Cat. No. VV 1097: RICK NELSON ~ I NEED YOU. LIBERTY SLYL-933,320.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
THE STORY OF THE CAREER OF RICK NELSON HAS BEEN FAIRLY WELL DOCUMENTED AND MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH HIS STORY, HOWEVER, FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY.
BORN IN 1942, RICK (ERIC HILLIARD NELSON) FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT, PLAYING HIMSELF, STARRED ALONGSIDE HIS FAMILY IN THE RADIO SERIES "HERE COME THE NELSONS" WHICH LATER BECAME A TELEVISON SERIES ENTITLED "THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE AND HARRIET". IN 1957, TO IMPRESS A GIRL RICKY (AS HE WAS THEN KNOWN) TOLD HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO RECORD A ROCK'N'ROLL RECORD. HIS FATHER OZZIE, WHO WAS A MUSICIAN, USED HIS CONTACTS TO SET UP A RECORDING SESSION AND RICK HAD HIS FIRST RELEASE IN 1957 "I'M WALKIN'" B/W "A TEENAGER'S ROMANCE" RELEASED ON VERVE 10047X4S AND DEBUTED AS A SINGER ON THE TELEVISION SERIES.
IN 1958, RICK RELEASED HIS FIRST #1 SINGLE, "POOR LITTLE FOOL" WHICH WAS THE FIRST NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S NEWLY FORMED HOT 100 CHART. RICK PLACED ANOTHER SEVENTEEN SINGLES ON THE HOT 100 CHARTS. IN THE MID-SIXTIES RICK TURNED IS BACK ON POP MUSIC AND BEGAN TO PERFORM COUNTRY ROCK WITH VERY LIMITED SUCCESS. HOWEVER, HE FORMED THE STONE CANYON BAND IN 1969 AND EXPERIENCED A RESURGENCE IN HIS CAREER, BOUYED BY THE LIVE ALBUM "IN CONCERT AT THE TROUBADOUR, 1969" AND HAD A SURPRISE HIT WITH 1972's "GARDEN PARTY" WHICH PEAKED AT NUMBER SIX ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. RICK PERISHED ALONG WITH ALL MEMBERS OF HIS BAND IN A PLANE CRASH ON NEW YEAR'S EVER , 1985.
THIS LIBERTY ALBUM RELEASED IN THE 1960s IN AUSTRALIA BY FESTIVAL RECORDS GATHERS TOGETHER 10 OF RICK'S OUTPUT FOR THE LIBERTY LABEL AND INCLUDES SEVERAL HOT 100 HITS ALONG WITH SOME ALBUM CUTS AND 'B' SIDES OF HIS RECORDS. THE SLEEVE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR WEAR ALONG THE OPEN EDGE AND ON TWO CORNERS. THERE IS SOME MINOR SOILING ON THE REAR, EVIDENT IN THE SCAN. THE RECORD IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - It's Up To You / Baby, Won't You Please Come Home / I Need You / I'm Confessin' / You Tear Me Up. Side 2 - Be True To Me / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) / It's All In The Game / My One Desire.
12" VINYL RECORD
