Rare 1965 Stereo White Label Promotional Audition Label. Features Joe Osborn and Mickey Jones. Glossy, Unplayed Condition. “Johnny Rivers' Third Album Wasn't A Concert Recording, In Contrast To Its Two Predecessors, But It Was Nearly Their Equal For Sheer Musical Diversity. Rivers Was Practically A Human Jukebox, Turning Out Covers Of A Vast Range Of Current And Fairly Recent Rock & Roll Hits, All Transmuted Credibly Into His Own Stripped-Down Style Of Playing. The Number Three Single "Mountain Of Love" -- A Cover Of Harold Dorman's 1960 Hit -- Opens Up An Album Filled With All Manner Of Surprises: The Hard-Rocking "Promised Land," A Fine Follow-Up To His Hit Versions Of Chuck Berry's "Maybelline" And "Memphis"; His Emphatic Covers Of The Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better" And Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman"; A Plunge Back To His Louisiana Origins For "I'm In Love Again"; A Rocking Rendition Of "Rhythm Of The Rain"; A Punchy Version Of "He Don't Love You, Like I Love You"; A Soulful Performance Of Sam Cooke's "Cupid" That Manages To Rock Hard Without Sacrificing The Song's Lyricism; "Moody River," The Most Credible Rock & Roll Cover Ever Done Of A Pat Boone Song; And The Ominously Snarling Version Of "It's All Over Now." The Basic Guitar-Bass-Drums Sound Is All That's Here, Recorded Cleanly And Crisply But With Most Of The Verve And Fire That One Got From Rivers' Concert Recordings, The Only Augmentation A Very, Very Restrained Bit Of Backup Singing. It's A Killer Album, As Were Most Of Rivers' Long-Players From This Period.” Bruce Eder, AMG.