THIS IS THE UK ORIGINAL PRESSING on B C Black label. SINGLE COVER INNER SLEEVE. The cover is in VG condition, normal wear BUT discolouration/wear on spines/corners, mild creases on edges/corners, surface ringwear/edgewear, small tear on rear top right, below company logo , INNER with creases nad bent on one corner, left spine is readable please for details see photos. Vinyl is in VG condition some light clicks and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality.
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SHELAGH McDONALDwith DANNY THOMPSON, IAN WHITEMAN, RICHARD THOMPSON, DAVE MATTACKS,
PAT DONALDSON, JOHN RYAN, HARVEY BURNS, KEITH CHRISTMAS, etc.
As much myth as musician, singer/songwriter Shelagh McDonald seemed poised to emerge as a major voice in British folk music when she abruptly vanished mere months after the release of her breakthrough LP. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, McDonald arrived in London sometime in the late 60s. While performing at the Troubadour, she befriended fellow singer/songwriter Keith Christmas, who would prove instrumental in landing her a record deal with the B C label. Album followed in 1970 to decent reviews but mediocre sales, but 1971 s Stargazer was a far different story. With McDonald dubbed the new Sandy Denny by the U.K. music press, the record was a critical smash and sold respectably. But after recording a handful of tracks for a proposed third LP, McDonald suddenly disappeared, leaving no clues to her rationale or her whereabouts
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tracklist: please, for tracklist see pictures
1971 LP B C RECORDS CAS 1043
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER INNER SLEEVE
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Barcode: none
LABEL: B C - BLACK LABEL w/GREEN LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: CAS 1043
Catalog on labels: CAS 1043 CAS 1043A / CAS 1043 CAS 1043B
Matrix / Runout Side A, Stamped : CAS 1043 A-1U
Matrix / Runout Runout stamp side B : CAS 1043 B-2U
On label: rim text reads All rights...........prohibited
1971
All selections........
Produced by Sandy Roberton, September Productions Ltd.
Libra Music
On Back Cover: Tracklist Credits
B C Records Ltd., 37 Soho Square, London, W1
Printed and made by E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford
RECORD VG but please, read above description
SLEEVE VG but please, see pictures and read above description
This record could well represent the closest anyone has ever come to crossing circa-1970 Joni Mitchell with circa-1970 Sandy Denny. As a composer, McDonald leans toward the Mitchell half of that equation, with a similarly angular melodic sense, and a phrasing that often shifts register quickly and substantially. It would be mighty surprising if she didn t ingest songs like Mitchell s Marcie thoroughly before coming up with narratives in the same style like Liz s Song. The parallels come out most in the songs in which McDonald emphasizes her piano rather than her guitar. As a singer, her tonal quality is more similar to Denny s. The result is a double-edged sword. The album can be unequivocally recommended to fans of Mitchell and Denny who have run out of things to buy by those two singers, and want something that s for the most part undiscovered, but with a similar vibe. At the same time, McDonald inevitably comes up short in the unavoidable comparisons with those role models, as she puts far less of her own personality into her work than either Mitchell or Denny did. Dogmatic criticism aside, it s a pleasant album with subdued folk-rock arrangements, and the piano ballad Lonely King is haunting enough to make one forget the obvious likenesses to Mitchell s own piano outings for the moment. Occasionally, there are effective slight departures from the standard production of folk-rock albums from the period, as with the sad strings and operatic backup vocals on the title track, and the extremely Garth Hudson-esque organ of Good Times ... AllMusic
