Melanie

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

	All The Right Noises New - LP - 2318 034 Sealed, Rare 1970 UK Original. more
	Am I Real Or What New - LP - AMH 3302 Sealed And Super Hard-To-Find 1985 Original With Custom Inner Sleeve And Gold Promo Stamp On Back Jacket. We Think This May Be A White Label Promo. Top Center Seam Split, Hence Price. more
	Am I Real Or What Used - LP - AMH 3302 1985 Original With Custom Inner Sleeve. more
	Arabesque Used - LP - BL 6177 1982 Original. Cut Corner. Appears Unplayed. more
	Arabesque New - LP - BL 6177 Sealed, Hard To Find 1982 Original, Clean Cut Out Hole. more
	Arabesque New - LP - BL 6177 Sealed 1982 Original, Saw Cut. more
	As I See It Now Used - LP - NB 3000 1974 Gatefold Original Monarch Pressing. Features Toots Thielemans And Others. more
	At Carnegie Hall Used - LP - NRS 49001 Beautiful 1973 2LP Gatefold Original. Minor Cover Rubbing. more
	Ballroom Streets New - LP - TOM-2-9003 Sealed 1978 2LP Gatefold Original. more
	Ballroom Streets Used - LP - TOM 2 9003 1978 2LP Gatefold Original. Both LP's Appear Unplayed. more
	Born To Be New - LP - BDS 5024 Sealed 1969 Deep Groove Heavy Vinyl Gatefold Original. Small COH. more
	Candles In The Rain Used - LP - BDS 5060 1970 Original. Her First Great Album In Which She Sings With The Abandon Of A Gospel Singer In Full Thrall Of The Spirit. Features The Edwin Hawkins Singers. more
	Candles In The Rain New - LP - BDS 5060 Sealed 1970 Original, Hole Punched With Original Custom Hype Sticker. Her First Great Album In Which She Sings With The Abandon Of A Gospel Singer In Full Thrall Of The Spirit. Features The Edwin Hawkins Singers. "1970s Candles In The Rain Was Melanie Safka's Third Album, But While Her First Two Lps Found Her Trying To Make A Coherent Whole Out Of Her Grab Bag Of Influences And Ideas, This Was Where She Seemed To Truly Hit The Mark For The First Time. "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" Was That Rarity, A Hit Single That Truly Presented An Eclectic Artist In Her Best Light -- The Woodstock Rock Festival That Inspired The Tune Was Just The Sort Of Event That Would Appeal To Melanie's Hippie-styled Idealism, And With The Power Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Backing Her, She Had A Level Of Musical Strength On Hand That Would Prevent Her From Sounding Histrionic. While "Lay Down" Was Easily The Most Effective Track On Candles In The Rain, The Rest Of The Album Found Melanie Sounding More Confident And Expressive Than Ever Before -- There's A Emotional Gravity To "Citiest People" And "Leftover Wine" That's Compelling Even When She Pushes A Little To Hard For Pathos, And "What Have They Done To My Song Ma?" Was The First Of Her Many Musical Broadsides Against The Music Business, And Its Wit Doesn't Blunt Its Wounded Passion. And While Melanie Is Generally Thought Of As A Singer/songwriter, She Was Always An Imaginative Interpreter Of The Songs Of Others, And Her Versions Of "Ruby Tuesday" And "Carolina On My Mind" Exist On An Entirely Separate Plane From The Originals. Finally, The Production And Arrangements By Peter Schekeryk Create Fine Backdrops For Melanie, Punctuating Her Performances And Complementing Her Emotional Peaks And Valleys Without Getting In The Way (And The Accompanists Deliver Uniformly Superb Work). If Candles In The Rain Was The Album That Broke Melanie To A Larger Audience, It Did So Not Just Because It Featured Her Biggest Hit Single To Date, But Because It Matched Material And Interpretation With Greater Skill Than She Had In The Past, And It Ranks With Her Finest Work." AMG Review by Mark Deming. more
