Love the old Joe Cocker, dirty raspy vocals with lots of funky music to accompany him? This double album is the original Joe Cocker, as baby boomers would remember him in the early days....
So the album is titled "With A Little Help From My Friends" and his friends on this album are ...
Leon Russell
Jimmy Page
Matthew Fisher (member of Cupid's Carnival, Downliners Sect, The Gamblers, Green Bullfrog, Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers, Man Doki Soulmates, Procol Harum, Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages)
Henry McCullough (Spooky Tooth, the Grease Band, and Paul McCartney and Wings)
Chris Stainton (worked with Eric Clapton, The Who, Andy Fairweather-Low and Bryan Ferry)
B.J Wilson (member Procol Harum)
Rita Coolidge
Stevie Winwood
and many more ....
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
Cube - EMI Records
Cat# TOOFA.1-1 TOOFA.1-2
1972 (Reissue of the 1969 original release)
Australian release
Gateford cover is in good condition. meaning there are no seam splits, no writing with just light edge wear from handling but the white background shows some "dirt marks/mildew spots" - cleaned and stabilised, no smells! So the cover is all intact but looks its age I guess you could say.
NOTE: This appears to be a misprinted cover, I cannot find any references to this print error but to some people these things are important - coin and stamp collectors go nuts for this type of error but for me, it's only the music that matters.
The rear inside & outside page are printed completely upside down compared to the front of the cover - confusing! I have looked at how the cover was put together and it doesn't just look like it was assembled incorrectly, the print is totally upside down on one half of the print compared to the other.
New inner plastic sleeve
Both vinyl are in good condition, visually examined carefully using a white halogen light source and I can see only a couple of very scratches/marks on each side of each record but a visual inspection is often not sufficient so I then played the ENTIRE double album, every track (a very sentimental experience!).
There are no issues with surface noise or clicks/pops - a really good play on both records
New outer protective sleeve
Record 1
Tracks: Dear Landlord, Bird On The Wire, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Hitchcock Railway, That's Your Business, Something, Delta Lady, Hello Little Friend, Darling Be Home Soon
Record 2
Tracks: Feeling Alright, Bye Bye Blackbird, Change In Louise, Marjorine, Just Like A Woman, Do I Still Figure In Your Life?, Sandpaper Cadillac, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, With A Little Help From My Friends, I Shall Be Released
