Born Philip Darryl Core (1945-2013). UK pop singer with background in church quires and classical music, from age seventeen spending two years in Milan getting education as an opera singer. Back in London he started to perform at Cavern Club where he was spotted by Kinks' manager Robert Wace who offered him a contract with Pye Label. First two singles were unsuccessful, third - a cover of "Lady Jane" - reached #28 in UK and #5 in Holland. The breakthrough came with a cover of "Dear Mrs. Applebee" - originally recorded by US artist Flip Cartridge. It was a huge hit on the European continent with #1 in Germany and #3 in Holland and also got to #22 in UK. He never really made it on his own home turf, but bloomed in the rest of Europe including the Eastern Bloc. Listening to his records today most of it is regular British mid sixties pop, vaguely reminding of Hermans Hermits - perky and well performed, produced and arranged. Maybe somewhat dated 2014, but a friendly message from an analog past. Fun fact - when touring Europe in 1967 he was backed by an early setting of "The Iveys", before the band signed to Apple and later transformed to "Badfinger". I've heard rumours they also did backing on a number of studio recordings, but haven't been able to confirm it. To my knowledge he only released one original UK studio album - "A Boy Called David" (Picadilly NPL 38024). Other countries issued their own variations with alternate tracks lists and other cover designs, of which many still remains to be found and documented. Shown here is a Dutch variant with exclusive sleeve design, having seven of the thirteen cuts in common with the English issue. The audio is very good - crisp and clear. It came on thick unflexible vinyl in a laminated cover. (MÖRS*) (HÖLX*) (PÖY*)
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