ANDY WARHOL COVER (rare) - John Wallowitch - "This Is..." - 1964 - LP 1st Press
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JOHN WALLOWITCH
"THIS IS JOHN WALLOWITCH"
Serenus SEP 2005
1964
VG / VG+
FIRST PRESSING
BEST PRICE ON EBAY
ONLY COPY ON EBAY AS OF 6-29-2018: $ 153 (EX/EX) / $123(G+/G+) and $313 (sealed). (All incl. post.).
Very nice copy of JOHN WALLOWITCH's first LP release which was pressed on the tiny NYC label Serenus.
From the world renown book dealer Abe's Books in NYC: "John Wallowitch (February 11, 1926 – August 15, 2007) was an American songwriter and cabaret performer. He wrote over 2,000 songs; his works include "Bruce", "I See the World Through Your Eyes", "Back on the Town" and "Mary's Bar". For over 50 years he played and sang a catalogue of original songs at nightspots around New York City. He is also known for his sophisticated takes on the songs of Irving Berlin.
His first professional appearance was on the Lithuanian Furniture Company Radio Hour (Station WHAT) on which he rendered Irving Berlin's "So Help Me." Wrote Stephen Holden in The New York Times: "While Noël Coward is no longer around to set the standards for a certain kind of sophisticated songwriting sensibility, Mr. Wallowitch nimbly carries the torch." He displays his predilection for Coward-like wit and satire on such songs as "Cosmetic Surgery", in which he sums up the surgical predilections of friends who are "getting younger than ever" with such dexterity.
“In a matter of weeks
With the modern techniques
For improving physiques
They have altered their beaks
And they've lifted their cheeks
And now everyone speaks
In society's cliques
Of the changes that science has wrought
Of the changes that money has bought!”
From the world renown book seller Abe Books Inc website: "One black vinyl long-playing phonograph record in a plain paper inner-sleeve, inside a 12 x 12" album cover printed black and white offset recto, and two color offset verso. Design by Irwin Rosenhouse. Cover Photograph by Andy Warhol. This is the very first recording issued by the late pianist, composer and lyricist John Wallowitch. Best known as one half of the Manhattan cabaret performing duo Wallowitch and Ross, his songs have been recorded by the likes of Tony Bennett, Blossom Dearie, Dixie Carter, Doc Severinson, and many others. He was also the brother of the late photographer Ed Wallowitch, a confidant and early Factory assistant to Andy Warhol. Art directed by noted New York designer Irwin Rosenhouse, Warhol collaged a series of photo-booth images for its cover that capture the suited Wallowitch from his chest up to his mouth, cutting off any other identifying facial features The recordings consist of twelve show tunes and standards including "Swanee", "I'll Remember April", "Fly Me to the Moon", and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". The jacket is stamped "Stereo" on the verso in black ink. A handsome example of this uncommon early Andy Warhol-designed item (entry number twenty-six in Paul Marechal's "Andy Warhol: The Record Covers 1949-1987 - Catalogue Raisonné", and also catalogued on page 48 of Guy Schraenen's "Vinyl: Records and Covers by Artists") that predates his "The Velvet Underground And Nico" album cover by two years showing PLEASE NOTE: The album's catalogue number SEP 2005 is printed prominently on the rear cover, leading some less well-versed observers to speculate that this is a reprint issued in September of the year 2005. It is not - it is the first and only vinyl issue released in 1964."
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