MINT 1973 Orig WAKE OF THE FLOOD = THE GRATEFUL DEAD - "BOX OF RAIN"
$
34
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING: Please read the entire auction listing, including shipping costs, before writing to ask a question. OUR GOAL IS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. In order to meet that goal, we will ALWAYS work with our customers on any concerns that may arise. In the unlikely instance that you feel the need to open a resolution dispute before working with us, you will immediately be blocked from any further chance to acquire the rare music we present each and every week. Payment is required within seven days. We mail all paid items ONE WEEK after auctions end. Please keep in mind our listings are time consuming in detail and we are often traveling to find these gems, which at times delays the delivery schedule by a day or two. We ALWAYS process and ship every paid order. We have no control over parcels once they are mailed from our local Post Office.Overseas mail to some countries (Italy, Russia, France, in particular) has become very slow. Opening a dispute for slow mail is unacceptable and will result in blocking the bidder. We work hard to provide excellent service as is represented by our 8000 plus positive feedback. We use a VPI machine and thoroughly clean all records. Each order is carefully packaged by removing the LP from the jacket to avoid seam splits, use of 3 ml plastic cover sleeves over each LP and jacket, cardboard pad inserts, and placed in sturdy record mailers for safe delivery. We take Customer Service seriously, and want you to be satisfied. Please give us 5 stars in each category through the feedback system, and we will be able to effectively continue to fulfill your passion for rare and collectible music! We have served thousands of satisfied customers - far more than our feedback records indicate - and our aim is to continue to do so. Thank you for your interest and support. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHIPPING: USA ~ 1 LP = $4.00 Media Priority rates vary by area; please inquire. All Canadian and Overseas shipping ~ Please inquire about rates. Priority shipping rates required on any order $200+ ~ Also, in the best interest of all of us, safe Express shipping rates on any order totaling $400+ Discount shipping on multiple LPs in same order. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS
"BOX OF RAIN" THE SAN FRANCISCO SOUND
FINAL COLLECTION COPY!
The GRATEFUL DEAD
Wake Of The Flood
USA - GRATEFUL DEAD RECORDS - GD 01
FINAL COLLECTION COPY! MINTY CLEAN ALL OVER STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE including the RARE song titles sticker = hardly EVER seen, most original copies did not include this sticker! Original 1973 first pressing with the famous Rick Griffen cover (legendary SF Poster artist)...this was their highly anticipated first album released on their own record label. "Wake Of The Flood" was highly acclaimed and became a huge fan favorite:After satisfying their nine-title/dozen-disc deal with Warner Brothers, the Dead began their own record labels: Grateful Dead Records (for group releases) and Round Records (for solo projects). Wake of the Flood was the first LP issued entirely under the band's supervision -- which also included manufacturing and marketing.
Marin County in Northern California is where the Grateful Dead made its home for most of its career, and WAKE OF THE FLOOD evokes the laid-back hippy vibe of the place better than any other album. Some of the Dead's best songs are within "Wake Of The Flood": The plaintive "Row Jimmy" and "Stella Blue," "Here Comes Sunshine," and the incomparable "Eyes of the World," surely one of Hunter's wisest lyrics, set to a joyful groove that makes you feel like a summer morning. Jerry's voice is very relaxed; his friendly, wavering pitch and whimsical guitar work gluides through the material so smoothly...The Grateful Dead now like some psychedelic hillbillies in overalls with a straw hanging from their teeth. Ah, but these hayseeds have a twinkle in their dilated pupil eyes. The album is laid back yet full of subtle power. Some of the laid back nature of the music can definitely be heard as energy being barely contained. Backing vocal harmonies play heavily through out this album. The album has a nostalgic groove and we can almost see Garcia winking his way all the way through it. The lyrics are truly amazing within the songs weaving together a story through the entire album.
The album begins in a low key fashion with the beginning of "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleoo". The chorus refer to "southern skys" and in the lyrics the story teller "prays for better weather". The pace of the music in this song is deliberately slowed down and one gets the feeling the listener is being teased if not being put on.
"Let me sing your blues away" is the most up beat of the songs. Here again we have the theme of weather ("not a cloud in the sky, such a sunny day"). The third song "Row Jimmy" contains this gem of a haiku "Here's a half a dollar if you dare double twist if you hit the air"
The musical aesthetic set up in Row Jimmy is continued but in a slower bluesy fashion in "Stella Blue" The lyrics in Stella Blue does an interesting thing- they seem to refer back to the music. Stella Blue itself is played in a blues style. The line in the song "dust off those rust strings just one more time " comes when Garcia indeed does. The album ends with "Weather Report Suite" and although it is a little bit different, it is quite beautiful. It is very fitting end as all the songs on the album has a panoramic feeling of the weather.
A neglected masterpiece.
SIDE 1 MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP UPTOWN TOODELOO LET ME SING YOUR BLUES AWAY ROW JIMMY STELLA BLUE SIDE 2 HERE COMES SUNSHINE EYES OF THE WORLD WEATHER REPORT SUITE (a) prelude (b) part one (c) part two
CONDITION: The Cover: rated: MINT in factory cellophane with rare song title sticker on outer wrapper! Thick cardboard cover is ultimately top clean, has an ages old store price sticker on outer cellophane... very hard to find this in such pristine condition, even with delete clip at bottom left corner, but without dirt or soil or cover wear ! ...no split seams, no bends and no writing...Solid fantastic collectible appearance !
The Vinyl: both sides are glossy, rated M- looks and plays clean -- expect excellent enjoyable audio results ...the labels are clean ... 42+ year old collectible only getting harder to find.
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps MULTIPLE LP SETS COUNT EACH DISC FOR SHIPPING COST (double Lp count as 2-Lp, etc.) The Records In All Parcels Are Well Protected = The disc of an LP will always be separated from its cover (avoiding seam splits,etc) ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 7 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
price rating
![Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (2xLP, Album, Mono) (1966) [Used Vinyl]](https://www.popsike.info/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20240507/196383898438.jpg)
