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Record is close to VG.

Label sleeve. 1973 reissue. close to NM

Water damage on back cover.

US original. Sleeve has punch hole.

Monstrous blue-eyed soul / garage double-sider and a must for any rare groove DJ.
250 copies pressed.

Produced entirely by Norman Whitfield, The Temptations’s "Puzzle People" takes the next step along the path that Cloud Nine started, and takes the Detroit band further away from a classic soul sound, and more towards the realm of psychedelic soul. Although a few ballads, including “Running Away (Ain’t Gonna Help You),” are still present, the album is primarily composed of Sly & the Family Stone/James Brownderived proto-funk tracks such as the lead single “Don’t Let the Joneses Get You Down,” and the number-one Billboard Pop hit “I Can’t Get Next to You.” Also included are psychedelic-styled covers (recorded with distorted guitars, clavinets, and spacy reverb and sound effects) of contemporary songs such as The Isley Brothers’ “It’s Your Thing,” The Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” and Roger Miller’s “Little Green Apples.” "Puzzle People" was released on the same day (September 23, 1969) as "Together", a duets album of covers by The Temptations and label mates Diana Ross & the Supremes. It peaked into the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and spent fifteen weeks at number one on the R&B Albums chart.

Kashmere Stage Band (ksb), founded by music teacher Conrad O. Johnson was an elite performing unit of the student band at Kashmere High School, Houston, Texas, from the late 1960s until 1978. All original Kashmere LPs had 1000 copies or less originally pressed, which were sold both locally and around the world as the band toured. And now, P-vine is proud to present the historically renowned albums from the band on limited reissue vinyl! some of them will be reissued on vinyl for the first time.

[Items line-up] Kashmere Stage Band / Our Thing ('69) Kashmere Stage Band / Bumper To Bumper Soul ('70) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Thunder Soul ('71) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Zero Point ('72) Kashmere Stage Band / Kashmere "73" Live in Concert ('73) ※First time reissued on vinyl Kashmere Stage Band / Out Of Gas But Still Burning ('74) Kashmere Stage Band / Plays Originals ('74) Kashmere Stage Band / Expo '75 Concert Tour Japan/Okinawa ('75) ※First time reissued on vinyl

Original US Monarch pressing. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear and long open seam splits

Original US pressing. Slight storage wear.

Vinyl is Close to VG+. Original US mono MGM pressing.

Record is close to VG+.

Why you'll love it...
Let’s start with the scream. We tend to define our singers by how “great” their voice is, how deftly they can ascend and descend major and minor scales, and how they can turn up and turn down the emotion inherent in their voices. But when considering Wilson Pickett, it begins and ends with his scream. He could take you on a journey, he could butter you up, he could make you feel things in your vital organs, but you don’t get a nickname like “Wicked Pickett” because you’re a crooner.

Pickett’s “Hey Jude” forms the spiritual centerpiece and title track of hisfinal trip up to the mountain-top, his last true masterpiece LP. He’d take forays to Philadelphia for the new sound of soul, and even go vaguely disco in the late ’70s. But for his final album of the ’60s, a decade where he dominated the soul charts, he’d unwittingly help start southern rock, and scream his way across one of the most recognizable tunes in the history of song. Not bad for 31 minutes and eight seconds worth of music.

Japanese pressing. Red vinyl and cover are close to NM. With booklet.

Japanese pressing. OBI is missing. close to NM.

US original, club edition.

Early Reissue!

Cover with seam splits

Cover with ring, shelf wear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Cover with seam split on bottom spine, ring and shelf wear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with ring, shelf wear

Sleeve has handwriting.

Original US stereo pressing. Beginning seam split.

Original US Terre Haute pressing.

Record is close to VG.

Original US Stereo pressing. Small seam split and tear in cover.

5cm split bottom seam.

Cover has tape residue on front cover.

Torn spines. Original US pressing.

Vinyl with many scuffs and hairlines. Cover with heavy shelf wear and writing on the back.

Promo stamp on back cover.

seam split. US 1969 repress.

Tears in spines. Original US Hollywood pressing.

Original Hollywood pressing. Tear in bottom spine.

Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines. Cover with heavy ring, shelf wear

Close to VG+

Cover with ring, shelf wear. Vinyl with scuffs and hairlines

seam split. CT Terre Haute pressing.

Drill hole in cover.

Cover with seam split on top spine, closer to VG