noted. 

Grading is based on visual inspection.

I package records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.

Album ships in a 2 MIL poly cover sleeve and a soft poly inner sleeve.

New and vintage vinyl is hard to grade strictly using eBay’s system because the record and the cover are two different components. Therefore, I grade a record new and mint if it is opened but has never been played.  I use the eBay grading category to describe the cover condition.

• This is a First Pressing on an Atlantic Records Promotional copy of the original 1973 release.
• It is a Monarch pressing.
• This copy has never been played.
• The Promo sticker is on the front cover.
• The cover has tight seams and shows no wear.
• The 12x24 insert has lyrics, credits and a photo.
• The Atlantic catalog inner sleeve is included. I have added a soft poly inner sleeve.
• This is a one-owner that the Seller got new from Atlantic Records in 1973. It has been in storage for 50 years.

Note: This is the second of their first 3 albums on Atlantic. "Shes' Gone" was obviously a great song and everyone at Atlantic felt it was a hit but they could't get it played on the radio. A couple years later when Daryl & John signed with RCA, Atlantic re-released "She's Gone" and reissued the album and it still didn't get played on very many radio stations. It is one of their great tracks that was never a hit. RCA subsequently included "She's Gone" on a Hall & Oates greatest hits album. BTW, the rest of this album is really good too.
A1 When The Morning Comes Acoustic Guitar – John Oates Bass – Steve "Fontz" Gelfand Drums – Bernard Purdie Electric Guitar – Hugh McCracken Lead Vocals, Mandolin – Daryl Hall Mellotron – Chris Bond* Oboe – Joe Farrell Percussion – Ralph MacDonald 3:12 A2 Had I Known You Better Then Acoustic Guitar – Jerry Ricks Bass – Steve "Fontz" Gelfand Drums, Percussion – Rick Marotta Electric Guitar – Chris Bond* Electric Piano – Daryl Hall Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Oates 3:22 A3 Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song) Acoustic Guitar – Chris Bond* Bass – Gordon Edwards Congas – Pancho Morales Drums – Bernard Purdie Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Oates Lead Vocals, Electric Piano – Daryl Hall Organ – Pat Rebillot Tenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell 2:57 A4 She's Gone Bass – Steve "Fontz" Gelfand Drums – Bernard Purdie Electric Guitar, Mellotron, Synthesizer – Chris Bond* Lead Vocals, Electric Piano – Daryl Hall Lead Vocals, Guitar [Wah-wah] – John Oates Percussion – Ralph MacDonald Tenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell 5:15 A5 I'm Just A Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like A Man) Acoustic Guitar – Jerry Ricks Bass – Gordon Edwards Drums – Bernard Purdie Electric Guitar, Mellotron – Chris Bond* Electric Piano – Daryl Hall Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Oates 3:20 B1 Abandoned Luncheonette Alto Saxophone – Joe Farrell Bass – Gordon Edwards Drums – Bernard Purdie Harp – Gloria Agostini Lead Vocals, Piano – Daryl Hall Piano – Richard Tee Vocals [Humanity Chorus] – Arif Mardin, Christian Bond*, Daryl Hall, Donald Wanner, John Oates, Kathy Mae Hohl, Ronald Wanner, Walter F. Hohl 3:55 B2 Lady Rain Bass – Steve "Fontz" Gelfand Drums – Bernard Purdie Electric Guitar – Hugh McCracken Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – John Oates Lead Vocals, Mandolin – Daryl Hall Percussion – Ralph MacDonald Violin [Electric Vi-tar] – John Blair 4:26 B3 Laughing Boy Flugelhorn – Marvin Stamm Lead Vocals, Piano – Daryl Hall 3:30 B4 Everytime I Look At You Banjo – Mark Horowitz Bass – Steve "Fontz" Gelfand Drums – Bernard Purdie Electric Guitar – John Oates Electric Guitar, Mellotron, Synthesizer – Chris Bond* Fiddle – Larry Packer (2) Lead Vocals, Keyboards – Daryl Hall 7:04