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Light Blue Vinyl, 2-Page Insert w/ Liner Notes, Remastered

Lets start with this fact: this 1973 record is one of the most sought-after collectors items of its era. Why? Well, first of all, Lyn Christophers self-titled release on the Paramount label is a really fine album, a beguiling blend of pop and R&B sounds featuring the artists winsome vocals backed by some of New Yorks finest studio cats, like guitarist Hugh McCracken, Blood Sweat & Tears multi-instrumentalist Lou Marini Jr., and future Back Street Crawler keyboardist Mike Montgomery. And Take Me with You, the penultimate song on the album, has been sampled by Mobb Deeps Havoc, LL Cool J, 50 Cent, The Game, and, memorably, by the Smut Peddlers on their 2001 underground classic One by One. But there is another very big reason why original copies of Lyn Christopher command a kings ransom (and no, its not because its never been reissued in any format). If you know who Chaim Witz and Stanley Eisen are, then you probably already know the answer. Thats rightthis album marks the first appearance on record of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of KISS! They sing background vocals on two tracks, Celebrate II and Weddin; and supposedly thats Peter Criss doing handclaps. Whats more, this album introduced legendary engineer Eddie Kramerwho, though unbilled, was engineering the sessionsto Simmons and Stanley, who were still calling their band Wicked Lester. Kramer then produced the four-song demo that got KISS signed to Casablanca, and the rest, as they say, is history! We at Real Gone are thrilled to FINALLY be reissuing this fabled album on CD and light blue vinyl, remastered by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision and complete with liner notes by Bill Kopp that set the stage. A real slice of pop music history that you gotta hear!