George Walker (with James Last)

" James Last Presents George Walker "

 

  

Polydor  184 114, Original issue 1st Pressing, Germany

 

For collectors of James Last recording discography, this one is clearly one of the most elusive.

 

George Walker is certainly a bit of a mystery.    He started singing in the early sixties building up a local following in clubs in Montreal (Quebec, Canada).    Polydor president Fred Exon saw a show,  was suitably impressed and arranged for Walker to work with James Last in recording studios in Germany.    The resulting LP is nothing short of outstanding......and for 3 reasons:   1) Walker's stunning and outstanding vocals (a solid and warm blend of Tony Bennett, Matt Monro and Sinatra),  2) James Last's lush arrangements,  and,  3) The choice of songs.

Add to the list the fact that this LP is also genuinely rare and hard-to-find.

 

One mystery is why George Walker failed to record again (this was to be his only recording on vinyl).   Released in Canada with a strange cover design (with a long-haired Walker in a kilt  ....* see our other listing),  this rare original German issue/pressing features a completely different front & rare cover design with a short-haired Walker in a close-up shot and with James Last at the back.   Although sequenced differently, the tracks are the same except for "Et Maintenant" (a hit in Quebec by Les Classels) on the Canadian version that's replaced here by Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Sound Of Music".

 

* Sehr selten auf dem Markt zu finden ist als Rarität zu bezeichnen und gehört in jede Plattensammlung von Fans dieser Musik.

 

 

Tracks:

There's a kind of hush

Alfie  (Listen: )

What now my love

Malaguena salerosa

Please come back

If you go away

Who are we  (Listen:  )

Games that people play

Danny boy

Plaisir d'amour

Goin' out of my head

Sound Of Music

 

 

 

 

Labels...NM

Vinyl (superficial hairlines & sleeve scuffs....plays well)....VG+

Soft Cover (no splits markings or cut-outs, light shelfwear, some fraying bottom centre seam, light corner wear)...VG++

 

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