RARE Original 1968 1st Press AFRICA LP- MUSIC FROM LIL BROWN- ODE M- ?
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Africa LP - Music From Lil Brown
Label: Ode
Matrix Number: Z12 44010 [& B]
Vinyl Wear Visual Grade: M-
Pressing Quality: 8 / 8-
Loudness of Vinyl: Average
Condition of Jacket: EX- (gatefold cover with 1/16" hole punched
through the whole cover in upper right corner;
moderate wear to all edges & corners; mild
wear/soiling to front & rear surfaces, but almost
none to gatefold interior surfaces; some ring wear
at the top of rear cover )
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO THE RED PANEL BELOW TO VIEW GRADING STANDARDS
Side One:
Side Two:
SOUND SAMPLES TAKEN FROM ACTUAL RECORD AT FLAT RESPONSE
This is a rare original first pressing of the 1968 release "Music From Lil Brown" by the South Los Angeles-based group Africa, produced by Lou Adler (Mamas & Papas, Johnny Rivers, Barry McGuire, Scott McKenzie, The Grass Roots, Spirit, Carole King and Cheech and Chong) on his Ode label. With great luck, one can occasionally stumble across a copy of this wonderful and unique record in used record stores, at flea markets and on Ebay, but given the age of the album, obtaining a copy with the vinyl in superb condition like this one is like finding a phonograph needle in a haystack. It's a good quality pressing with low surface noise and only a few pops. I find it hard to believe that this one-of-a-kind record has never been reissued on CD. Some of the tracks have been posted as videos on YouTube and can be previewed in their entirety there. The tracks were recorded in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles (the historical heart of L.A.'s African-American community) at the group's backyard home studio - - a small brown playhouse that group member Gary Pipkin had built for his kids, which they called "Lil Brown". The entire graphic design of the album is a take-off on The Band's 1968 debut album on Capitol, "Music From Big Pink". But the music is a far cry from Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson & company: this is a hard-to-categorize mostly-unplugged vocal group soul band with a latin flavor (great conga drumming!) that leans towards the psychedelic. Most of the tracks are fairly loose jams and you can tell that the group's having a blast. They cover four popular rock/pop songs mostly by white musicians/groups, but three other tunes are fine originals. One of them, the sublime "Here I Stand" was released as a mono single (a shorter radio-edit version), with "Widow" on the flip. It enjoyed brief airplay on West Coast soul radio, then sank without a trace, but not before I rushed out and snagged a still-cherished copy for myself! The members of Africa were Brice Coefield, the great Billy Storm (a.k.a. Billy Spicer, amazingly enough, uncredited here), Chester Pipkin, Chester's cousin Gary Pipkin, Ed Wallace and Freddie Wills. All are veteran vocalists from the 50's L.A. doo-wop scene and the first three were in the Valiants (who also went under many other names like the Untouchables, Alley Cats, Sabers, Gents, Chavelles, Del-Mars, Freedoms, and the Electras). While it is not clear which members played which instruments, it is more than likely that Chester Pipkin is the fine guitarist here. For more info on the Valiants, check here: http://doo-wop.blogg.org/themes-valiants__1_-184943.htmlFor more info/reviews of Africa - "Music From Lil Brown", check these links:
http://record-fiend.blogspot.com/2010/01/africa-music-from-lil-brown-ode-1968.html http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/01/10/africa-music-from-lil-brown/
TRACK LISTING:
Side One 1. Paint It Black [Rolling Stones Cover]
2. Light My Fire [Doors cover]
3. Here I Stand (feat. Billy Storm on high tenor lead vocal) Side Two
1. Medley: Louie Louie / Ode To Billie Joe [Richard Berry/Bobbie Gentry covers]
2. Widow
3. Savin' All My Love
4. You Take Advantage Of Me
This record is from my personal collection; I'm not really a buy-and-sell-or-trade type of seller. Like much of my vinyl, I bought this record when it came out, played it a few times, recorded it to reel-to-reel and then put it back in its sleeve for the next 44 years! Visually, the vinyl shows very little sign of wear. It's been wet cleaned, then both sides archived to CD by me as part of the grading process. Guaranteed free of skips when I used a tonearm lightly weighted at 1.5 grams.
PRICE: Starting bid on this rare gem is $39.99. A must for any serious collector of West Coast soul! ATTENTION BIDDERS: Please carefully read this listing in its entirety, as I have no return policy: my record description is intended to be absolutely honest, accurate and thorough enough in the first place, so you can decide if you want to buy it AS DESCRIBED, AS HEARD in the sound samples and AS IS. RECORD GRADING STANDARDS
In grading the sound quality of a vinyl record (assuming it's been cleaned and there's no significant warpage), there are three main issues:
1.) Vinyl Visual Grade made by judging the visible wear from usage.
2.) Pressing quality after manufacture, which is the amount of surface noise such as pops/clicks/hisses/buzzes due to imperfections in the grooves of the record like small pits or bubbles. This is partially determined by vinyl quality/purity, temperature control and cleanliness of the record stamping machine. Other problems include the record being pressed off-center ("drunk") resulting in a wobbly, pitch-wavering sound.
TIP for off-center pressings: With 45's, you can compensate during playback for a drunk pressing by removing the centering "dome" from the turntable spindle, slowly turning the record by hand while observing in which direction the grooves are off center, and then pushing the record slightly off-center in the opposite direction until the grooves themselves are centered. It's an acquired skill.
