This might be something for the Blunstone and Zombies fans still into vinyl who for some reason don't wanna spend money for, or waste time to chase, his first three solo albums. Here's a collection of some of the best tracks from those and the audio very good, providing enjoyable listening. The homogenous and rather uniformative sleeve may make it seem uninteresting for the regular bin explorer, but if you forget about that and just listen it can be a heartwarmer. Romantic ballads carried by that beautiful voice and orchestrated by some of the best. Some of the tracks were also backed and/or produced by some of his old Zombies bandmates (for more details on that check post on Ennismore from which six of the tracks were lifted). I've always liked his breathy personal voice and here it shows what a great singer he was. To my ears this is all good, but if to pick favorites it'll be two from Ennismore - the sweet Russ Ballard ballad "I Don't Believe In Miracles" and the happy-go-lucky "I Want More" - plus "Wonderful" from Journey. To my knowledge only issued in Europe. Also UK 2012 CD on Talking Elephant Records (TECD 205) and UK 1979 cassette on CBS/Embassy (40-31760) It seems premiere UK vinyl came on CBS/Embassy (S CBS 31760), this is probably a couple of years later, with Epic label as shown here and thin fully laminated cover. (ZÖZ*)
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