Mary Hopkin LP postcard 1969 SEALED Paul Mccartney Apple Records ST-3351 MINT

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The Lp is brand new. It has never been opened. (see pics).

AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger

Paul McCartney produced this debut album of twee but pretty, romantic pop-folk. Besides "Those Were the Days" (which actually originally appeared only on the US version, though it's on the CD reissue now available throughout the world), the highlights are Donovan's "Lord of the Reedy River" and "The Honeymoon Song," which McCartney himself had sung with the Beatles way back in 1963 on the BBC. If there's a fault to be found, it's that there's too high a percentage of pre-rock/pop standards à la "There's No Business Like Show Business." As it turns out this was more due to the leanings of McCartney than Hopkin, who preferred the more simply arranged folk numbers such as the Donovan covers and the Welsh "Y Blodyn Gwyn." Also on board is a rather nice composition, "The Game," by Beatles producer George Martin, who contributed some piano and orchestra conducting to the album.

Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger

It was the British supermodel Twiggy who alerted Paul McCartney to the Welsh singer Mary Hopkin when Apple Records was looking for talent in 1968. The waifish soprano scored a huge worldwide smash with her first Apple single, the melancholy but rabble-rousing ballad "Those Were the Days," in late 1968; it actually knocked the Beatles' own "Hey Jude" out of the number one position in the U.K. Paul McCartney lent Hopkin a further hand by producing her first album and writing her second single, "Goodbye," which was also a hit. More comfortable with refined, precious ballads and folky pop than rock, Hopkin scored several more hit singles in the U.K., although she never entered the American Top 40 again. Her commercial success diminished as Apple's fortunes dwindled in the early '70s.

The Lp was produced by Paul McCartney

Tracklist

Lord Of The Reedy River 2:39

Happiness Runs (Pebble And The Man) 2:09

Love Is The Sweetest Thing 3:46

Y Blodyn Gwyn 3:11

The Honeymoon Song 2:10

The Puppy Song 2:43

Inch Worm 2:36

Voyage Of The Moon 5:54

Lullaby Of The Leaves 2:34

Young Love 2:13

Someone To Watch Over Me 2:05

Prince En Avignon 3:23

The Game 2:44

Show Business 4:07

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