So there I was in a record shop the other
week agonising over the merits of a Phyllis Hyman LP. I didn’t buy it in the
end because I thought there was a bit of a condition issue with one or two of the tracks.
It is very much installed on my want list now though. I am a big fan of Phyllis Hyman
but this particular album had not been on my radar before. As I was skipping
through the tracks the one that really stood out was One Thing On My Mind. When I got home I looked it up on the
Googlemachine and found that it was a cover of an Evie Sands song (and co-written by her). That led me
to Evie’s 1974 album Estate Of Mind
on which her original version appears. Listening to some of the tracks on that
album convinced me I ought to get the album and so it was a copy in excellent
condition winged its way over to me from Germany a few weeks ago (German
international postage is so reasonable).
Estate Of Mind
is a great album, sort of Carole King-ish in a way I think, and very good production. But you know how it
is with certain tracks when you hear them you just have to play them again
(and again) immediately, you’re hooked and there is nothing you can do about
it. Well, that's how is it with One Thing
On My Mind. I have played the whole album a couple of times, but it is difficult
to get past this one track, I am well into double figures already with it. (And
now I am doing the same on YouTube with Phyllis Hyman’s version too).
Press repeat.
This got a release as a 45. It sunk
without trace I think. How could that be?
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2 comments:
I've found that about German postage, reasonable and also very quick. Never heard this before, the only Evie Sands I've got is the Anyway You Want Me album and her version of Picture Me Gone.
dusty springfield's favourite singer apparently. high quality
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