LEWIS FUREY 'LEWIS IS CRAZY' 45 RECORD 1ST RECORD 1972
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This is Lewis Furey's 1972 1ST RECORDING. IT'S TITLED " LEWIS IS CRAZY ", GAMMA 7", SINGLE 45, SIDE A IS TITLED "LEWIS IS CRAZY"; SIDE B IS TITLED "WHAT A SAD SUMMER". BOTH ARE ORIGINAL SONGS BY LEWIS FUREY WHO WENT ON TO WRITE FOR CELINE DION AND MANY OTHER MAJOR RECORDING ARTISTS. THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDING PRODUCED BY FUREY. HIS 1ST 2 ALBUMS FOLLOWED IN 1975-76 AND WENT ON TO BECOME HITS IN JAPAN. IN THE BEGINNING FUREY STUDIED VIOLIN AND PLAYED AS A SOLIST WITH THE MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. HE STUDIED AT THE JUILLARD SCHOOL IN NEW YORK THEN BEGAN COMPOSING FOR FILM IN 1975, WON A GENIE AWARD AND WAS NOMINATED FOR AN ACTING PERFORMANCE IN A FILM HIS WIFE STARRED IN. THE 45 IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AS IS THE COVER ALTHOUGH IT HAS A SLIGHT CREASE ONLY ON THE FRONT LEFT CORNER. TO SAY HE IS UNIQUE IS TO UNDERSTATE HIS TALENT. THERE IS A PICTURE OF FUREY ON THE FRONT COVER ALONG WITH HIS ADDRESS, BIRTH DATE, MENTAL HOSPITAL FILE NO., AND UNDER COMMENTS IS WRITTEN: 'IN OUR OPINION LEWIS IS CRAZY' HENCE THE TITLE. THE BACK COVER SHOWS THE GAMMA RECORDS LABEL AND THE LYRICS TO THE TITLE SONG, 'LEWIS IS CRAZY'. AS A COLLECTABLE, WELL IT IS THE FRIST RECORDING HE EVER PRODUCED SO, COLLECTABLE THIS RECORD IS AND IN ALMOST PEFECT CONDITION.
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