Colin Blunstone One Year 1971 Original promo Epic E30974 plays mostly M- Zombies
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Colin Blunstone ~ One Year 1971 original promo pressing. Epic Records - E30974 Vinyl is VG++t o Mint-. Vinyl looks VG++ to Mint-, except A-1 has a few, faint scuffs and the outer-edge before the music has small marks. Vinyl plays mostly Mint-, except a few, occasional segments play VG++ to Mint-, Matrix side 1: P AL-30974-1B Matrix side 2: P BL-30974-1B Cover is VG to VG+, mostly VG+ with cover, corner and edge-wear, bends tears and faint indentations; marker on back "KBYU"...; the white promo tag on the front is coming undone from the cover (see photos). Label side 1 is VG++. Side 2 label is VG+ to VG++ - both labels have minor marks and wear. The original inner-sleeve has one split-sema with tape. Out of print, original.
After the Zombies split in 1968, Colin Blunstone opted for the security of a 9-to-5 job and took a position with a London insurance company. However, the posthumous success of the Zombies' "Time of the Season" made a return to the music business almost inevitable. Blunstone accepted an offer from producer Mike Hurst to cut a remake of the group's first hit, "She's Not There" for Deram Records. Released under the pseudonym "Neil MacArthur," the record was a hit and two further MacArthursingles followed in 1969. Neither charted, and Blunstone soon decided to start recording under his own name. He ran into ex-Zombies Rod Argent and Chris White, who had just signed a production deal with Epic Records. The duo were eager to produce their former bandmate, and soon Blunstone was preparing his first album for Epic. Recorded between June 1970 and June 1971, the album was titled One Year (for the length of time spent making it). The initial sessions found Blunstone backed by Argent's new group,Argent, but later sessions saw the singer backed by Chris Gunning's lovely string arrangements. The first singles, "Mary Won't You Warm My Bed" and "Caroline Goodbye," flopped, but the third -- a cover of Denny Laine's "Say You Don't Mind" -- was a hit in Britain. Widely considered to be Blunstone's best solo album, One Year is the perfect showcase for his distinctive, breathy voice. He also came into his own as a songwriter on this record. Although he had penned only two songs during the Zombies' career, he was responsible for most of the songwriting on One Year, including such classics as "Caroline Goodbye" and "Let Me Come Closer to You." "..
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