His last sixties effort and almost a 10 year anniversary. You can hear things had happened in and around him during that time. Though the music here partly coincides with some of his earlier trials this comes out in an alltogether softer atmosphere, still neat but with a sincerety showing on a more solid ground like he's closer to home. Like it or not...it depends on what you're after. Not even near exciting or back straightening, but so well done it's still very good listening should you feel relaxed and idle in the most innocent way. His vocals immediate and uncorrupted, orchestral arrangements made by a number of expert conductors - Mike Leander, Norrie Paramor, Brian Bennet, Mike Vickers, Bernard Ebbinghouse and Alan Hawkshaw - are just lovely and the stereo mix and audio on this UK press perfect. Feels a little stange for this fan of his early Shadows period, but the overall high quality does it for keeps. Favorite tracks - "Time" having a distinct fifties ambience with nice background quires and "When I Find You" uptempo with some odd arrangements making it the most adventurous on the album. That said it's not one I'm listening a lot to now, but will probably fit just fine when I get older and gentler so I'll save it for then. Originally issued on vinyl in Canada (Capitol ST 6340), Japan (Odeon OP 9511) and a couple of European countries, but to my knowledge never in US. EU 2004 CD (EMI 724347 34022) came with three bonus tracks. Premiere UK, also as mono (SX 6357), had label as shown here and thin matt cover with EMI ad inner. (CXÄ*)
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