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DELANEY AND BONNIE with ERIC CLAPTON, DUANE ALLMAN, BILLY PRESTON, TINA TURNER AND OTHERS COUNTRY LIFE INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1973 UNRELEASED ALBUM, CANCELLED BY JERRY WEXLER AFTER HE D HEARD THAT THE DUO WAS DIVORCING ORIGINAL 1973 ATCO RECORDS STEREO LP SD-33-383 . OFFICIAL, REGULAR STOCK COPIES OF THIS ALBUM DO NOT EXIST THE ONLY KNOWN COPIES ARE TEST PRESSINGS AND 8-TRACK CARTRIDGES. THE ALBUM - AND THE REMAINDER OF DELANEY BONNIE S RECORDING CONTRACT WITH ATCO - WAS EVENTUALLY PURCHASED BY COLUMBIA RECORDS, WHICH RELEASED THE ALBUM IN A SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FORM DIFFERENT TRACKS, SEQUENCING AND MIX AS DELANEY AND BONNIE TOGETHER IN 1973 .
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ULTRA-RARE TEST PRESSING
PLAIN, WHITE, GENERIC PRESWELL RECORDS, ANCORA, NJ PRESSING PLANT TEST PRESSING LABEL WITHOUT ANY DETAILS WHATSOEVER THE RECORD MUST BE PLAYED TO IDENTIFY
The record has a George Piros name or his initials GP clearly stamped or hand-etched in the trail-off vinyl dead wax
THIS TEST PRESSING COMES IN ITS GENERIC, PLAIN, WHITE COVER WITH HANDWRITTEN ARTIST NAME, ALBUM, CATALOG NUMBER AND MATRIX NUMBER FOR SOME REASON, A GATEFOLD
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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Amazing An unbelievable piece: What we have here is an unheard-of TEST PRESSING of this UNRELEASED Delaney Bonnie Southern Blues/Rock Masterpiece. While many test pressings often have alternate or demo- versions of known, later released songs, and while it is possible that this particular test pressing contains demo or alternate versions of some of the tracks, please don t take our word that it does:
PLEASE NOTE: THIS TEST PRESSING APPARENTLY NEVER HAD A CUSTOM COVER THE ALBUM WILL BE SHIPPED IN A PLAIN, GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD COVER. TEST PRESSINGS ARE RARELY IF EVER FOUND IN CUSTOM STOCK COVERS.
This is a ridiculously rare test pressing for Atco s intended 1972 US 12-track LP, scheduled for release under a SD33-383 catalogue number, this album was not just withdrawn but never reached the final production stage in this original form only an 8-track cartridge tape was rushed into final production under this title . This earliest version features the original mixes, the original running sequence all eight minutes of TryA Little Harder, not included on D B Together Country Life was eventually released in a different form as D B Together , also stars Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Duane Allman, Dave Mason, John Hartford, Billy Preston, Tina Turner Steve Cropper.
Personnel
Delaney Bramlett - guitar, vocals
Bonnie Bramlett - vocals
Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
Leon Russell - piano, keyboards, vocals
Duane Allman - guitar, vocals
Dave Mason - guitar, vocals
Carl Radle - bass, vocals
John Hartford - banjo, vocals
Steve Cropper - guitar, vocals
Jim Gordon - drums, vocals
Red Rhodes - steel guitar, vocals
Jai Johanny Johanson Jaimoe - drums, vocals
Billy Preston - keyboards, piano, vocals
Charlie Freeman - guitar, vocals
Kenny Gradney - bass, vocals
Bobby Whitlock - keyboards, vocals
Bobby Keys - saxophone, vocals
James Jamerson - bass, vocals
Jerry Jumonville - saxophone, vocals
King Curtis - saxophone, vocals
Larry Knechtel - bass, vocals
Darrell Leonard - trumpet, vocals
Jim Price - horns, vocals
Chuck Rainey - bass, vocals
Larry Savoie - trombone, vocals
Rita Coolidge - vocals
Tina Turner - vocals
Venetta Fields - vocals
Merry Clayton - vocals
Eddie Kendricks - vocals
Sam Clayton - vocals
Joe Hicks - vocals
Patrice Holloway - vocals
Tex Johnson - vocals
Clydie King - vocals
Sherlie Matthews - vocals
Gordon De Witty - vocals
Jay York - vocals
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