Jesse Colin Young ‎– Songbird 1975 Folk Rock (vinyl)

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Jesse Colin Young ‎– Songbird 1975 Folk Rock

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Label:Warner Bros. Records ‎– BS 2845
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:Canada
Released:1975
Genre:Rock
Style:Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1 Songbird 4:05
A2 Before You Came 5:58
A3 Daniel 4:33
A4 Josianne 3:31
B1 Again 4:11
B2 Slick City 3:25
B3 'Til You Come Back Home 3:34
B4 Sugar Babe 3:28
B5 Motorhome 2:50

 

Sleeve Condition (Out of 10) ~ 8  slight ring wear
Label Condition (Out of 10) ~ 10
Vinyl Condition ~ (Out of 10)
Side 1 -10
side 2 - 8 - a few light marks 
BIN # * 29 / *101

Jesse Colin Young is an American singer/songwriter/folksinger and a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group The Youngbloods.

 

Early life

Young was born Perry Miller and raised in Queens and attended fourth grade with Art Garfunkel.[1] His mother was a violinist[1] and his father was an accountant with a strong interest in classical music. When he was 15 years old, Young received a scholarship to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and was later expelled.[2]

Career

During the 1960s, while living in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan, Young released two solo albums, The Soul of a City Boy and Young Blood. He then formed the group called The Youngbloods which included guitarist Jerry Corbitt, keyboardist/guitarist Lowell "Banana" Levinger, and drummer Joe Bauer. Their first album contained the song "Get Together", written by Chet Powers, which was re-released as a single in 1969. Young and his band, founded Raccoon Records, and released four additional albums on it.[2]

Young left the group in 1972 and released a solo album called Together. His fourth solo album, Song for Juli, had four singles and remained on the Billboard Top 200 chart for several months. In 1978, Jesse recorded the album American Dreams, which was followed by the album The Perfect Stranger in 1982. In 1987 he released the album The Highway Is for Heroes.[2]

He continued touring and re-formed the Youngbloods band before going back to a solo recording career in 1987.[2] In 1993 he began his own recording company called Ridgetop Music

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