Jim Sullivan - Jim Sullivan (1970 US) | Psychedelic Folk / Folk Rock | Full Vinyl Rip

Jim Sullivan was released in 1970 on Century City Records (CCR5000), a reissue of his 1969 private press debut U.F.O. on the tiny Monnie imprint. This copy is the US pressing, gatefold, pressed at the RCA Hollywood plant. Century City remixed the original tapes into a more balanced mix - same ten songs, different sequencing, retitled with Sullivan’s name on the label instead of U.F.O. Sullivan was a Los Angeles singer-songwriter and guitarist who moved to Hollywood in 1968 after years of gigging around San Diego. His wife Barbara worked as a secretary at Capitol Records while Jim played the club circuit - the Raft in Malibu, the kind of room where people passed through. Actor Al Dobbs heard him there and founded the Monnie label specifically to press his debut. The sessions used a core of Wrecking Crew musicians - Earl Palmer on drums, Don Randi on keys, Jimmy Bond handling arrangements and production. Sullivan played guitar and wrote every song. The original Monnie pressing sold almost nothing. Century City picked it up the following year, remixed it, and it sold almost nothing again. Sullivan put out a second album on Playboy Records in 1972. In March 1975, he left Los Angeles alone, bound for Nashville. He was pulled over for suspected drunk driving in New Mexico, passed the sobriety test, and checked into a motel in Santa Rosa. He was seen the next day at a remote ranch near Puerto de Luna, about 24 miles south of town. His Volkswagen Beetle was found abandoned nearby - money, papers, guitar, clothes, and a stack of unsold records still inside. He was never seen again. The record itself sounds like someone working somewhere between Gene Clark and Joe South - acoustic, string-backed, late-night and a little lonesome. Jimmy Bond’s arrangements are subtle and well-judged, giving Sullivan’s songs room to breathe without overdoing the orchestration. The title track U.F.O. is the obvious center - a quiet, unhurried song about watching a light in the sky, more meditative than strange. What makes collectors care isn’t just the disappearance - the music is genuinely good, warm and melancholy in a way that rewards repeated listening. Light in the Attic reissued it in 2010, which opened it up to a wider audience. This CCR5000 pressing is significantly rarer than the LITA reissue - and earlier than it by 40 years. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my personal copy - the 1970 Century City Records pressing, CCR5000, RCA Hollywood plant. 🎸 Sounds like: Gene Clark Fred Neil Tim Buckley Jackson Browne Michael Nesmith 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ 💿 Tracklist 00:00 Highways 02:52 U.F.O. 05:48 So Natural 08:40 Johnny 12:50 Jerome 15:06 Rosey 18:30 Plain As Your Eyes Can See 21:07 Roll Back the Time 23:20 Whistle Stop 25:54 Sandman #JimSullivan #PsychedelicFolk #FolkRock #VinylRip #PrivatePress #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper