{"product_id":"848064021520","title":"AZZAM,BOB \u0026 THE GREAT EXPECTATION – BOB AZZAM \u0026 GREAT EXPECTATION (FIRE ORANGE) - LP •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 848064021520 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: REAL GONE MUSIC \u003cbr\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: September 4, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 1969 oddity goes for big bucks if you can find it for a couple of obvious reasons. First, the drum break on the cover of Alvin Toussaint’s classic “Rain Rain (Go Away)” has become legend among crate diggers and samplers. The other is that the version of the Stones’ “The Last Time” is astonishingly psychedelic, a delirium of fuzz guitar, electric sitar, rumbling piano, and throbbing bass punctuated by soaring, Left Banke-esque vocal choruses. But, those highlights aside, this one-off album from Egyptian vocalist Wadie George \"Bob\" Azzam and his merry band of pranksters is a refreshingly eclectic and highly listenable affair leavened with a hint of electronic weirdness a la Lothar and the Hand People or Silver Apples. “Mon Amour” pays tribute to Azzam’s Middle Eastern roots with a jaunty Arabic melody, while he brings a Beatle-esque sensibility to the two Les Reed covers, “Mr. Lovin’ Luggage Man” and “One Little Packet of Cigarettes.” And “Berimbau” offers an unexpected outburst of Tropicalismo. In short, not just a rarity, but a record to appeal to anybody with a warped pop sensibility…and ain’t that all of us? Remastered and pressed in fire orange vinyl for its first reissue in any format!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSIDE ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e1. Mr. Lovin’ Luggage Man\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2. Rain Rain Go Away\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e3. Mrs. Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e4. Berimbau\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e5. One Little Packet of Cigarettes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSIDE TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e1. The Story of My Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2. The Last Time\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e3. Mr. Dyingly Sad\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e4. Tricky Soul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e5. Mon Amour\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"REAL GONE MUSIC","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":44539152695395,"sku":"848064021520","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/2553\/7123\/files\/image_e45957e7-e5c8-4caa-a41f-b70b77b8614a.png?v=1788447525","url":"https:\/\/lunchboxrecords.com\/products\/848064021520","provider":"Lunchbox Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}