Olivia Newton John - If Not For You - Rare - Original UNI LP - Textured Sleeve

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I'm selling my personal record collection in preparation for moving. I do not ship internationally or to Alaska, Hawaii, US Protectorates or APO/FPO addresses.
If Not for You is the debut studio album by British-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released in November 1971 by Festival Records. The album was released on the Pye International label in the UK as Olivia Newton-John, with a slightly different cover. As a covers album, If Not for You features mostly songs previously recorded from contemporary artists of the 1960s and early 1970s. She made several performances to promote If Not for You and her follow-up album, Olivia, including an international tour with British singer Cliff Richard. It was her first album released by Festival Records, which would release all her albums in Australia until its dissolution in 2005. It also has Newton-John's first works with her long-time musical partner, John Farrar.
 The album features covers of Kris Kristofferson ("Me and Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"), Bread ("If"), The Band ("In a Station"), Lesley Duncan ("Love Song" and "Lullaby"), George Harrison ("If Not for You"), Brotherhood of Man ("Where Are You Going to My Love"), Gordon Lightfoot ("If You Could Read My Mind") and Tom Rush ("No Regrets"). "Banks of the Ohio" is a traditional song that had an arrangement made by Farrar and Welch.
The album was originally released on cassette and LP. The American edition, released by Uni Records prior to its merger with the Decca and Kapp labels to form MCA Records, went out of print following the release of Newton-John's 1973 album, Let Me Be There, and became a rare collector's item.

Track listing

All songs produced by John Farrar and Bruce Welch.

• Kris Kristofferson
• Fred Foster

• Billy Day
• John Goodison
• Mike Leslie
• Tony Hiller

• Tony Hiller
• Paul Curtis

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

• Olivia Newton-John – vocals
• John Farrar – guitar
• Dave Richmond – bass guitar
• Brian Bennett – drums, percussion
• Alan Hawkshaw – keyboards
• Peter Vince – engineering
• Bruce Welch – arranger, composer

Production

• John Farrar – arranger, producer
• Alan Hawkshaw – string arrangements
• Bruce Welch – arranger, producer

• Country
• country pop

• John Farrar
• Bruce Welch

Design

• David Steen – photography
• Doug McKenzie – photography

Record company

• Festival Records – record label, Australia copyright owner (1971)
• Pye International Records – record label, UK copyright owner (1971)
• Uni Records – record label, US copyright owner (1971)
• Universal Music Group – international distributor, record label, international copyright owner (1996)