Dr John The Night Tripper Atco Promo NM

Greetings Everyone…..We are returning from a long hiatus from record purveying and will be listing thousands of truly wonderful records  from a number of high profile New York City Estate Collections--FEEL FREE TO BOOKMARK US AS THIS WILL BE  A MOMENTOUS RUN OF AUCTIONS -these are among the finest copies one will ever encounter. The  first of these Collections will include:: The Larry Brill/Paulette Weiss Estate.  Paulette was Pop Music Editor with Stereo Review(60's-80's) , Larry Brill, legendary NYC Music/Art Industry Designer. PLEASE CHECK THEIR BRIEF BIO'S AT BOTTOM OF PAGE. 

The first of these auctions will include hundreds of sealed original  promos(including original master recordings)of jazz, pop, rock, latin,psych, blues, folk, oddball, celebrity, spoken word etc….a dazzling array of vinyl..PLEASE NOTE--Our item descriptions  and grading have always been and will remain accurate to the tee as customer satisfaction is our top priority..we will also be offering a  volume discount plan which will make it even more fun to be a part of these events as they unfold..you folks may remember me as soundguide back in the day ..we look forward to reconnecting with all our old friends and  satisfied customers thru-out the world..Enjoy and Good Luck, Jim

PLEASE NOTE-SEALED ITEMS ARE RETURNABLE ONLY IF UNOPENED. 

Here is promo copy of Dr John's Gris Gris on Atco Stereo SD 33-234 ….COVER/VINYL--NM

Gris-Gris is the debut album by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack). Produced by Harold Battiste, it was released on Atco Records in 1968. The musical style of Gris-Gris is a hybrid of New Orleans rhythm and blues and psychedelic rock. Despite the New Orleans style, it was recorded in California with several native New Orleans musicians.

Gris-Gris failed to chart in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was re-issued on compact disc decades later and received much greater praise from modern critics, including being listed at #143 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.Before recording the album, Rebennack was an experienced New Orleans R&B and rock musician playing as a session musician, songwriter, and producer in New Orleans. Due to drug problems and the law, Rebennack moved to Los Angeles in 1965, joining a group of New Orleans session musicians. Rebennack survived by playing with various pop and rock recording sessions, receiving much of this work with the help of New Orleanian arranger Harold Battiste.[1]

Rebennack desired to make an album that combined the various strains of New Orleans music behind a front man called Dr. John, after a black man named Dr. John Montaine, who claimed to be an African potentate.[2] Rebennack chose this name because his sister had information about Montaine, and Rebennack felt a "spiritual kinship" with him.[2] Rebennack originally wanted New Orleans singer Ronnie Barron to front the band as the Dr. John character, but Don Costa, who managed Barron at the time, advised him against it, claiming it to be a bad career move. Rebennack took on the Dr. John stage name himself.[1][2]

Gris-Gris was recorded in Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California. With an album due and no singer prepared, Dr. John managed to book studio time originally reserved for Sonny & Cher.[1]

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Gris-Gris was released in 1968 on Atco Records, a sub-label of Atlantic Records. Atlantic executive Ahmet Ertegun was reluctant to release the record at first, exclaiming "How can we market this boogaloo crap?".[1] Gris-Gris failed to chart in the United States and United Kingdom.[3][4] Modern reception of the album has been very positive. Richie Unterberger of Allmusic gave the album five out of five stars, referring to it as "The most exploratory and psychedelic outing of Dr. John's career".[5] In 1999, Tom Moon of Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review, with a rating of four stars out of five.[4] In 2003, the album was ranked number 143 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[6]

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Larry/Paulette Bios

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Larry Brill is a jazz aficionado and a madman collector who has researched and purchased thousands of vinyl discs over several decades. His love of jazz began at Far Rockaway High School, where he was influenced by his English teacher, Harry Colomby, who led a double life, molding teenage minds by day and managing the great Thelonious Monk by night. With Colomby as mentor, Brill frequented the legendary Five Spot, soaking up the sounds of Monk, Coltrane, Rollins, Griffin, Young, Kirk and Coleman. His own artwork graced the club's walls (Brill is now a successful graphic designer and president of his own design firm, B&W Creative Group.) Later. his jazz haunts included the Jazz Gallery, the Vanguard, and the Half Note, where he became acquainted with Tristano, Konitz and Marsh. Today Brill concentrates on his massive art collection, and is featured in a new book, "The Art of Collecting" by Diane McJanus Jensen, along with fellow collectors David Rockefeller and Alan Dershowitz. He is married to Paulette Weiss, and their combined collections total 25,000 discs. He parts with his vinyl with great reluctance, and hopes that all those jazz instrumentals, vocals, soundtracks, celebrity discs and rarities wind up with collectors who love them as he did.

Paulette Weiss was Popular Music Editor of Stereo Review magazine and a Certified Audio Consultant for over a decade. She is still in possession of the Dynaco receiver she built from a kit when she was just a pup. For many years, Weiss provided an annual analysis of the year's events in popular music and audio technology for the Encyclopedia Americana and was a contributing editor with Audio magazine. She survived the disco era by chronicling the club scene and its music for the New York Post. Weiss witnessed the birth of cassettes, MTV, video discs and the CD. Over two decades, thousands of vinyl LPs crossed her desk. Along with current albums for review came rare promotional discs and posters, picture discs, original master recordings and many recordings never made available to the general public. Genres include rock, pop, jazz, and spoken word. With her passionate love of the music and hoarder's nature, she collected thousands of these. Many are unplayed and still in their original shrink wrap, others gently spun and lovingly preserved. She is married to Larry Brill, and their combined collections total 25,000 discs.

Condition Notes:
Records are generally graded on visual inspection.
SEALED record, never played.
NM: Near Mint. An unsealed record that looks as good as new.
VG++: Excellent. Light cosmetic flaws that should not affect the sound.
VG+: May have cosmetic flaws, mild surface noise or short patches of ticking, but should sound fine overall.
VG: May have moderate noise throughout or one or two bad patches from scratches. Still fine for general listening.
Good: Noisy, but plays through. I will only sell very rare or unusual items in this condition.
Please contact me for a refund if a record plays worse than described.

SHIPPING RATES

Domestic Media-4.50

Domestic Priority-8.00

International-15.00

Shipping :
We are happy to ship international as well as domestic. Shipping discounts are available. The first album is at the standard flat rate to your zip code or country and then 1.00 for each additional domestic purchase and $2.00 for each additional international purchase.

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300.00--500.00-8%

500.00+  -10%