“Whatever Julie (London) Wants” vocal jazz LP LIBERTY DG cheesecake NM SUPERB

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Artist:  JULIE LONDON

Title:   “Whatever Julie Wants”

Label:   LIBERTY.  Catalog number is LST 7192.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is black with silver text, with deep groove. 

Julie London was equally famous for her cool vocal style and her rather cold beauty. She normally specialized in torch songs, singing bleak songs of lost love, but on “Whatever Julie Wants,” London plays the part of a vampish sexpot who treats love as a commodity to trade with wealthy men. Sure, it's a sexist album that's more famous for its cheesecake sleeve photo of London naked under fur, diamonds, money, and a strategically placed champagne bottle, but it is a fun album and one that can be enjoyed for its individual songs or its narrative thrust.  While most concept albums featuring popular standards don't really follow a strict story line, “Whatever Julie Wants” does. It begins with the protagonist uttering an innocent lover's plea before mistreatment turns her into a jaded gold digger ("Daddy" and a host of other tracks), then a prostitute ("Love for Sale"), and a step up to kept woman ("Always True to You in My Fashion").  Just as things are looking bad, London finally realizes that you can live without a man and his money with "There'll Be Some Changes Made," because the onetime temptress is just too darn "Tired." This may not be Julie London’s finest musical hour, but the album is undeniably entertaining and it offers a Technicolor sex comedy break from her usual world of shadowy film noir.

(Courtesy of Nick Dedina, allmusic.com.)

Condition: 

DISC:   Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade.

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with flawless front and back panels.  Nice seams and spine.  Light wear at corner tips.  No writing, stickers, or other problems.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Why Don’t You Do Right
• My Heart Belongs to Daddy
• Hard Hearted Hannah
• Do It Again
• Take Back Your Mink
• Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend

Side Two:

• Daddy
• An Occasional Man
• Love for Sale
• Always True to You In My Fashion
• There’ll Be Some Changes Made
• Tired

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