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This is a 2016 Brand New Factory Sealed with a Hype Sticker on the shrink wrap, Box Set, 5× Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono Reissue, Remastered and 16-page booklet from Little Richard called "Mono Box The Complete Specialty and Vee-Jay Albums". Label for this Box Set is Vee Jay Records / Specialty / Concord Music Group, Inc. 
Release Number - SPC-36989-01  
Barcode: 888072369894

**DETAILS**
This deluxe, 5-LP box set includes the entire output of studio albums recorded by Little Richard for the Specialty and Vee-Jay labels: Here's Little Richard (1957), Little Richard (1958), The Fabulous Little Richard (1959), Little Richard Is Back (1964) and His Greatest Hits (1965). The albums, each featuring original label and jacket art, have been meticulously remastered from analog tapes and are presented in their original mono mixes. Includes a 16-page booklet featuring new liner notes by journalist Bill Dahl, plus era-specific photos.

**COVER GRADING:          (NM)
Hype sticker has a SHARPIE MARK through the BARCODE. Box is in Brand New Near Mint Condition with a couple of exceptions. Box has a very small DING on the back left bottom at the spine crease and a tiny DING on the back spine near the bottom corner (see these details on pictures 3-5)!
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***SHIPPING:
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**Albums with Tracklist:
*Here's Little Richard (1957)
Side 1:
1: Tutti Frutti   
2: True, Fine Mama   
3: Can't Believe You Wanna Leave
4: Ready Teddy
5: Baby
6: Slippin' and Slidin'   
Side 2:
1: Long Tall Sally   
2: Miss Ann   
3: Oh Why?   
4: Rip It Up   
5: Jenny Jenny   
6: She's Got It

*Little Richard (1958)
Side 1:
1: Keep A Knockin'
2: By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
3: Send Me Some Lovin'
4: Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo
5: Heeby-Jeebies   
6: All Around The World
Side 2:
1: Good Golly, Miss Molly
2: Baby Face
3: Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
4: Ooh! My Soul
5: The Girl Can't Help It
6: Lucille

*The Fabulous Little Richard (1959)
Side 1:
1: Shake A Hand
2: Chicken Little Baby
3: All Night Long
4: The Most I Can Offer
5: Lonesome And Blue
6: Wonderin'
7: She Knows Hot To Rock
Side 2:
1: Kansas City
2: Directly From My Heart
3: Maybe I'm Right
4: Early One Morning
5: I'm Just A Lonely Guy
6: Whole Lotta Shakin'

*Little Richard Is Back (1964)
Side 1:
1: A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2: Going Home Tomorrow
3: Money Honey
4: Only You
5: Hound Dog 
6: Goodnight Irene
Side 2:   
1: Lawdy Miss Claudie   
2: Groovy Little Suzy   
3: Short Fat Fanny   
4: Cherry Red   
5: Memories Are Made Of This   
6: Blueberry Hill

*His Greatest Hits (1965)
Side 1:
1: Good Golly Miss Molly  
2: Baby Face  
3: Tutti Frutti 
4: Send Me Some Loving   
5: The Girl Can't Help It   
6: Luciille   
Side 2:
1: Slippin' And Slidin'   
2: Keep A Knockin'   
3: Rip It Up   
4: She's Got It   
5: Oh My Soul   
6: Long Tall Sally

"Little Richard"

Little Richard’s impact on popular music far surpassed his showing on the pop charts. His pioneering efforts in the growth of rock’n’roll aren’t evident from a cursory look at his chart history: he had just four songs reach the Top 10. But his achievements have been properly recognized by historians. He was a member of the Rock Hall’s inaugural class in 1986 and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Recording Academy and the Rhythm and Blues Foundation, among others. In early May of this year, his friend, the musician “Bootsy” Collins, had tweeted “Lil-Richard needs our love & understanding right now.” The alleged health scare grabbed headlines but through his attorney, Richard insisted that he was healthy.

In the early ’50s, Little Richard Penniman combined the spirit of church music, the bawdiness of blues and the swing of New Orleans jazz and turned it into something altogether new — rock’n’roll. When the Macon, Georgia native signed to Art Rupe’s Specialty Records, Little Richard began to develop his signature sound and flamboyant persona. His legendary 1957 debut, Here’s Little Richard, featured the iconic tracks “Tutti Frutti” and “Long Tall Sally.” His 1958 follow-up, Little Richard, found the singer on his rise to superstardom, with hits like “Lucille” and “Good Golly Miss Molly.”

The artist’s third (and final) album for Specialty, The Fabulous Little Richard (1959), was released soon after he had traded in a life of fame to focus on spreading the gospel. The LP featured standout tracks from Richard’s 1955-57 Specialty sessions, including “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On,” “Lonesome and Blue” and “Kansas City.”

Little Richard returned to his rock’n’roll roots in the early ’60s via a new record contract with Vee-Jay Records. His first release with the label was 1964’s Little Richard Is Back with a backing band that featured a young Jimi Hendrix on guitar and included covers of “Hound Dog” and “Money Honey.” Richard’s second and final studio release with Vee-Jay was 1965’s His Greatest Hits with the singer revisiting his classic hits nearly a decade later, introducing new arrangements and instrumentation.

In his liner notes for the Mono Box, Dahl writes, “As the end of the decade grew near and the first rock and roll revival loomed, Richard emerged at its forefront, his outrageous image earning him overdue network TV exposure. It’s impossible to imagine how the genre would have developed if not for his massive innovations.”

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