LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

What Can I Give You Somethings Wrong With The Morning I Love Sunday Morning Can You Tell Think Of Rain Sun Most Of My Life The 8:17 Northbound Success Merry Go Round Love Songs Thoughts I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without You Come To Me Slowly Timothy Gone Its Alright Now Values I Think A Lot About You The Hum Please Believe Me Yes I Am I'd Like To See The Bad Guys Win California Shake Shine Hold Me Dancin' Good-Bye July ...cracking tunes that are always a delight to hear. Sublime, and understated!" Shindig! One of the releases of 2000 was a reissue of Margo Guryan's 1968 album Take A Picture. The official release was in response to mounting interest in this hitherto mysterious singer and a bootleg of the album selling several thousand copies in Japan. Now we are able to present the follow up album CHANGES, a unique collection of the demos Margo made for her publisher Dartmoor Music, mostly in the late 60's but also a couple from the 70's and most intriguingly her earliest song written in 1966 but recorded in 2000. This final song and recording is the one that makes the perfect point - Margo's songs and sounds are timeless, all of these sound as contemporary today as they did in 1968. The demos are in fact finished recordings in themselves. For the Take A Picture album the relevant songs were re-recorded. On this album as the title suggests you get no less than 25 terrific and unique songs. How to describe Margo's sound: "Ms Guryan is possessing of a uniquely seductive way of singing, a style that will certainly turn on every listener, without frightening off the meeker among you. A benevolent sexuality if you will. The beautiful songs within will satisfy the appetites of the hardiest soft pop fans, and will open a world I guarantee you will not want to leave. " These personal songs have their lyrics reprinted in full on the inlay, and the package boasting a photo of Margo in the Columbia studio from 1968 on the front is presented in a digipack . Even though she cuts a slightly mysterious figure today Margo did have a number of covers of her songs by artists like Spanky & Our Gang (a hit with Sunday Morning - the first version included here),Oliver, Julie London, Bobbie Gentry, Glen Campbell, Jackie De Shannon, Astrud Gilberto, Mama Cass.