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·       BOOKER T. & THE MG'S - HIP HUG-HER - ORIGINAL 1967 STAX RECORDS MONO LP717

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

·       ORIGINAL PALE BLUE STAX MONO LABEL WITH BLACK PRINT AND “STACK OF RECORDS” LOGO, EARLY-TO-MID 60’s STYLE

 

·       VERY RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO.

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

 

·       COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK (CELLOPHANE) WRAP

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

 

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1A/-1B'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

 

·       MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.

 

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

 

 

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Still riding high years after the success of "Green Onions," Hip Hug-Her is another 11-song solid session of Southern soul delivered by one of the best bands in the business. In an attempt to appeal to the up-and-coming mod movement, the cover features an alluring model flanked by fashionable faceless people. But not to judge the album by its cover, Hip Hug-Her finds the group diving deeper into soulful territories, no doubt aided by the addition of bassist Duck Dunn to the fold. The title track is clearly one of the stronger cuts on the album, but other tunes such as the midtempo Motown anthem "Get Ready" and the group's interpretation of "Groovin'" make this one of the strongest full-lengths in the Booker T. & the MG's catalog.

 

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY ROB THEAKSTON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

 

This is the next-to-the-last of the great, classic, STAX soul instrumental albums Booker T & the MG's recorded for the legendary label. Following their next ('Doing their thing') release, Stax would terminate its distribution deal with Atlantic records and sign up with Gulf+Western, after which things would never be the same - for the performers AND for the label. Although Booker T's would go on to record many other, more commercially successful albums (some of which were truly great, such as 1971 "Melting Pot") the revolutionary phase of their input, during which they mixed funk, jazz, R&B, soul and organ swing in a seamless mix, and provided backbone to a slew of Blues and Soul artists pretty much ended with this album. Starting with the next album, Booker T's switched to a much more commercial, poppy sound and focused almost completely on doing covers of other people's tunes.This album includes two heretofore greatest hits of their career: the oft-sampled title track, plus the heavy, funky, "Slim Jenkins' Place".  Track listing: Hip hug-her --- Soul Sanction --- Get Ready --- More --- Double or nothing --- Carnaby Street --- Slim Jenkins' Place --- Pigmy --- Groovin' --- Booker's notion - Sunny.

 

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·       CONDITION:

 

·       RECORD

 

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  (WEAK) NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

 

(b)          The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·       COVER

 

COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT,  STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-        Cover has a tiny, barely visible cutout hole in one of the corners

 

-         Front cover has a (barely visible) 4-inch razor-like line (cut) on the cover, as if someone attempted to cut away the shrink wrap with a razor, but inadvertently left the mark on the cover as well. The paper slick is intact and no part is missing, but the razor line is visible.

 

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

 

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

 

-        No split seams

-        No ring wear

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No wrinkles or creases

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No tearing: no chips, dents or nicks on the seams

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

 

 

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