STEVIE COCHRAN No Need to Worry RARE demo psych LP HEAR

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

Stevie Cochran "No Need to Worry" LP

Original 1983 demo only issue private label, only 100 pressed!

Cover:  MINT (still in shrink)

Vinyl:  Plays EXCELLENT!

It’s hard to gauge the true rarity of most three or even four-figure albums – who knows how many Open Minds or Koobas albums were melted down after the initial pressings didn’t sell?  But you can easily measure the rarity of this 1983 album by Stevie Cochran – only 100 were pressed, and far fewer have shown up for sale.  It hasn’t been reissued either (and don’t hold yer breath), because this puppy didn’t even get a proper album release back then (and a cover that’s just a paste-on sticker), but rest assured – there are only 100 people in the world at most who can own one of these.  At any given time.

It’s an unassuming little record – it was never meant to be sold in stores, hence the front-cover-as-an-afterthought.  It certainly doesn’t look like a rarity, and not much has even been written about it.  Acid Archives called it a “hardrock cruncher” and compared it to Truth and Janey (and that should pique some interest), while the only online dealer who seems to have one for sale describes it as “a heavy guitar rocker with over-the-top fuzz and 70’s vibe.”  He’s also selling his for $750 and $600 (how’d he get two???).  So clearly, it’s rare.  But is it any good?

Well, if you’re a big fan of the classical piano stylings of Richard Clayderman, then no, Stevie Cochran’s “No Need to Worry” is gonna suck big time.  But if you’re a guitar lover – and I mean LOTS and LOTS of guitar – Hendrix guitar, Adrian Belew guitar, Robert Fripp guitar – then hells yeah, this one SMOKES!  The title track worships Jimi Hendrix more than Robin Trower’s bedroom walls, with lots of trippy psychedelic phasing on the guitar leads, real showboat kinda stuff.   Stevie keeps the phasing effect on full-power for the proggier “Got to Get a Woman,” whose Duke-era Genesis feel would make Patrick Bateman proud.  There’s even a nod to earlier Genesis in the “Silent Sorrow for Empty Boats” moog choir that runs behind the last verse/chorus.  Classic rock radio shoulda pounced on this, but they didn’t.  Hey, if Billy Thorpe could get “Children of the Sun” on the air, then surely there was a place for Stevie Cochran.

Elsewhere, “Truth” sounds like something off the Adrian Belew and the Bears album.  And at 9 and a half minutes, “Attack/Cops and Robbers” is clearly Stevie’s ultimate speed guitar showcase.  It’s his very own “Eruption,” at first, then gets far more intricate and jazzy once the full band joins in.  Points should also be given to the drummer, whose on fire here, and the whole song comes off sounding like one of those powerful instrumental jams from King Crimson’s Red.  If Stevie was setting out to prove his guitar prowess on this album, he sure did it – too bad a major label didn’t agree. 

So if you’re a fan of the pan flute, look elsewhere (Zamfir.com for starters).  But lovers of the prog rock axe in all its electric glory will find a new hero in Stevie Cochran.  He had the chops, he had the hooks, and he wrote some pretty good songs too.  And you’ll be one of only a hundred people in the world who own it.  Assuming Stevie doesn’t still have 87 of ‘em in his basement.

Plays EXCELLENT.

The less exciting stuff

First class shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.50 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  Air mail shipping to Canada starts at $8 US, each additional record $2 shipping.  Air mail shipping everywhere else in the world starts at $16 US, with each additional record only $3 shipping.  I accept payments through Paypal, or you can send checks and money orders made out in US dollars.  Items paid by check are held 14 days for the check to clear.

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

And finally, I include delivery confirmation on all shipments inside the US.  This is my proof of shipment, and also helps us to track your package if it doesn’t arrive when it should.  I will email you within 2 days of shipment and give you the confirmation number at that time.  Insurance is always optional, but for larger orders, it’s highly recommended.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.  Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.