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PROMO – 1ST PRESSING (USA)

VPI MACHINE CLEANED & PLAYTESTED

Band/Artist: David Ruffin

Album Title: Who I Am

Featuring: David Ruffin, Eric Gale, Hugh McCracken, Steve Gadd, Marvin Stamm, Kermit Moore, John Tropea, Gordon Edwards, Paul Griffin, Richard Tee, Van McCoy, Ken Bichel, Arthur Jenkins, David Carey, George Devens, Albert Bailey, Brenda Hilliard, Diane Destry, Bernie Glow, Mel Davis, Mickey Gravine, Paul Faulise, Bob Alexander, Sonny Russo, Urban Green, Al Brown, Cathy Keinke, Manny Vardi, Gene Orloff, Guy Lumia, Harry Lookofsky, Jesse Levy, Joe Malin, Julian Barber, Julie Schachter, Kermit Moore, Max Pollikoff, Richard Sortomme, Selwart Clarke

Producer: Van McCoy

Catalogue Number: M6-849S1

Year/Record Company: 1975 Motown Records

1 LP – Stereo - 12 inch vinyl record - 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This promo 1st pressing LP record album comes from my personal collection & has been VPI machine cleaned & playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke and pet free conditions.

LP Condition: very good+

Shine: some

Scratches: several light & several feather

Label Wear: light (completely readable)

Labels: see photos

Spindle Hole Wear: very light

LP Sound: very good (no skips, no hang-ups, no missing audio)

Surface Noise: light

Jacket Condition: very good

Shrink Wrap: none

Wear To Seams: light (no splits, no tape)

Back Ring Wear: light

Front Ring Wear: light

Ink or pencil marks: none

Water Stains: very light stain along the bottom seam, on the front of jacket (see photos)

Drill Holes: none

Saw Cuts: none

Stamps/Stickers: original promo sticker on the front, upper right of jacket (see photos)

Sleeve Type: original blank sleeve, light wear; a new blank sleeve is also included

Cover: Norman Seeff

Side One

Who I Am

It Takes All Kinds Of People To Make A World

Walk Away From Love

I’ve Got Nothing But Time

The Finger Pointers

Side Two

Wild Honey

Heavy Love

Statue Of A Fool

Love Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

David Eli Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin, January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–68) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known. He was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."

Known for his unique raspy and anguished baritone vocals, Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 for his work with the Temptations. Fellow Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye once said admiringly of Ruffin that, "I heard [in his voice] a strength my own voice lacked." Rod Stewart said: "['I Wish It Would Rain'] jumped out of the speakers and ravished my soul". Stewart would later become friends with Ruffin. "His voice was so powerful – like a foghorn on the Queen Mary", Stewart told Rolling Stone magazine in 2005. The cover-art of Ruffin's last album Gentleman Ruffin was the inspiration for the art of rapper Wiz Khalifa's mixtape Kush and Orange Juice. (source: Wikipedia)

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