To Be A Lover/ After The Laughter

This is a new, unplayed stock copy from the collection, in its original Chess/Checker/Cadet factory sleeve. The lovely A side ballad was a Top 10 RnB hit in 1967, but it's the terrific B-side dancer that puts this single on collectors' want lists. This is perhaps the best of his five Checker singles. Note: The Neal collection has two copies, roughly identical. They both have a faint touch of storage wear on the labels. The vinyl looks untouched but has a faint, no-impact warp, and after a cleaning the 45 we tested retained pristine Mint audio!