	Four Sides Of Melanie New - LP - BDS 95005 Factory Sealed 1972 2LP In Quadrafold Jacket Which Unfolds To Make A Melanie Sculpture Cube. Saw Cut. First Sealed Copy We Have Seen. Includes Never Before Released Eight Minute Version Of "Candles In The Rain," Her Prophetic "Nickel Song," The Jagger-Richards Classic: "Ruby Tuesday" And More. more
	Four Sides Of Melanie Used - LP - BDS 95005 1972 2LP In Quadrafold Jacket Which Unfolds To Make A Melanie Sculpture Cube. Includes The Obi Style Sash With Instructions To Make The Cube. Includes Never Before Released Eight Minute Version Of "Candles In The Rain," Her Prophetic "Nickel Song," The Jagger-Richards Classic: "Ruby Tuesday" And More. Appears Unplayed. more
	Garden In The City Used - LP - BDS 5095 1971 Die-Cut Cover Original, Monarch Press. "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" Sticker. more
	Garden In The City Used - LP - BDS 5095 1971 US Original, NAMI Press. Housed In A Custom Die-Cut Uni-Pak Style Cover. Cut Out Hole. more
	Gather Me Used - LP - NRS-47001 1971 Heavy-Duty, Textured Gatefold Original. Melanie's Most Accomplished And Best Produced Studio Album, Containing The Hits "Brand New Key" And "Ring the Living Bell." Few Light Marks To Cover. Tiny Ding To Top Left On Seam And Few Light Bumps At Bottom Of Spine. more
	Gather Me Used - LP - NRS-47001 1971 Heavy-Duty, Textured Gatefold Original In Shrink. Melanie's Most Accomplished And Best Produced Studio Album, Containing The Hits "Brand New Key" And "Ring the Living Bell." more
	Gather Me New - LP - NRS 47001 Sealed 1971 Heavy-Duty, Textured Gatefold Original. Melanie's Most Accomplished And Best Produced Studio Album, Containing The Hits "Brand New Key" And "Ring the Living Bell." more
	Gather Me New - LP - NRS 47001 Sealed 1971 Textured Gatefold Original, Tiny Cut Corner. Custom "Gather Me" And "Brand New Key" Hype Stickers On The Shrink Wrap. Melanie's Most Accomplished And Best Produced Studio Album, Containing The Hits "Brand New Key" And "Ring the Living Bell." more
	Good Book New - LP - BDS 95000 Sealed, Rare 1971 Die-Cut Gatefold Original With Booklet Insert. COH. more
	Leftover Wine New - LP - BDS 5066 Sealed, Textured Gatefold Original. COH. more
	Leftover Wine New - LP - BDS 5066 Sealed 1970 Textured Gatefold Original. “Love Her Or Hate Her, No One Can Argue That Melanie Safka Was An Artist Entirely Unafraid To Lay Her Emotions Bare Before Her Listeners, And In A Real Way This Is What Makes 1970s Leftover Wine The Litmus Test That Identifies A Hard-Core Melanie Fan Rather Than A Casual Admirer. While Most Of Melanie's Studio Albums Featured Imaginative And Sympathetic Production From Her (Then) Husband Peter Schekeryk, Leftover Wine Was Recorded During A Solo Show At New York's Carnegie Hall, With No Accompaniment Other Than Melanie's Acoustic Guitar, And The Stark Approach Is More Than A Bit Polarizing. Melanie Is In Strong Voice On This Recording, Her Guitar Work Is Adequate If Not Exceptional, And Her Communication With Her Audience Is Intense And Impressive, But While Melanie Could Push The Emotional Envelope On Her Studio Sides, There Are Moments Here That Suggest She's Having A Session With Her Analyst Rather Than Performing For A Paying Audience (Though The Happy Irony Is That "Psychotherapy" Isn't One Of Them), While At Other Times She Sounds Like A Ten-Year-Old With A Case Of The Giggles. All That Said, Leftover Wine's Set List Is Cherry Picked From The Finer Selections On Melanie's Early Albums, There Are More Than A Few Numbers Here Where She Connects Solidly With The Material And Delivers Some Truly Moving Music (In Particular "Momma Momma" And The Title Song), And The Studio Recorded Coda "Peace Will Come (According To Plan)" Is Splendid. For A Passionate Fan, Leftover Wine Is Certainly A Rewarding Listen, But It's Probably A Steeper Climb Into Melanie's Mindset Than Most Folks Would Care To Take.” Mark Deming, AMG more
