Sold Date: June 13, 2023
Start Date: June 6, 2023
Final Price: $36.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 6
Seller Feedback: 1099
Buyer Feedback: 9

You are bidding on a Vinyl issue of Fenton Robinson’s 1974 Blues LP “Somebody Loan Me A Dime.”   This is a promo copy, with a “Sample Not For Sale” stamp on the LP label as well as the LP cover.  This item also comes with promotional material issued by Alligator in order for the store or radio station receiving it to be able to promote the LP.  (See Pictures). This is a classic Chicago blues album, released on the great Blues Label, Alligator Records. (Alligator 4705). 

This album was originally released in 1974 on the Alligator label, and the item for sale appears to be an original issue.  (Alligator 4705). The Alligator label is white (See photos), and is a “Promo” Sample LP.

We purchased this item decades ago, played it (and enjoyed it!), and it has been sitting in our home (vertically) for the last few decades. 

The LP is in Excellent condition; it looks very nice, but it has been played.  There is wear on the LP cover, mostly around the corners and the edges.  The LP comes with a plain white paper sleeve, and is stamped on the label and LP cover as “Sample Not For Sale.”  Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago.  

This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home.  Please see photos of actual item being sold. 

“Fenton Robinson:  Somebody Loan Me A Dime” Alligator (1974)  

“One of the most subtly satisfying electric blues albums of the '70s. Fenton Robinson never did quite fit the "Genuine Houserocking Music" image of Alligator Records -- his deep, rich baritone sounds more like a magic carpet than a piece of barbed wire, and he speaks in jazz-inflected tongues, full of complex surprises. The title track hits with amazing power, as do the chugging "The Getaway," a hard-swinging "You Say You're Leaving," and the minor-key "You Don't Know What Love Is." In every case, Robinson had recorded them before, but thanks to Bruce Iglauer's superb production, a terrific band, and Robinson's musicianship, these versions reign supreme.”