3.) Loudness of Vinyl (Mastering volume) and the resulting Signal-to-Noise Ratio: how loudly ("hotly") or softly ("sleepily") the record was mastered to the stamper from the master tape of the music. With a hot pressing, the loudness of the music overpowers and masks the fainter sound of the surface noise. With a sleepy pressing, the music is dimmer and down closer to the level of surface noise; the listener has to turn up the volume, making the surface noise more audible along with the music. Other mastering problems include exaggerated tone settings and distortion, especially in high frequencies ("S" sounds) and upper midrange frequencies ("squawking" in the vocals or other tinny instruments). Too much bass and the needle will hop right out of the groove!
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Gradings for visually detectable wear on vinyl records
MINT (M) The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in perfect condition. Records advertised as Sealed or Unplayed should be Mint.
NEAR MINT (NM+/-) As above, but only played a few times. The cover and any extra items such as the lyric sheet, booklet or poster are in nearly perfect condition.
EXCELLENT (EX+/-) The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and/or creasing.
VERY GOOD (VG+/-) The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable.
GOOD (G+/-) The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discoloration, etc.
FAIR (F+/-) The record is still just playable but has not been cared for properly; it may even jump. The cover and contents will be torn, stained and/or defaced.
POOR (P+/-) The record will not play properly due to scratches, uncleanable dirt etc. The cover and contents will be badly damaged or partly missing.
BAD (+/-) The record is unplayable or might even be broken, and is only of use as a collection-filler.
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RATINGS FOR PRESSING QUALITY ON A SCALE OF 10 DOWN TO 1
10: No audible surface noise (nearly impossible to achieve). Example: Classical or audiophile music pressings on "virgin" high-quality vinyl and manufactured under "laboratory" conditions, often of European or Japanese origin. Most really good pressings will only rate a 9 anyway.
9: Very few barely audible clicks. No pops at all.
8: Frequent softly audible clicks and no pops.
7: More frequent audible clicks and occasional pops.
6: Frequent audible clicks and pops.
5: Frequent noticable clicks and pops.
4: Very frequent noticable clicks and loud pops.
3: Extremely frequent loud clicks and loud pops, possibly with occasional hisses/buzzes.
2. Constant loud clicks and loud pops, with frequent hisses/buzzes
1: Virtually unlistenable, might as well've been pressed on peanut-brittle!
Go buy the re-issue of the song on CD made directly from the master
tapes.
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STANDARDS FOR RATING MASTERING VOLUME
HOT (+/-)
AVERAGE (+/-)
SLEEPY (+/-)
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HOW I GRADE RECORDS FOR SALE:
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For records with a visual wear rating between VG and NM++ , additional ratings for pressing quality and signal-to-noise ratio are included. It's entirely possible for an M or barely played NM record to sound pretty bad because it was poorly pressed in the first place.
For records with a visual wear rating below VG , it is often too difficult to tell the difference between surface noises due to wear and those due to pressing quality, so only a single condition grading is offered.
About grading integrity : it is my strict policy to grade these records as carefully and truthfully as possible. It's a common complaint that many record sellers tend to overgrade their stock: more than once, I've purchased a few "VG+" or "EX" records on Ebay, and eagerly put one on the turntable only to find it's a nearly unlistenable mess. Yuck! This is why I have no return policy: my record description is intended to be honest and thorough enough in the first place, so you can decide if you want to buy it AS DESCRIBED and AS IS.
About Shipping/Handling Fees & Seller Ratings Shipping Fees I have selected the cheapest possible shipping rates available to me for customers. Please be aware that the United States Post Office sets these prices, NOT me! Unfortunately, Ebay combines both the shipping & handling charges on the invoices that sellers send to buyers, giving the impression that the shipping rate is too high. Please keep this in mind when receiving my invoices. With 45's sent within the United States, it's actually a bit cheaper by weight to send one 45 by First Class than by Media Mail. Media Mail works better for multiple items sent in the same package and I'm very happy to combine shipping for both domestic & overseas customers. Unlike the bigger, high-volume sellers on Ebay who are rewarded substantial discounts on their fees from shippers and from Ebay, I am only a collector gradually selling off my records and thus not in a position to offer free or discounted shipping. High bidders may want to consider insuring their purchases, since even the best packed records do occasionally arrive broken, and you can only get all your money back if you fully insure your purchase.Within the continental US:
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To maximize the safety of records, I cut & fold custom-made mailers from clean, recycled corrugated cardboard for each shipment (see photo below) --- fairly time-consuming work! I now include a heavy-duty clear vinyl protector with each 45; LP's are placed inside clean recycled plastic shopping bags. For shipments within the U.S., there is a flat $3.00 handling fee, and $0.70-0.80 of this goes to USPS Delivery Confirmation with a tracking number which lets me know the buyer has received the shipment. For foreign shipments, there is a flat $3.50 handling fee, and customs forms have to be filled out which provides the buyer and me with a form number useful in tracing the package if it gets hung up in customs.Weights: One 45 in cardboard mailer = approx. 6 oz.
Each additional 45 = approx. 1.2 oz.
LP in cardboard mailer = approx. 1 lb. 3 oz.
Each additional LP = approx. 8 oz.
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