Webb, Jimmy
Vinyl Records and Rare LPs:
|
And So: On
Used - LP - RS 6448
1971 White Label Promo. Appears Glossy, Unplayed. Recommended Listening.
more
|
|
And So: On
New - LP - RS 6448
Sealed 1971 Steamboat Label Original.
more
|
|
And So: On
Used - LP - RS 6448
1971 Steamboat Label Original. Barely Visible Hint Of Ring Wear. Strong VG++ Overall. Recommended Listening.
more
|
|
And So: On
Used - LP - RS 6448
1971 US steamboat label original. Recommended listening. Cover Is VG+.
more
|
|
Angel Heart
Used - LP - FC 37695
1982 Original. Appears Unplayed.
more
|
|
El Mirage
Used - LP - SD 18218
1977 Original Featuring George Martin, Lowell George, Kenny Loggins, Harvey Mason And Others. There Is No Promo Sticker On This Copy. Appears Unplayed.
more
|
|
El Mirage
Used - LP - SD 18218
1977 Original In Custom Inner Sleeve With Timing Strip On Front Jacket. Clean Cut Out Hole. Appears Unplayed. “Jimmy Webb Recorded Three Albums For Reprise Records Between 1970 And 1972, And A Fourth For Asylum In 1974, Without Commercial Impact, Before Subsiding Into The Background Work Of Writing, Producing, And Arranging For Other Artists. But He Came Back To The Forefront In May 1977 With The Release Of El Mirage On Atlantic, His Most Polished Effort Yet As A Performer. The Music Was Produced, Arranged, And Conducted By George Martin, Famed For His Work With The Beatles, The Strongest Outside Figure Webb Had Ever Allowed Into His Recording Sessions, And Those Sessions Also Were Peopled By The Cream Of Los Angeles Musicians, Along With Such Familiar Guests As Members Of Elton John's Backup Band And, For Vocal Support, Kenny Loggins And Billy Davis Of The 5th Dimension (Which Had Scored Hits With Such Webb Compositions As "Up-Up And Away"). These Were Lush Tracks Full Of Tasty Playing And Warm String Charts On Which Webb's Thin Tenor Was Buoyed By Numerous Background Vocalists, The Whole An Excellent Example Of The Style Known As "West Coast Pop." Webb Brought Several Typically Strong Compositions, Beginning With The Time-Spanning Saga "The Highwayman" (Later A Number One Country Song For The Quartet Of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, And Kris Kristofferson, Who Then Took The Group Name The Highwaymen In Its Honor, And A Best Country Song Grammy Winner) And Including The Autobiographical "If You See Me Getting Smaller I'm Leaving" (Released Simultaneously By Jennings), About Life On The Road As A Struggling Performer. Also Featured Was The Sad, Lovely Ballad "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress," Already Recorded By Campbell, Joe Cocker, And Judy Collins.” William Ruhlmann, AMG.
more
|
|
El Mirage
New - LP - SD 18218
Sealed 1977 Original Produced By George Martin.
more
|
|
Land's End
Used - LP - SD 5070
Beautiful 1974 White Label Promo.
more
|
|
Land's End
Used - LP - SD 5070
1974 Original Still In Shrink Wrap With Rare Custom Song Hype Sticker. Includes Custom Foldout Insert With Printed Lyrics.
more
|
|
Land's End
New - LP - SD 5070
Sealed 1974 US original. Clean cut out hole. An overlooked LP. "After extracting himself from his contract with Reprise Records, which had failed to break him as a recording artist despite his renown as a songwriter, Jimmy Webb made what must have seemed like the perfect moves to achieve his goal of achieving stardom as a performer. He signed to the hottest singer/songwriter-oriented record label in the music business, artist manager David Geffen's boutique company Asylum, which was just then scoring major successes with Bob Dylan (Planet Waves) and Joni Mitchell (Court and Spark). He then went to England, where he recorded with an all-star session band that included Mitchell, Ringo Starr, and members of Elton John's backup band (Davey Johnstone, Dee Murray, and Nigel Olsson). As was no doubt intended, Land's End, the resulting album, achieved the heavily produced, dense pop/rock sound of such contemporary efforts (and Top Ten hits) as Ringo, Paul McCartney & Wings' Band on the Run, and Carly Simon's Hotcakes. And it achieved a thematic consistency in that most of its songs were tales of romantic discord addressed from an "I" narrator to a "you" who was giving that narrator trouble. "I don't think you're human," Webb declared harshly in the opening song, "Ocean in His Eyes," "but I'll miss you anyway." And he proved that in the album's catchiest song (one later covered definitively by Art Garfunkel), "Crying in My Sleep," an account of dissolute behavior caused by loneliness. Not all the songs were that self-pitying, however. The key track was "Just This One Time," in which Webb made his case for having his love work out, accompanying his soulfully expressed plea with what sounded like a heavenly choir and loudly pounding drums. Unfortunately, just as Webb's early solo albums had seemed under-produced, Land's End seemed over-produced, sacrificing the emotional content of the songs to bombastic arrangements. As usual, there were some well-written songs, and Webb continued to gain confidence and skill as a singer. But he still hadn't found an identity as a solo artist, and his fourth album followed his first three into obscurity." All Music Guide - William Ruhlmann.
more
|
|
Letters
New - LP - MS 2055
Sealed 1972 Embossed White Label Promo With Promo Insert Under The Rear Shrink Wrap. Bottom Left Corner Crease, Hence $50 Price Reduction. His Most Surprising, Diverse And Satisfying Solo Album.
more
|
|
The Naked Ape
New - LP - PB 125
Sealed, Rare 1973 Original. Includes The Highly Sought After "All Over Print" Playboy Inner Sleeve.
more
|
|
|
182007 Items in DB
SEARCH DATABASE BY PERFORMER
SEARCH DATABASE BY GENRE
|