Taj Mahal GIANT STEP/DE OLE FOLKS AT HOME, Double LP, Columbia 2-Eye (1969)

Sold Date: February 15, 2018
Start Date: February 2, 2018
Final Price: $18.80 (USD)
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Selected titles from the private collection of a music business veteran are now being made available for the first time. Titles offered by this Seller are one-owner and came directly from the pressing plant, record company warehouse, other label reps or record store unless otherwise noted. 

Grading is based on visual inspection.

Album ships in a 2 MIL poly cover sleeve.

I package records outside the cover to avoid seam splits.

New and vintage vinyl is hard to grade strictly using eBay’s system because the record and the cover are two different components. Therefore, I call a record new and mint if it is opened but has never been played.  I use the grading category to describe the cover condition. This Double LP is a First Pressing that has never been played. It has the '360 Sound', 2 eye Columbia label. The paper on board cover has tight seams, a stiff spine and shows slight storage ring wear. The inner sleeves have Columbia catalog photos. This is a one-owner that the Seller got new in his record store in 1969. It has been in storage for 49 years. Wow! That's a long time. Tracklist Giant StepA1Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie Anymo' Written-By – *, * 1:04A2Take A Giant Step Written-By – * 4:20A3Give Your Woman What She Wants Written-By – *, * 2:34A4Good Morning Little School Girl Written-By – *, * 3:49A5You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Written-By – * 4:58B1Six Days On The Road Written-By – *, * 3:05B2Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me) Written-By –  4:43B3Keep Your Hands Off Her Written-By – * 2:18B4Bacon Fat Written-By – *, * 6:40De Ole Folks At HomeC1Linin' Track Written-By – * 1:42C2Country Blues #1 Arranged By – * 2:38C3Wild Ox Moan Written-By – *, * 2:46C4Light Rain Blues Written-By – * 3:25C5A Little Soulful Tune Written-By – * 2:40C6Candy Man Written-By – * 2:57C7Cluck Old Hen Arranged By – * 2:33D1Colored Aristocracy Arranged By – * 2:04D2Blind Boy Rag Written-By – * 4:10D3Stagger Lee Written-By – *, * 3:20D4Cajun Tune Written-By – * 1:58D5Fishin' Blues Written-By – *, * 3:06D6Annie's Lover Arranged By – * 3:30 Companies, etc. Produced For –  Manufactured By –  Manufactured By –  Mastered At –  Pressed By –  Credits Design [Cover] –  Drums – * (tracks: A1 to B4) Electric Bass –  (tracks: A1 to B4) Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Organ – * (tracks: A1 to B4) Engineer –  (tracks: A1 to B4),  (tracks: C1 to D6), (tracks: A1 to B4) Photography By [Front Cover Background] –  Photography By [Front Cover] –  Photography By [Inside Photo] –  Photography By [Photo Of David Rubinson And Taj Mahal] –  Producer –  Typography [Hand Lettering] – * Vocals, Harmonica, Banjo –  (tracks: C1 to D6) Vocals, Harmonica, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar [Mississippi National Steel-bodied] –  (tracks: A1 to B4) Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar, Banjo, Other [Jive] –  (tracks: C1 to D6) Notes "360 Sound" labels, Gatefold cover (see images).
A1 is listed as "Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie" on the cover and Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo') on the label.

Catalog numbers CS 9919 & CS 9924 on labels.
Catalog number GP 18 on the cover.

Produced for Fillmore Corporation

The selections are BMI except
C6 & D5 (ASCAP)
C7 & D1 (P.D.)

Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS, Inc.

A3 (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools") Barcode and Other Identifiers Other (Catalog No. on Giant Step): CS 9919 Other (Catalog No. on De Ole Folks At Home): CS 9924 Matrix / Runout (Side A label): XSM 150743 Matrix / Runout (Side B label): XSM 150744 Matrix / Runout (Side C label): XSM 150821 Matrix / Runout (Side D label): XSM 150822 Matrix / Runout (Side A runout [variant 1]): XSM150743 1A Matrix / Runout (Side B runout [variant 1]): XSM150744+1B Matrix / Runout (Side C runout [variant 1]): XSM150821-1J Matrix / Runout (Side D runout [variant 1]): XSM150822-1E Matrix / Runout (Side A runout [variant 2], etched ["o" is stamped]): o T 1 XSM150743 1B A 2 Matrix / Runout (Side B runout [variant 2], etched ["o" & "B" are stamped]): o T 1 XSM150744 1B A6 Matrix / Runout (Side C runout [variant 2], stamped ["1 T" & "3" are etched]): o XSM150821-1F 1 T B 3 Matrix / Runout (Side D runout [variant 2], etched ["o" & "A" are stamped]): o T 1 XSM150822 1B A 1 Rights Society: BMI Rights Society: ASCAP