{"product_id":"cat-no-vv-1511-joe-cocker-luxury-you-can-afford-asylum-records-6e-145","title":"Cat. No. VV 1511: JOE COCKER ~ LUXURY YOU CAN AFFORD. ASYLUM RECORDS 6E-145.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eUSED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"\u003eJOHN ROBERT \"JOE\" COCKER WAS KNOWN FOR HIS GRITTY, BLUESY VOICE AND DYNAMIC STAGE PERFORMANCES THAT FEATURED EXPRESSIVE BODY MOVEMENTS. JOE BECAME INTERESTED IN MUSIC AT THE AGE OF 12 WHEN HE WAS INVITED BY HIS BROTHER TO SING DURING A PERFORMANCE BY HIS BROTHER'S SKIFFLE GROUP. IN 1960, JOE FORMED HIS FIRST BAND THE CAVALIERS AND AFTER A FEW GIGS THE GROUP DISBANDED. OVER THE ENSUING YEARS JOE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN BLUES MUSIC. IN 1964, JOE SIGNED A RECORDING CONTRACT WITH DECCA RECORDS AND HIS DEBUT SOLO RECORDING WAS A BEATLES SONG \"I'LL CRY INSTEAD\" WHICH FLOPPED AND HIS CONTRACT WAS NOT RENEWED.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"\u003eIN 1968, JOE FOUND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS WITH A REARANGEMENT OF \"WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS\", ANOTHER BEATLES SONG. THE SINGLE REMAINED IN THE TOP TEN OF THE UK SINGLES CHART FOR THIRTEEN WEEKS BEFORE EVENTUALLY REACHING NIUMBER ONE ON 9TH NOVEMBER 1968. IT ALSO REACHED NUMBER 68 ON THE US CHARTS. WHILST JOE WITH HIS NEW BAND \"COCKER'S GREASE BAND\" WAS TOURING THE USA IN 1969 HIS ALBUM \"WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS\" WAS RELEASED AND WENT GOLD. DURING THIS TOUR JOE PERFORMED AT THE WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL WHICH ELEVATED HIS POPULARITY. JOE DIED OF LUNG CANCER ON 22ND DECEMBER, 2014 IN CRAWFORD, COLORADO AT THE AGE OF 70.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"\u003eDURING HIS CAREER JOE RECORDED 22 STUDIO ALBUMS. THIS SELECTION WAS JOE'S SEVENTH STUDIO ALBUM RELEASED IN 1978 ON THE ASYLUM LABEL AND WAS JOE'S ONLY RELEASE ON THE LABEL. THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING FEINT RINGWEAR MARKINGS AND A MARK IN THE TOP R\/H CORNER WHERE IT WOULD APPEAR A PRICE STICKER WAS APPLIED. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LISTING: Side 1\u003c\/strong\u003e - Fun Time \/ Watching The River Flow \/ Boogie Baby \/ A Whiter Shade Of Pale \/ I Can't Say No \/ Southern Lady. \u003cstrong\u003eSide 2\u003c\/strong\u003e - I Know (You Don't Want Me No More \/ What You Did To Me Last Night \/ Lady Put The Light Out \/ Wasted Years \/ I Heard It Through The Grapevine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 128, 0);\"\u003e12\" VINYL RECORD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"mustangrecords","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648938053825,"sku":"VV 1511","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/6559\/5329\/files\/joecockerluxuryyoucanafford.jpg?v=1790328381","url":"https:\/\/www.mustangrecords.com.au\/products\/cat-no-vv-1511-joe-cocker-luxury-you-can-afford-asylum-records-6e-145","provider":"mustangrecords","version":"1.0","type":"link"}