Cat. No. VV 1058: LITTLE RICHARD ~ LITTLE RICHARD. SPECIALTY 2103
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE
RARE ORIGINAL 1958 AMERICAN LP RELEASE. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO ORIGINAL COPIES AVAILABLE ON EBAY. ORIGINAL COPIES ON DISCOGS ARE SELLING FOR UP TO $40.00 PLUS ANYTHING UP TO $65.00 SHIPPING FROM THE US. THERE ARE SEVERAL REISSUES AVAILABLE OF VARIOUS LABELS.
LITTLE RICHARD IS THE SECOND ALBUM BY LITTLE RICHARD, RELEASED IN 1958, TEN MONTHS AFTER RICHARD ANNOUNCED A RETIREMENT FROM ROCK AND ROLL TO PURSUE A LIFE IN THE MINISTRY, A DECISION HE MADE WHILST TOURING AUSTRALIA. LIKE HIS FIRST ALBUM, IT LARGELY CONTAINS PREVIOUSLY RELEASED A-SIDES AND B-SIDES INCLUDING SEVERAL WHICH REACHED BILLBOARD'S RHYTHM & BLUES AND HOT 100 CHARTS. NINE OF ITS TWELVE TRACKS CHARTED IN THE US INCLUDING RICHARD'S FOURTH MILLION SELLER "LUCILLE", THE ROCK AND ROLL STANDARD "GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY" AND "THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT", THE TITLE SONG FROM THE MOTION PICTURE OF THE SAME NAME. THE ALBUM ALSO INCLUDES TWO PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED (AT THE TIME OF THIS RELEASE) TIN PAN ALLEY TRACKS RECORDED IN RICHARD'S FRANTIC STYLE.
SLEEVE IS MADE OF A HEAVY CARDBOARD WHICH WAS MORE COMMON IN THE US IN THE 1950s THAN IN AUSTRALIA AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR AROUND THE EDGES. THERE ARE NO TEARS N THE SLEEVE. RECORD IS ALSO IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW SUPERFICIAL SCRATCHES. WHICH DO NOT EFFECT PLAY.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Keep A Knockin' / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon / Send Me Some Lovin' / I'll Never Let You Go (Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo) / Heeby-Jeebies / All Around The World. Side 2 - Good Golly Miss Molly / Baby Face / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey / Ooh! My Soul / The Girl Can't Help It / Lucille.
12" VINYL RECORD