JIMMY CAMPBELL 1970 LP HALF BAKED OZ VERTIGO SWIRL 1ST ORIG GF 6360 010 VG+
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JIMMY CAMPBELL 1970 LP HALF BAKED - ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN FIRST PRESSING ON VERTIGO SWIRL 6360 010 - RECORD IS WELL-PRESERVED HAS NUMBER OF TINY SUPERFICIAL MARKS NO SCRATCHES VG+ - GATEFOLD COVER ALSO HAS SOME MINOR SCUFF ON EDGES VG+ SC ON RARITY SCALE (SEE PICTURES)
SOME INFORMATION FROM INTERNET ABOUT THIS RELEASE Line-up: unknown
Production: Don Paul.
Cover-design by Marcus Keef.
Photography by Marcus Keef.
Liner notes: none
Recorded at unknown.
Cover manufactured by unknown
Track listing A-side: Green Eyed American Actress/ Loving You Is All I Do / So Lonely Without You/ In My Room/ That's Right, That's Me/ I Will Not Mind.
Track listing B-side: Dulcie [It's December]/ Forever Grateful/ Half Baked/ Closing Down The Shop/ Don't Leave Me Now.
All tracks by Jimmy Campbell.
The lyrics are printed inside the gatefold.
There are no running time indications.
The Vertigo logo on front is red.
Matrix number A-side
6360010 1Y 2 420 1 1 1
Matrix number B-side
6360010 2Y*2 1 2
Rarity scale: SC
Too little originality severely impairs most of the tracks collected here. The ballads are better than the rocking tracks, but it only goes to show that Campbell (from Rocking Horse) doesn't quite seem to know whether he opts for being a singer/songwriter or a rocker. Rustic watercolours characterize the slow tracks, but mostly there is not enough happening to seriously attract the attention. Fine exception: the orchestrated title track, which seems a genuine expression of self-doubt. Some acceptably interesting harmonic progressions do pop up, but these are few and far between.
Back to the normal gatefold cover, but a nice one it surely is. The atmospheric photograph of two clowns, one male and one female, comes into perspective when folding-out the cover. The park-like landscape is inhabited by a rook and a vague figure that could be a nun. Great surrealistic kitsch.
The lettering is very difficult to read, though this does not seem to be meant that way: an unfavourable sign.
Inside the lyrics are printed red over grey and a photo of the singer is displayed as well. Nothing special here.
A cassette release in Britain has been confirmed, the catalogue number is 7138 012.
Notes: A6 is wrongly credited on the label as ''I do not mind''.
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