ELLIE GREENWICH Composes Rare Orig Mono 1968 US LP NM

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Ellie Greenwich

Composes, Produces and Sings

Very Rare Original US Only LP released on United Artist Records in 1968. 1st US pressing on the Pink and Orange label, the sleeve is still in its original shrink wrap (but is open) and comes complete with the original UA inner sleeve.

Greenwich is a major figure of 1960s pop/rock, but her first solo album must be considered a great disappointment in light of her deep talents. For one thing, although she's a good singer and producer, most would agree without a second's thought that her greatest talent lies in songwriting. That makes it inexcusable that four of the ten songs here are covers of hits by other people, including "Niki Hoeky," Bobby Vee's "Beautiful People," "Oh How Happy," and "The Letter." Her own songs are decent soul-pop-rock tunes that are not, however, up to the best hits she wrote with Jeff Barry in the mid-'60s. For all that, "I Want You to Be My Baby" (actually written not by Greenwich, but by James Hendricks) is a good, rowdy girl group stomper; "Goodnight Goodnight" is like a good, mid-level Ronettes song; "A Long Time Comin'" is a fair, more serious-minded soul-pop outing that's moodier than most of her compositions; and "I'll Never Need More Than This," a collaboration with Barry and Phil Spector, is nice, lightly orchestrated soul-pop.

TRACKS ARE :-

Side One

1. I Want You to Be My Baby
2 Beautiful People
3 Baby Baby Baby
4 Goodnight Goodnight
5 Long Time Comin

Side Two

1. I Want You to Be My Baby
2 Beautiful People
3 Baby Baby Baby
4 Goodnight Goodnight
5 Long Time Comin