MARY HOPKINS ON APPLE RECORDS * ALBUM "POST CARD" PRODUCED BY PAUL MCCARTNEY
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Nov 27, 2019 Sold Date
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Paul McCartney produced this debut album of twee but pretty, romantic pop-folk. Besides "Those Were the Days" (which actually originally appeared only on the US version, though it's on the CD reissue now available throughout the world), the highlights are Donovans "Lord of the Reedy River" and "The Honeymoon Song," which McCartney himself had sung with the Beatles way back in 1963 on the BBC. If there's a fault to be found, it's that there's too high a percentage of pre-rock/pop standards à la "There's No Business Like Show Business." As it turns out this was more due to the leanings of McCartney than Hopkin, who preferred the more simply arranged folk numbers such as the  Donovan covers and the Welsh "Y Blodyn Gwyn." Also on board is a rather nice composition, "The Game," by Beatles producer George Martin who contributed some piano and orchestra conducting to the album. The CD reissue includes George Gershwin/ Ira Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" (which was on the original U.K. version of the LP, but was taken off the American counterpart), as well as the "Those Were the Days" B-side "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and versions of "Those Were the Days" that Hopkin sang in Italian and Spanish.
Wonderful Singer She Is !!   The song released as a the album that had the most air play was " Those Were The Days " since it was the only single 45 RPM record released from the album If you read the song list and you followed the music back in the 1960's especially the later part of the decade you will recognize some of the contributing artists to the album. McCartney produced the album as he did for some of the other artists on the Beatles new Apple records label. This album was recorded around the time The Beatles were in the Let It Be and Abbey Road sessions , McCartney was really in the top of his game during that era and his talent as a producer is shines. 


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