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from my library (vinyl)



Cool cover! The back of it is some blonde headed girl (don't know who). They have switched the heads on
the bodys. Pretty decent music on it too. Nothing great but only one throw away. That would be the cover
of This Diamond Ring, a hit for Gary Lewis & The Playboys way back in 1965. Turns out Mr. Kooper is the
writer of the damn song. Love learning this stuff. Makes me wonder if I would have liked Al's version
better if I had heard it first, and of course it had gotten a few hundred radio plays in my ear. A couple
of notable guest spots on the album, Wendy Waldman on Out Of Left Field, and Joe Walsh on the best track,
Hollywood Vampire. Al Kooper's best work for me was with BS&T, plus his albums with Mike Bloomfield. This
is Al's seventh solo album but he never had much success with them. Session work was his forte, with the
highlight being that organ riff you hear on Dylan's Like A Rolling Stone.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - This Diamond Ring

Best Track - Hollywood Vampire

1) This Diamond Wrong *
2) She Don't Ever Lose Her Groove **
3) I Forgot To Be Your Lover **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNpFYUevMYE
4) Missing You **
5) Out Of Left Field **
6) (Please Not) One More Time **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To8sGgSlt-4
7) In My Own Sweet Way **
8) Turn My Head Towards Home **
9) Hollywood Vampire **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1U_TC662NM

3's - 0
2's - 8
1's - 1

Grade - 1.9
allmusic - 1.5