Vance, Kenny

Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:

Short Vacation
New - LP - 171 011
Sealed 1988 Original. Small Saw Cut. more

Vance 32
New - LP - SD 18135
Sealed 1975 Original With Custom Sticker On Shrink. “Much Of Kenny Vance's Debut Solo Album Sounds (Big Surprise) A Great Deal Like Jay & The Americans, With A Slightly More Sophisticated Focus — The Way That Group Might've Sounded Had They Been Given The Chance To Advance Into The 1970s, And Also Explored Their Own Antecedents A Little More Thoroughly. "Blue Because Of You" Is Easily The Best Moment On The Album, A Plunge Back Into Early-'40s Harmony Vocal Pop, With An R&B And Small-Band Focus, But Everything Here Is Worth Hearing — More Than Once — As Vance Ranges Across The Pop/R&B Landscape, All The While Putting Just Enough Of A Singer/Songwriter Personality Into The Work So That This Album Might Even Have Had A Shot At Selling At The Time. Alas, It Was Too Much Of A Stretch For Radio Stations And Listeners In 1975, And Not Even The Presence Of The Walter Becker/Donald Fagen-Authored "Parker's Band" Could Put It Over To A Mass Public. It Holds Up Magnificently, Even Three Decades Later, And Is Well Worth Tracking Down In Any Form You Can Find It.” – Bruce Eder, All Music Guide more