This is the hardish-to-find Hip-O-Select collection of her first two solo albums, plus a generous helping of extra tracks that are truly worth having - not the usual obsessive scrapings that weigh down many resissues. Both albums are brilliant late sixties West Coast pop, far better than they're given credit for. Releasing them in sleeves that screamed cutout before they even hit the racks didn't help, nor did Dunhill refusing to let her use her own name. And neither did doing Vegas do her any favors. Although a genuinely hip mover and shaker (she put Crosby Stills & Nash together), there was always a tad too much show in her business, but her recorded legacy is good taste and good music from first to last, damn near.
Oh - and she died because her big old broken heart gave out on her. Thirty two years old.
(Hey, Cass - hope you like the cover)
ReplyDeleteDream on.
It seems that the "Don't Call Me Mama" post from just a few hours ago, has gone missing... Hmmm.
ReplyDeleteI guess that this post duplicates the content, but it didn't need to be taken down.
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ReplyDelete(And anyway, looking at the original cover of that first album gives me gas.)
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