LEONARD COHEN - SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN - NZ LP SCARCE
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I OFFER FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE THIS
VERY SCARCE NZ ALBUM OF
LEONARD COHEN
SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN
One of the most fascinating and enigmatic — if not the most successful — singer/songwriters of the late '60s, Leonard Cohen has retained an audience across four decades of music-making interrupted by various digressions into personal and creative exploration, all of which have only added to the mystique surrounding him. Second only to Bob Dylan, he commands the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960s who is still working at the outset of the 21st century, which is all the more remarkable an achievement for someone who didn't even aspire to a musical career until he was in his thirties. Cohen was born in 1934, a year before Elvis Presley, and his background - personal, social, and intellectual - couldn't have been more different from those of any rock stars of any generation; nor can he be easily compared even with any members of the generation of folksingers who came of age in the 1960s. Though he knew some country music and played it a bit as a boy, he didn't start performing on even a semi-regular basis, much less recording, until after he had already written several books - and as an established novelist and poet, his literary accomplishments far exceed those of Bob Dylan or most anyone else who one cares to mention in music. He was born Leonard Norman Cohen into a middle-class Jewish family in the Montreal suburb of Westmount. His father, a clothing merchant (who also held a degree in engineering), died in 1943, when Cohen was nine years old. It was his mother who encouraged Cohen as a writer, especially of poetry, during his childhood.
A NZ ISSUE ON CBS LABEL RELEASED IN 1968 - SBP 473510
THE FULLY LAMINATED FLIP-BACK SLEEVE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. THE OPENING EDGE AND THE SEAMS ARE CLEAN AND SHARP. THE NEW ZEALAND SPINE WITH THE PINCHED CORNERS IS JUST LIKE NEW. THERE IS A SMALL DING IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER AND THERE IS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT RING WEAR.
THE SHINY VINYL IS BEAUTIFUL - JUST ONE OR TWO VERY LIGHT MARKS
PLAYS LIKE IT LOOKS - BEAUTIFUL - LOUD AND CLEAN.
THE LABELS ARE BEAUT TOO - ONE OR TWO LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS - NO WRITING - NO STICKERS.
TRACKS ARE:
SUZANNE == MASTER SONG == WINTER LADY == THE STRANGER SONG == SISTERS OF MERCY == SO LONG, MARIANNE == HEY, THAT'S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE == STORIES OF THE STREET == TEACHERS == ONE OF US CANNOT BE WRONG.
VERY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF THIS
SCARCE NZ ALBUM
IN ANY CONDITION
THIS ONE HAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SLEEVE AND THE PRISTINE VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFUL.
HAPPY BIDDING FANS.
ALL RECORDS COME IN NEW DUST COVERS AND ARE SECURELY PACKED IN SPECIAL MAILERS WITH NEW BUBBLE WRAP TO PROVIDE EXTRA PROTECTION DURING TRANSIT.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ITEMS THAT ARE LOST OR DAMAGED IN THE POST
INSURANCE IS RECOMMENDED.
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