Scott Walker ORIG UK LP SCott VG+ 67 Philips SBL7816 Baroque Pop Walker Brothers
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Scott Walker ORIG UK LP SCott VG+ 67 Philips SBL7816 Baroque Pop Walker Brothers
Original UK LP released in 1967 on Philips Records. Cat: SBL 7816.
Scott Walker's success as a teen idol singer of Spectorish ballads with the Walker Brothers in no way prepared listeners for the mordant, despairing lyrics of his solo debut. To compound the surprise, he does his best to imitate the vocal girth of Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra on this mix of original tunes and covers, which also features sweeping, bloated orchestral arrangements. It was hardly rock, and pop of a most oddball sort, but it found a surprisingly large audience in Britain, anyway, where it reached the Top Three in 1967. Poke behind the velvet curtain of the languid MOR arrangements, and one finds a surprisingly literate existentialist at the helm of these proceedings. His lyrical nuances were probably lost on his audience of predominately teenage girls, though they've earned him a small cult audience that endures to this day. Besides presenting three of his own compositions, Walker covers tunes by Weill/Mann, Tim Hardin, and Andre & Dory Previn on this album, as well as three songs by his favorite writer, Jacques Brel.
Tracks : Mathilde/ Montague terrace (in blue)/ Angelica/ The lady came from Baltimore/ When Joanne loved me/ My death/ The big hurt/ Such a small love/ You're gonna hear from me/ Through a long and sleepless night/ Always coming back to you/ Amsterdam.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks and very light scratches that cause some crackles and is in VG+ condition. Gloss cover is in Excellent condition.
Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape. Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.
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1730 (GS 9.9.4 (1730))
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