Danny O’Keefe ORIG US Sealed LP O’Keefe ’72 Signpost SP8404 Pop Folk Rock Original US Sealed LP released in 1972 on Signpost Records. Cat: SP8404.
While 1972's O'Keefe scored singer/songwriter Danny O'Keefe his biggest hit ever with "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues," and continues to garner him royalty checks because of all the people who covered it (Elvis among them), the album is a classic in its own right. The single is the opening track, and it remains one of the greatest songs about desolation ever written. Produced by Arif Mardin in Memphis, it features sidemen like Buddy Emmons and Reggie Young, and also Eddie and David Brigati! Also here is "The Road," a track made infamous by Jackson Browne on Running on Empty. O'Keefe's version is a bit faster, but more subdued. It's all in his voice, not in the instrumentation, except for an acoustic guitar that plays mantra-like behind him in the longish intro; sounding like a melancholy pastoral is a bit snappy and never prepares the listener for the words. Like the sound of motion itself with telephone poles, the songs, the shows, and road signs slipping past into memory this original version is far spookier; it's every bit as dark as "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues." This is the sound of dislocation itself. The laughter and small conversations, the sights and sounds and smells, and when O'Keefe sings of "coffee in the mornings, cocaine afternoons," he sings as if it's all part of one long movie.

Tracks : Good time Charlie’s got the blues/ Shooting star/ The question (Obviously)/ Honky tonkin’/ The road/ Grease it/ An American dream/ Louie the hook Vs. the preacher/ The valentines pieces/ I’m sober now/ Roseland taxi dancer/ I know you really love me.   Record is sealed and Mint. Cover has a smalld eletion cut on top right corner and is in Excellent condition.

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