John Larkin - Scatman John - Self Titled LP Transition NM JAZZ RARE
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Impossibly rare debut album by John Larkin, who later found fame as Scatman John.
From Wiki:
John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), better known by his stage name Scatman John, was an American musician who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1995 hit "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)".
A stutterer, Larkin stated that scatting was "turning my biggest problem into my biggest asset". Scatman John sold millions of recordings worldwide and was named "Best New Artist" in the Echo Awards in both Japan and Germany. He was a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annie Glenn Award for outstanding service to the stuttering community and National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame.
Larkin became a professional jazz pianist in the 1970s and '80s, playing many gigs in jazz clubs around Los Angeles. In 1986, he released the self-titled album John Larkin on the Transition label, copies of which are now extremely rare. He claimed to have “hundreds of them lying around in [his] closet at home.” Around this time, alcoholism and drug addiction were also beginning to take a hold of his life. When fellow musician and friend Joe Farrell, who also had a drug problem, died of bone cancer in 1986, Larkin decided to beat his habits. He eventually did so, largely with the help of his old friend Wilson McCutchan and his new wife Judy, also a recovering alcoholic. “You have talent,” she told him. “I’m going to make something out of you.”
This recording was John's first, and perhaps Joe Farrell's last. Incredible Jazz is contained within.
A1 - The Misfit
A2 - Last Night I Dreamed
A3 - Love Cry
B1 - Angels Flight
B2 - John Coltrane
B3 - Softly As A Morning Sunrise
Bass – Bob Harrison
Drums – Clark Woodard
Piano – John Larkin
Producer – John Larkin
Saxophone [Tenor] – Joe Farrell
Produced by John & Marcia Larkin
All compositions and arrangements by John Larkin
1986 Transition Records
Condition of the Vinyl is NM. I found this copy sealed, played it 2-3 times and recorded it. The cover is VG+. Unfortunately, when I found it, it had the creases you can see in the photo. (top right - 3", bottom right - 1.5", slight crease on bottom left).
I do have another copy, without the shrink. It has less creases, but it's not perfect either. If you buy the record, I can send pics & description of the 2nd cover to see if you would like to switch them.
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