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                  1968 ORIGINAL ~ CLASSIC HARD ROCKER IN DIE CUT GATEFOLD

                       STILL IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER

                                     A BEAUTY!

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                        STEPPENWOLF

           At Your Birthday

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                      USA - Dunhill Records - DS 50053

 

TOP COPY!! MINTY CLEAN ! A BEAUTY!

ORIGINAL 1968 first pressing of just the third STEPPENWOLF :

in factory shrink wrapper gatefold "window" cover

The 1968 first pressing in specially designed die-cut gatefold cover, the inside reveals the charred remnants of amplifiers and equipment that had belonged to Canned Heat before a 1969 fire ripped through Canned Heat's house and rehearsal studio on Lookout Mountain Ave in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, California....

The third great Steppenwolf album, smack in the height of their powers ... the band soaring in popularity from their then recent hits "Born To Be Wild" & "Magic Carpet Ride" ....keeping with the same hard gritty formula, At Your Birthday is filled with the cool rocked-out prime Steppenwolf sounds like Jupiter Child, Rock Me, Chicken Wolf, Cat Killer, Mango Juice, etc etc...

At Your Birthday Party was the first Steppenwolf album to feature bass player Nick St. Nicholas from the LA psych band T.I.M.E. Although it was less critically acclaimed than their successful first two albums, Steppenwolf and Steppenwolf the Second, it contained well-known hits, such as "It's Never Too Late" and "Jupiter's Child", as well as the colossal "Rock Me" - a top 10 hit. The album showcases Steppenwolf at their peak, coming out of, but not yet completely abandoning, the psychedelia of Steppenwolf the Second and stepping into the distinctive hard rock of their later releases, but with less weight here than later, meaning it slides faster and rocks-out more furiously....

"Don't Cry" – "Chicken Wolf" – "Lovely Meter" – "Round And Down" –  "It's Never Too Late" –  "Sleeping Dreaming" –  "Jupiter's Child" –  "She'll Be Better" –  "Cat Killer" –  "Rock Me" –  "God Fearing Man" "Mango Juice" – 3:01 "Happy Birthday" – 2:16

 

 

CONDITION:

THE COVER: rated: MINT  STILL IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAP 1968 pressing in "custom" die-cut gatefold cover is sharp all over...no bends, no splits, no writing.The tiny delete drill is so small it is near un-dectible! A beautiful cover!

THE VINYL: all glossy shine over both sides rated: near M- looks and plays highly enjoyable, no audio problems ...both DUNHILL labels are spotless 

                                                                                                                                    

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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