	Madrugada New - LP - NRS 48001 Sealed 1974 Gatefold Original With Album Hype Sticker On Shrink. more
	Melanie Used - LP - BDS 5041 1969 Heavy-Duty Gatefold Original Still In Shrink. more
	My First Album Used - LP - BDS 5074 Rare 1970 2nd Issue Of Her Weird And Wonderful 1968 "Born To Be" Debut With Completely Different Cover Art. Still In Shrink Wrap With Cut Out Hole. Appears Glossy, Unplayed. more
	Phonogenic Not Just Another Pretty Face New - LP - 3033 Sealed 1978 Embossed Cover Original Featuring The Brecker Brothers. Small COH. more
	Phonogenic Not Just Another Pretty Face New - LP - 3033 Sealed 1978 Embossed Cover Original Featuring The Brecker Brothers. more
	Photograph New - LP - SD 18190 Sealed 1976 Gatefold Original, Custom "Photograph" Silver Foil Hype Sticker On Shrink Wrap. more
	Photograph New - LP - SD 18190 Sealed 1976 Original. Clean COH. more
	Photograph New - LP - SD 18190 Sealed 1976 Gatefold Original, Custom "Photograph" Silver Foil Hype Sticker On Shrink Wrap. Small Saw Cut. “Quietly And With Little Fanfare, In 1976 Melanie Made Her Strongest Record In Years. Photograph Was Written Over A Number Of Years; Melanie Had Been Shoring Up Her Strongest Compositions And Withholding Them From Her Previous Neighborhood Collections. Her New Home At Atlantic Brought In Fresh Players (Many Of The Session Musicians Soon To Be Toto), And The Edwin Hawkins Singers, Who Had Made "Candles In The Rain" Such A Treat, Were Back On Hand. But Photograph Was Very Much Melanie's Own Victory -- Her Material Was A Revelation, And More Sophisticated Than Anything She'd Ever Accomplished Before. "Save Me" Remains One Of Her Finest Pieces -- A Fiery, Feverish Song With A Mesmeric David Campbell String Arrangement. It Puts Her On A Par With More Respected Peers Like Laura Nyro. "Cyclone" Was Another Of Her Strongest Musical Ideas For A While, And A Highly Commercial One, Too; In Fact, There's Barely A Wasted Moment On Photograph, And It Had More Than Enough Potential To Reassert Melanie As An Artistic Force With Which To Be Reckoned. But Despite The Endorsement Of The New York Times, Which Placed It Highly In A Year's End Best-Album List, Photograph Faded Before Anyone Caught A Glimpse Of It.” Charles Donovan, AMG. more
	Photograph New - LP - SD 18190 Sealed 1976 Gatefold Original, Custom "Photograph" Silver Foil Hype Sticker On Shrink Wrap. Saw Cut. Partial Shrink Tear Along Mouth. more
	Photograph New - LP - SD 18190 Sealed 1976 Gatefold Original, Custom "Photograph" Silver Foil Hype Sticker On Shrink Wrap. Cut Out Hole. more
	Please Love Me New - LP - BDS 5132 Sealed 1973 Original. more
	Stoneground Words New - LP - NRS 47005 Sealed 1972 Embossed Gatefold Original. Contains 5 Color Prints. more
	Stoneground Words New - LP - NRS 47005 Sealed 1972 Gatefold Original With Custom Portfolio Hype Sticker. Contains 5 Color Prints. Small Cut Out Hole. more
	Stoneground Words Used - LP - NRS 47005 1972 Embossed Gatefold Original Still In Shrink Wrap. This Is An Unplayed Copy That Was Sealed, But The Shrink Tore Along The Mouth. Contains 5 Color Prints And A Custom Inner Sleeve. more
	Sunset And Other Beginnings Used - LP - NL 3001 Mint 1975 White Label Promo Gatefold With Original Neighbourhood Records Label. Clean COH. more
	Sunset And Other Beginnings New - LP - NL 3001 Sealed 1975 Gatefold Original, COH. more
	Sunset And Other Beginnings New - LP - NL 3001 Sealed 1975 Gatefold Original. more
	What Have They Done To My Song Ma New - LP - SN 7109 Sealed 1981 Compilation. more

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