BILLY PRESTON ON BEATLES ' LABEL W/ERIC CLAPTON ULTRA - RARE ORIG ' 69 WITHDRAWN LP
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<img src= http://picsWE CURRENTLY HAVE NEARLY 500 LISTED ITEMS ►Clickhere to see ALL our ROCK auctions ►OurPSYCH & PROGRESSIVE auctions ►OurPUNK & NEW WAVE auctions ►Our JAZZ auctions ►OurBLUE NOTE JAZZ auctions ►OurBLUES auctions ►OurCLASSICAL auctions►OurCOUNTRY auctions ►OurFUNK auctions ►OurLATIN auctions ►OurMETAL auctions►OurREGGAE auctions ►OurSOUL auctions ►Our STILL ...SEALED ITEMS ►OurPROMO auctions ►OurACETATE auctions ►OurTEST PRESSING auctions ►OurAUDIOPHILE auctions ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ · BILLY PRESTON – THAT’S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT – ORIGINAL 1969 APPLE RECORDS STEREO LP ST-3359 · ORIGINALU.S. PRESSING · MONSTROUSLY RARE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE COVER SHOWING BILLY PRESTON’S FACE IN THEFOREGROUND, WHICH WAS QUICKLY WITHDRAWN IN FAVOR OF THE MUCH MORE COMMON, ANDBETTER KNOWN LATER VERSION OF THE COVER SHOWING THE STANDING FIGURE OF BILLYPRESTON SURROUNDED BY THE GREENISH “HALO”. · PRODUCED WITH, AND WITH GUEST STAR APPEARANCE BY, GEORGEHARRISON; ALSO: · Ginger Baker - Drums · George Harrison - Producer · Billy Preston - Keyboards, Vocals · Eric Clapton - Guitar (Electric) · Keith Richards - Bass (Electric) · ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING · ORIGINAL APPLE LABEL (WHOLE APPLE ON ONE SIDE, SPLIT APPLE ONTHE OTHER) . PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS THE VERY FIRST PRESSINGOF THIS ALBUM WHICH HAS AN INSCRIPTION “MFD.BY APPLE RECORDS, INC.” ON THE LABEL. ALL SUBSEQUENT PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUMDELETE THIS TEXT. · CAPITOL RECORDS, JACKSONVILLE, IN PRESSING · THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS ISNOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING. · ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE) · THICK, HEAVY VINYLPRESSING · CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS (►PLEASE SEE THEIMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)(Note:this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. Thisis NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get. GUARANTEED!) ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ Billy Preston spent most ofthe 1960s as a working musician, playing important roles in the bands of LittleRichard and, later, Ray Charles, and getting some exposure on television showslike Shindig, but he was hardly a household name. Then he crossed paths withthe Beatles, whom he'd known from their early days, and one rooftop concert andthe "Get Back" single later, he was among the most famous musiciansever to work with them on a recording. Preston was also the first artist that AppleRecords pulled away from another label to sign, buying out his existingcontract and four finished songs for an upcoming LP from Capitol Records.Preston finished what became That's the Way God Planned It, named for the U.K.hit single issued ahead of it, with George Harrison producing and, amongothers, Eric Clapton playing guitar, Keith Richards on bass, and Ginger Bakeron drums. Apple ended up getting a surging, powerful soul record by a youngmusic veteran who they caught just as he was ready ascend to the top of hisgame. The record reached into a lot of different directions, encompassing songsby Bob Dylan ("She Belongs to Me") and W.C. Handy ("MorningStar") amid its brace of Preston-authored originals, and delving intogospel ("Let Us All Get Together, " co-authored with Doris Troy) aswell as some funky soul sounds ("What About You?"), much of itsoaring passionately ("This Is It") and all of it pretty striking, coming out of the orbit of the Beatles. Some of it was a little derivative, much of "Hey Brother" (one of the existing Capitol tracks) being atopical rewrite of "Hey Joe, " but that was balanced out by thealbum's title track, one of the best production jobs that Harrison everdelivered; aglow in a swelling gospel-style organ and rippling with bluesyelectric guitar, a chorus soaring high over all of that, and Preston'scareer-defining vocal performance at its center, the song was irresistible.Sadly, the LP never sold the way Apple's management had hoped, althoughPreston's subsequent appearance at the Concert for Bangladesh and on theresulting album and movie doing "That's the Way God Planned It"reintroduced the song and should have led to resumed promotion and marketing ofthe original LP; chances are, with any other label, it would have, but by 1971Apple was turning into a shambles, and so not nearly as many people got to hearthis album as might well have cared to. (REVIEW REPRINTED COURTESY OF BRUCE EDER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/) FindingTHE ORIGINAL, WITHDRAWN Billy Preston album on the Beatles’ Applelabel!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will eversee. For additionalhistorical or discography information on this album, including track listing ►clickhere . ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ · CONDITION: · THE RECORD (IMPORTANT NOTE:unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!;we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight) (a) WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT.Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs - are (barely) visible, but are probablyinaudible, and do not affect visualintegrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, andthe vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new. (b) The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, whichwas usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound onsuch thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do notexpect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording! (c) Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!! · THE COVER THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUTEXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++). The following flaws orimperfections are noted on the cover: - Cover has a visible "wrinkle"(crease) in one of the corners. - Minor shelf wear noted on the bottom seam (nothing significant) - Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); Onthe scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2. - Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging. - Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine (BARELYVISIBLE) NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫ POSTAGE &SHIPPING: We offer THREE postage rates for both Domesticand International Mail: Media Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail fordomestic, and First Class, Priority International Mail, and ExpressInternational Mail for international orders. 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