PETULA CLARK/JUST PET WS 1823 (-69) US

 She's had one of the longest, if not the longest, active career for any singer, stretching from her live debute 1939 up to today at age 92. As she's also recorded albums and/or 45:s in Spanish, Italian, French and German, it'd be impossible for me to figure out an exact discography, but this would be somewhere around her fortieth album. For more please check post on her third, the 1957 "You Are My Lucky Star"  https://monolover.blogspot.com/2017/11/petula-clarkyou-are-my-lucky-star-npl.html . With her large production in mind I awaited this to be a well done yet run-of-the-mill album, more sweet than alerting, but it's a little more than that. Not only because of cover choice, among others counting Turtles "Happy Together" as well as two Beatles ones - "Hey Jude" and "Fool On The Hill". Also the arrangements and her singing are often more adventurous than expected, showing she still had a lot more new turns to offer at age thirtyseven. So to my ears not just an ordinary orchestrated pop album. It may seem like that at first glance, but if you listen closely it's quite entertaining. Apart from the aforementioned I also especially dig "For Those In Love" and "If I Only Have Time". As this US label has "An original Vogue recording" I guess it's from a French original (Vogue SLD 732). Right me if I'm wrong. Vinyl issues in UK, Downunder, Canada, South Africa and a couple of South American countries. Also as US reel, cassette and 8-track. UK 1996 CD on Sequel Records (NEB CD 902) came with four bonus tracks. Premiere US had label as shown here in a glossy sleeve with giant poster and WB ad inner. Poster is way too large for me to scan, so I borrowed that pic from Discogs.  (YZÄ*)  (FÄV*)