Look close to the picture and you will see I nabbed this jewel for a pittance, primarily because its former owner loved this album. The cover is lovingly worn, it was handled and I imagine held through an unknown but impressive number of plays. I know this because the vinyl, all four sides, are without a single scratch while being worn to within a millionth of a microsomethingorother of holding no music whatsoever. the album has no skips, pops or surface noise but lacks much of the life it held when new. I own a better sounding copy now but prefer this one, you can hear the love this record received from the original owner. Those who know vinyl will understand how incredibly difficult it is to get a record to this point. It is also interesting to some that the records are numbered 1-4 and 2-3, which was common in the day of stacker players, a popular option back in the day. Goodbye and Godspeed Joe. History of the album: Mad Dogs & Englishmen is a live album by Joe Cocker, released in 1970. The albums title is drawn from the 1931 Noël Coward song of the same name. Only four songs of the sixteen on the original album were drawn from his first two studio albums. Besides the contributions of band-mate Leon Russell, it draws equally from rock (The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Bob Dylan, The Beatles) and soul (Ray Charles, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding). Accompanying Cocker is a choir, a two-piece horn section and several drummers. The single, The Letter/Space Captain, recorded during rehearsals was released to coincide with the tour. The album yielded the single Cry Me a River/Give Peace a Chance. According to the liner notes, Cocker needed to put together a band quickly for a U.S. tour that his management had organized. Russell recruited the musicians, many from his prior dealings with Delaney and Bonnie (Rita Coolidge, Carl Radle, Jim Price, and Jim Gordon) and The Wrecking Crew (Jim Keltner). Chris Stainton was held over from Cockers Grease Band and Cockers producer Denny Cordell was part of the backing vocalists. In 2005, Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released as a 2-disc deluxe edition set through Universal Records to commemorate the albums thirty-fifth anniversary.[1] In 2006, Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released as a 6-disc box set under the title, The Complete Fillmore East Concerts by Hip-O Select. Both early and late shows from 27 and 28 March 1970 were released in their entirety.
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