Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful Lp

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Aug 4, 2003 Sold Date

Jul 28, 2003 Start Date

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JIMMY SCOTT

"FALLING IN LOVE IS WONDERFUL"

Tangerine #TRC-1501 (U.S.)

original vinyl LP! (1963)

A magical, wonderful collection of songs performed by JIMMY SCOTT, here on the original 1963 mono pressing from Tangerine Records. This record was withdrawn from the shops almost immediately upon its release. The cover: the thick cardboard cover is in VG+ condition and displays nicely. The vinyl: although there is wear & visible surface scratches, some of which are deep, the vinyl still packs a sonic punch & has much life in it, as a complete play test proves. This is one of those records that plays better than it looks. The scratches (deep or otherwise) cause NO hideous problems on my system during a play test (i.e. NO skips, NO distorted passages, etc.). There are clicks/pops & some surface noise evident throughout, but this does not overwhelm the music. The record still shines and is quite listenable throughout, IMO. Comes with the original ABC-Paramount Records inner sleeve.

Song List:

They Say It's Wonderful
I Wish I Didn't Love You So
There Is No Greater Love
If I Should Lose You
Why Try to Change Me Now
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
Someone to Watch Over Me
How Deep Is the Ocean
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Sunday, Monday or Always

AMG REVIEW: In 1962, flush with the success of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles signed one of his favorite singers, Little Jimmy Scott, to his Tangerine label with the purpose of supervising an album of ballads. He hired a pair of genial arrangers, Gerald Wilson and Marty Paich (both of whom had recently written charts for Charles), and requested them to aim for the soft strings and muted horns of classic Frank Sinatra performances recorded with ballad masters Axel Stordahl or Gordon Jenkins. With Charles himself offering sensitive interplay on his piano, Falling in Love Is Wonderful is Scott's best single LP — charming in its earnest feeling, deeply pained as a set of torch songs — and ranks with his "Everybody Plays the Fool" single as the best work of his career. Nothing here gets in the way of Scott's pure, angelic voice; he captures, like none other than Sinatra himself, a range of love-struck emotions, from the sheepish depression of "Why Try to Change Me" to the restrained hopefulness of "Someone to Watch Over Me." He's in the best voice of his career, holding his tight vibrato perfectly for as long as needed and making either his high or low register sound like the only natural choice on every occasion. In one of the great tragedies of recorded music, however, his former boss, Herman Lubinsky of Savoy, claimed that he still owned Scott's contract, and under threat of legal suit, the record was removed from the shelves less than a month after release. As a result, Falling in Love Is Wonderful has remained a prime collector's item for over 40 years. — John Bush

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