MINT 1973 SILVER FOIL INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND "LIBRARY" PsYcH SAMPLE GROOVE KING
$
96
$ 96
Sold For
Jul 14, 2024
Sold Date
Jul 7, 2024
Start Date
5
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USA
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- ORIGINAL 1973 FIRST PRESS
- MINT in SHRINK WRAPPER
- Silver Foil Cover
- IMPOSSIBLE FIND MINT LIKE THIS
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- = INCREDIBLE BONGO BAND =
- "BONGO ROCK"
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- USA - PRIDE RECORDS - PRD 0028
Most of the coolest "Library" Records were issued in the early 70's Europe/England, continental, the right ones going for $-hundreds even thousands. Well, here's one from the USA ('73) though not (yet) going for the big dollars even though getting a pretty near perfect original still in shrink wrapper remains a tall task - and here's that elusive awesome ...final collection copy... furthermore "BONGO ROCK" is known to be the second most "sampled", basically "library" record lifted for Hip Hop, Club Mix, etc. purposes even though it was far away released from such intentions. The stoner Hip-Hop-sters discovered all the "flash moves" buried within and settles as well as a cool rock exploitation platter with odd versions of (long) "In-A-Gadda-Da Vida" "Apache" "Raunchy" "Let There Be Drums," and so on...
Here's the FAN-MAN's take on the affair:
The first Incredible Bongo Band album is the kind of thing that could only have been made in 1973. It is mainly a collection of cover songs highlighting the bongo playing of King Erisson and Bobbye Hall and the drumming of Jim Gordon (that drummer's drummer, the Jim Keltner kind, the session guy who's the perfect timekeeper you never really notice until you do, and then you're like DAMN -- he's also the guy that wrote the GoodFellas portion of "Layla" and, oh, later murdered his mother).
The crack band(s) assembled to supplement this slapped-together, kitschy, infectious, funky, and groovy-underground rock collection of songs sounds like they were pulled from any of the innumerable "Wrecking Crew" sessions going on at the time. If anything, it's akin to the best library music album you've ever heard. While Bongo Rock is far from qualifying as "art," it does provide entirely satisfying listens. The opener, "Let There Be Drums," sets the basic template for the tracks on the album with its infectious bongo rhythms, solid and flashy back-beats, and rudimentary songwriting anchored with huge arrangements loaded with some horn charts. The next track is where legends are made. Their cover of "Apache" would, a few years later, be used by DJ Kool Herc when he was establishing the main breaks that built early hip-hop. The track would be sampled hundreds of times in subsequent years, most notably by Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, and Nas ("Made You Look"). The extended break is the subject of the informative documentary "Sample This."
A few songs later, we get an extended, big budget jam titled "Last Bongo in Belgium," which is probably recognizable these days for providing the core sample to the Beastie Boys' classic "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun." Side Two is not nearly as explosive or propulsive, but it is still lots of fun (see their cover of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"). The closer, the lone hit single the band produced, still manages to be one of the decade's most infectious slices of kitsch. Again, if you're looking for art, bust out your boring King Crimson records. If you want to have a great time, pull out a copy of Bongo Rock!
- A
- Let There Be Drums 2:38
- Apache 4:54
- Bongolia 2:14
- Last Bongo in Belgium 6:55
- B
- Dueling Bongo's 2:56
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 7:42
- Raunchy '73 3:23
- Bongo Rock '73 2:35
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- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: MINT Top Copy 1973 keeper from 50+ years ago ... more than difficult to find in CLEAN 'SILVER FOIL' condition with no bends, delete marks, scrapes, or marks on the actual cover - because, the cover style about wore-out just standing still ! AND Still the silver foil cover is in Factory Shrink Wrapper. Still with thee original factory price sticker on outer shrink wrap!
- So, yes, here's the minty top copy you've been waiting for !
- The VINYL Rated: M- been in careful hands 50+ years... Figures to be a great chance to obtain a clean TOP copy-- or wish you did.
- Both private '74 yellow-ish PRIDE labels are clean
SEE: SELLERS OTHER ITEMS (((similar grooves for "head" people...)))
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks, plays clean
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EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, enjoyable
VG+ a bit more scuff or marks 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 ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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