JR WALKER & THE ALL STARS "Shotgun" 1965 UK MONO EX

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JR WALKER & THE ALL STARS "Shotgun" 1965 UK MONO EX 1st PRESSING, G&L FLIPBACK, NICE COPY - SOUNDS GREAT

JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS
Shotgun

ORIGINAL UK TAMLA MOTOWN (TML 11017) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (October 1965) OF JUNIOR WALKER & THE ALL STARS DEBUT SOUNDING AS BRIGHT AND FRESH TODAY AS IT DID 45 YEARS AGO AND THIS COPY PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT WITH VERY, VERY LITTLE TO FAULT - SOUNDS GREAT

Junior Walker's debut remains highly explosive decades after its first release.
The seductive "Cleo's Mood" and the syncopated "Cleo's Back" reveal a musical, funky fascination with a fickle chick named Cleo.
On "Shotgun" an opening gun blast grabs your attention. Junior's gritty vocal alternates leads with his torrid tenor sax play. He kicks it up another notch on "Shake and Fingerpop." The screeching sax and the opening lyrics are hookers: put on your wig, woman; we're going out to shake and fingerpop. The swaying "Do the Boomerang" finds Walker relaxed and shadowed by All Star Willie Woods on vocals.
The biggest surprise: Holland-Dozier-Holland's "I'm a Road Runner"; on paper, the collaboration seems ridiculous, but in the studio the combo created industrial-strength soul. An uncredited baritone sax player plays soulful low riffs countering Junior's sharper, more emphatic sax squeals. With so much going on, "Shoot Your Shot" got overlooked by many, and that's too bad; it's a dancer, with instructions, featuring Walker's tenor blowing on top an organ flavoured rhythm bed.
Only his greatest-hits compilations and Road Runner reign supreme over this scorcher.

PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER TAMLA MOTOWN LABELS WITH "SOLD IN UK..." TEXT
MATRIX NUMBERS: TML 11017 A-1 / TML 11017 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/GR and 1/GG
THE LP IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED TRI-FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd." DATE CODED '6510' (1965, October)
AND IT'S COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL ISSUE WHITE POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE WITH "MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN", UK PATENT NUMBER AND 'FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING' GREY/SILVER TEXT

Track Listing:
Side 1: CLEO'S MOOD / DO THE BOOMERANG / SHOTGUN / ROAD RUNNER / SHAKE AND FINGERPOP / SHOOT YOUR SHOT
Side 2: TUNE UP / HOT CHA / MONKEY JUMP / TALLY HO! / CLEO'S BACK / AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH

LABELS: The labels are clean, bright and unmarked with spindle wear around the hole - well played but nothing excessive
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen with some light marks and scuffs but these have practically no audio consequence - the record plays beautifully throughout. Visually VG+
VINYL Audio: The audio quality is absolutely sensational with a crystal clear, clean, sharp, fresh and vibrant sound - very impressive, beautifully recorded and on playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps, no real surface noise and barely any clicks or pops (just a few on "Cleo's Back" but none elsewhere) - overall, it sounds great. Critically graded EXCELLENT for audio this is a lovely sounding copy
SLEEVE: The G&L front laminated flipback cover has some creasing to the spine and 'knocking' to the corners but otherwise, it's in great shape with very little storage wear to the edges and a clear spine with all text fully legible. The front laminate has a nice deep gloss and the back is pretty clean with just a few light spots (please see close-up photos) - easily a VERY GOOD+

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