Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front/back); four staple holes that go through to back; radio station stamp near top-left and slight discoloration near left on back. Inner-sleeve is original (Mercury ads). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and. Red 12-logo label. Mail-in order form included. (Hole-punch in top-right.)
The title song, from Sometimes A Memory Ain't Enough, by Jerry Lee Lewis, was another Top 10 for Lewis, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard country singles chart on December 8, 1973 after 14 weeks on the chart. Lewis gives committed performances, although producer Stan Kesler's growing penchant of sweetening the sound with strings and backing vocalists diluted some of the harder edges that were evident on Jerry Lee's earlier country albums like Another Place, Another Time and Touching Home. It kept Lewis competitive on the radio, however, and the Stan Kesler-penned title track rose to No. 6. Although Lewis had released the rocking The Session...Recorded in London with Great Artists earlier in the year, one listen to his new LP revealed that he had not turned his back on his country audience. He gives a moving performance on George Jones's What My Woman Can't Do and covers fellow pianist Leon Russell's lonely lament My Cricket and Me. The rollicking I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone was released as a second single and but did not crack the Top 20.