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Prime Of My Life
LP (Item 59881) Motown, 1965 — Condition: Very Good
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A lost bit of work from Billy, and a suprisingly nice album that sets the stage for a host of more sophisticated male singers to come! The record features Billy with lush arrangements by Melba Liston, Gil Askey, and Bobby Tucker – singing in a deep and sensuous style that's similar to that used by Grady Tate on some of his albums for Skye, cut a few years later. Billy's sounding better here than he has in years – and titles include "Feeling Good", "This Is All I Ask", "Fantasy", "The Prime Of My Life", "Maybe Today", and "Had You Been Around". © 1996-2021, Dusty Groove, Inc.
(Original pressing.)
Very Good
- Vinyl can have some dirt, but nothing major.
- May not shine under light, but should still be pretty clean, and not too dirty.
- May have a number of marks (5 to 10 at most), and obvious signs of play, but never a big cluster of them, or any major mark that would be very deep. Most marks should still not click under a fingernail.
- May not look near perfect, but should play fairly well, with slight surface noise, and the occasional click in part of a song, but never throughout a whole song or more.
- This is clearly a copy that was played by someone a number of times, but which could also be a good "play copy" for someone new.
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