Catalog Number: SP-3227

Record Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-), Sleeve Grading: Very Good Plus (VG+)

Condition Details:

Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Gate-fold cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing (front/inner-gate); heavier scuffing on back; discoloration spots (front/back); tiny surface abrasions and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); bottom seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear; factory applied sticker correcting catalog number near center. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Silver and gold label. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

• My Family
• City Girl
• Spend A Little Time
• Whatever's For Us, For Us
• Child Star
• Visionary Mountains
• It Could Have Been Better
• Head Of The Table
• Mister Remember Me
• Gave It A Try
• Alice
• Conversation
• Mean Old Man
• All The Kings' Gardens

About The Record:

Whatever's for Us, is the debut album of Joan Armatrading. The album was a collaboration between Armatrading and singer-songwriter Pam Nestor. At the time the two were musical partners and wrote over a hundred songs together. Armatrading sings lead vocals and plays piano and acoustic guitar, while Nestor co-wrote most of the songs. Whatever's for Us was the only album recorded by Joan Armatrading and Pam Nestor, and the first recorded example of Armatrading’s playing and singing, aside from demo tapes. Cube records released the album as a Joan Armatrading effort and gave little credit to Nestor, and this caused difficulties between the two writers. Armatrading set about releasing herself from her obligations to Cube and within a short time had signed to A&M Records instead. The Cube label did not last much longer and folded in the mid 1970s, becoming absorbed into Electric Records.