Sold Date: August 3, 2023
Start Date: December 10, 2021
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SCREAMIN JAY HAWKINS

‘Because is in Your Mind’

Vinyl Record Music LP

BRAND NEW / Sealed!!

2020 Record Store Day release

You are bidding on a brand new copy of possibly one of the greatest Screamin Jay Hawkins LPs ever! This is the amazing 'Because is in your Mind' LP.  Killer record!   This dude will kick your ass all over on this record! You will let him and love it!

This guy is adored by everyone - in fact Mr. Hawkins is still a legend!

Jalacy J. Hawkins, better known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins, was born on July 18, 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio. As a young man, he played piano, boxed in local championships, and learned opera at the Ohio Conservatory of Music. Although initially pursuing opera after returning from serving in World War II, Hawkins eventually sharpened his focus on the darker side of R&B and jazz, using macabre stage props, an absolute wildman persona, and expert voice imitating the blare and squeal of saxophones. His most notable chart-topper was the boozy, raucous 1956 hit "I Put A Spell On You," which was banned by many radio stations for its suggestive groans and grunts. All things considered, Screamin' Jay Hawkins is considered one of the earliest pioneers of what would become shock rock.

Recorded in 1970, Hawkins' fourth album finds the artist at a point of transition. Although Jay had found commercial success and his sales surpassed one million units, he had grown somewhat weary of his shock/voodoo/bogeyman persona and wanted to be taken more seriously as a singer. Luckily for us, Jay only tones down the yelling and the crooning and the grunting and the groaning marginally. The tracks here are every bit as wild as you would hope and a bit more mature (note: a very little bit).

Because Is In Your Mind, also known as Armpitrubber, is packaged in a wonderfully psychedelic painting by Karl Wirsum of the hugely influential Chicago art collective The Hairy Who.

Tracks are:

A1. Please Don't Leave Me

A2. I Wanta Know

A3. I Need You

A4. My Marion

A5. Bite It

A6. Move Me

B1. Good Night My Love

B2. Our Love Is Not For 3

B3. Ain't Nobody's Business

B4. Take Me Back

B5. Trying To Reach My Goal

B6. So Long

for cover, see picture below

LP record is brand new! Winning bidder to pay for U.S.P.S. shipping, international bidders please e-mail me for international rates. Payment must be received within 10 days of closing auction date. Payment by PAYPAL! Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions of concerns. Thanks and happy bidding