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Grace Jones Portfolio 1977 First Pressing VG/VG
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January 11, 2025
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Grace Jones Portfolio 1977 First Pressing VG/VG SKU: Chartham 04Jan25 TJR GJP Style: Disco Condition: Used EAN: Not Applicable ISBN: Not Applicable
Grace Jones Portfolio gatefold 1977 vinyl VG/VG
The album sleeve and innser sleeve are in VG condition. Side one has a light surface mark which does not look like it will impact audio playback.
Portfolio is the debut studio album by Jamaican singer and songwriter Grace Jones, released in 1977 by Island Records. It spawned her first big hit, "La Vie en rose".
Having enjoyed a successful modelling career in Paris and New York in the early 1970s, Jones released a series of singles throughout 1975–1976. None of them, however, managed to succeed in mainstream charts. Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977 and found wider recognition only with her debut Island album, Portfolio.
The album was recorded and mixed in Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and released in autumn 1977 as the first of three albums made with the legendary disco record producer Tom Moulton. Side one of the original vinyl album is a continuous disco medley covering three songs from Broadway musicals, "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim from A Little Night Music, "What I Did for Love" from A Chorus Line and "Tomorrow" from Annie. Side two opens with Jones' very personal re-interpretation of Édith Piaf's "La Vie en rose" and continues with three new recordings, two of which were co-written by Jones herself. The Italian release would omit "Sorry" and "That's the Trouble", adding an extended, over 7-minute-long version of "I Need a Man" instead. The album's artwork was designed by Richard Bernstein, an artist working for Interview, who would later contribute to Jones' two next albums' artworks and with whom the singer would re-team up for the 1986 album Inside Story.
Tracklist
A1
Send In The Clowns
07:33
A2
What I Did For Love
05:15
A3
Tomorrow
05:48
B1
La Vie En Rose
07:27
B2
Sorry
03:58
B3
That's The Trouble
03:36
B4
I Need A Man
03:22
Matrix
I-9 ILPS 9470 A1 EG
I-10 ILPS 9470 B1 EG JONZ
