David Ruffin

1973 Motown self-titled David Ruffin LP, catalog M-762L, a sealed 33 1/3 RPM single-LP release produced by Bobby Miller. This copy remains in shrink, so the exact pressing is unverified and it is not represented as a first pressing; the vinyl condition is recorded as Mint/Near Mint, with the outer sleeve graded Near Mint and a noted discount notch at the top right.

The front jacket is dominated by a close, shadowed portrait of Ruffin in glasses, his face emerging from dark green-black tones beneath bright turquoise name lettering; a small Motown mark sits at the lower right. The back cover shifts to a street-corner photograph, with Ruffin standing beside a chain-link fence and yellow hydrant while the track list is printed over the architectural background.

Visible selections include "The Rovin' Kind," "Common Man," "I'm Just A Mortal Man," "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right," "I Miss You (Part 1)," "Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)," and "A Day In The Life, Of A Working Man." The lower back credits name Bobby Miller as producer, David Van DePitte as arranger, the Andantes on vocal background, John Lewis as recording engineer, Jim Britt for photography, and Rod Dyer, Inc. for design, placing the album firmly within Motown’s early-1970s visual and musical language.