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HEAVY MUSIC!                       

  1972 RARE LOCAL DETROIT PALLADIUM RECORDS ISSUE!!

                                               

                          

                      The Bob Seger System

                       SMOKIN' O.P.'S

                       

                         

                                                   

                       USA - PALLADIUM RECORDS - P- 1006

 

! SCARCE ORIGINAL!

  MINT CLEAN VINYL....

CLEAN and RARE original 1972 first pressing on the DETROIT LOCAL "Palladium" label = very hard to find this early pressing before Capitol Records overtook the project ...

collectors take note: we don't get clean copies of this album often. =

This is a 'top loader' meaning the record comes out of the top of the jacket...

The working title = O.P.'S = stands for SMOKIN' OTHER PEOPLE SONGS and make no mistake. in true early Seger System fashion, explosive fireworks rock-on right from the start ...However, in an interview on Detroit radio years back, Bob playfully told the D.J. the title came from "smoking orange peels", then they talked about that famous tall tale about smoking banana peels (Donovan's "Mellow Yellow"), whatever the title means doesn't matter much cause the album is a burner that surpasses other peoples songs indeed, Seger making his own powerful stamp on each track ...he even covers his own, in 'Heavy Music" and old ripper from his sixties Detroit days as a member of the legendary "Last Herd" ...The opening track just smokes away in a brilliant full throttle of Bo Diddley/Who Do You Love ///hardly a better version ever....

"If I Were A Carpenter", in particular, is stunningly powerful, and one of the greatest covers of this song recorded. Band mate Skip Knape pulls out all the stops, so to speak, on the Hammond w/ Leslie, and Bob's vocals are just amazing -- inevitably an emotionally overwhelming experience.

"Love The One You're With" is another highlight: great version with a Bo Diddley beat and a high-wire soprano co-lead vocal ...

Smokin' O.P.'s was recorded in 2 and a half days at Leon Russell's Paradise Studios in Oklahoma.

"Someday," the only Seger original, appears as cut number 8. ("Someday" is a prophetic ballad about reaching the top 'someday,' but the tone is oddly bittersweet, rather than joyful..."someday, we'll be number one, someday...then we'll smile, and raise our glasses high/and the world will know/you and I."

"Heavy Music" -- actually Heavy Music Part 1 -- is cut number 9.

Of the seven cover songs, one is "Let It Rock," which became a Seger classic in live sets.

Smokin' O.P.'s is the first Seger album to appear on Palladium Records -- a label that his manager Punch Andrews started after Seger left Capitol. The album was immediately picked up (and reissued) by Capitol.

Album highlights include:

"Bo Diddley" ("Arlene grabbed me by my hand and said, 'Cool-it- Robert-you-know-you're-my-man!"), "If I Were A Carpenter," "Heavy Music," "Let it Rock" and "Someday."

Bo Diddley/Who Do You Love Love The One You're With If I Were A Carpenter Hummin' Bird Let It Rock Turn On Your Love Light Jesse James Someday Heavy Music

 

CONDITION: The cover: The 'top loader' cover is solid, clean, "EX" (excellent) = a clean copy = all over stiff and solid with no shelf wear, no split seams, no writing, no bends...

The vinyl: is glossy on both sides, M- TOP COPY plays highly enjoyable start to finish...CLEAN PALLADIUM LABELS.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

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