Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back); tiny surface abrasions on front; slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); two seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear. Minor shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Steamboat label. (Not a cut-out.)
By the beginning of 1965, Reprise Records had adjusted itself to the commercial success Dean Martin had begun to enjoy in the spring of 1964 with his hit recording of Everybody Loves Somebody. Dean Martin Hits Again was the label's first album to be constructed entirely by Jimmy Bowen, producer of that hit, and Ernie Freeman, who had arranged and conducted it, and they used the same arranging formula that had worked before, employing a 4/4 beat, piano triplets, female backup vocals, and swooping string effects to the songs here. In attempting to keep up with demand, Reprise had recycled old songs on Martin's last two albums. This one was mostly new, although You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You had appeared on The Door Is Still Open to My Heart the previous October and then gone on to become a Top 40 pop hit (No. 1 on the easy listening charts) and You'll Always Be the One I Love, its B-side, had also charted. it produced another hit, Send Me the Pillow You Dream On, which went Top 20 pop and Top Five easy listening. The LP from being a Top 20 hit that eventually became Martin's fourth gold album.