Tina Mason 1967 Pop Soul Jazz vocals SEALED LP Capitol ST 2785 UNOPENED ORIGINAL

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ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL:   Tina Mason  /    "Is Something Wonderful"  /   Capitol Records, stereo, 1967 original release [NOT A RE-RELEASE]; catalog # ST 2785   /  1967 factory-sealed record lp, NOT A compact disc!

                                 The fans write:

Tina Mason's lone album for Capitol, recorded under the direction of David Axelrod and featuring arrangements by HB Barnum, was mostly overlooked at the time of its 1967 release. Mason started singing at Disneyland with Tina and the Mustangs and had a regular gig on TV's “Where the Action Is.” She fit into the groove cut by singers like Dusty Springfield, Jackie DeShannon, Nancy Wilson and Dionne Warwick, and the Axelrod/Barnum team created sophisticated pop-soul backings for her.

Mason draws from a variety of sources, including the dramatic spoken delivery of the Shangri-Las' Mary Weiss, breezy blue-eyed soul and stagey pop. She covers "Cry Me a River" with more attitude and less tears than Julie London's earlier hit, with the band pushing the tempo and the background singers adding verbal accents. The rising arrangement of "You Can Have Him," reworking Roy Hamilton's "You Can Have Her," yields a stirring climax, and the closing cover of Kathy Kirby's "The Way of Love" adds a spark that Cher would remove in her 1971 hit. 

Tina has a bluesy pop-soul vibe that's more mainstream than the rock style of the times, but she brings a touch of rough-edged, passionate grit to it. Rather than slickness designed as disposable pop there's real emotion in her voice as she seeks out unusual accents and phrasings in familiar songs.  She's aided by tasteful arrangements that add strong emphasis without overshadowing her voice -- she's front & center here, which is as it should be. A warm, energetic collection -- recommended!

SEALED LP, original from 1967. U.S. pressing.  BB hole in corner. PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES.

  Authentic original 1967 record album.

>> This much-admired album was not a million seller in the first place, so how rare is a sealed one today...in the year of its 50th Anniversary?

 [Even the 2008 CD reissue is now hard to find, and expensive.]  <<

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This is a RECORD LP ....NOT a CD

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