Cat. No. VV 1119: DEL SHANNON ~ I GO TO PIECES. EDSEL ED 174.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

IN 1961, THE SONG "RUNAWAY" WAS BLASTING OUT FROM RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. DEL SHANNON (CHARLES WEEDON WESTOVER) HAD ARRIVED. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "LITTLE RUNAWAY" BUT DEL'S RECORD COMPANY WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE ORIGINAL TAKE. DEL WAS PERSUADED TO RE-RECORD THE SONG CHANGING THE TITLE TO "RUNAWAY" AND USING A MUSITRON (AN ADAPTED VERSION OF THE 1947 CREATION, THE CLAVIOLINE. IT WAS AN ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD THAT GAVE SPACE-AGE SOUND EFFECTS TO POPULAR MUSIC DECADES LATER BEFORE THE SYNTHESIZER) AS A LEAD INSTRUMENT INSTEAD OF A GUITAR AND AS THEY SAY "THE REST IS HISTORY". DEL FOLLOWED UP "RUNAWAY" WITH HITS SUCH AS "HATS OFF THE LARRY". "TWO KINDS OF TEARDROPS", "LITTLE TOWN FLIRT" AND A HOST OF OTHER MINOR HITS.

DEL WAS ALSO A NOTED SONGWRITER AND PENNED MANY OF THE SONGS HE RECORDED. THE TITLE OF THIS ALBUM "I GO TO PIECES" WAS WRITTEN BY DEL AND RECORDED BY HIM BUT IT WAS ALSO RECORDED BY THE BRITISH DUO PETER AND GORDON BECOMING A WORLDWIDE HIT. DEL IS CREDITED AS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO RECORD ANY SONGS PENNED BY JOHN LENNON AND PAUL McCARTNEY, THE SONG BEING "FROM ME TO YOU". DEL'S VERSIONS OF THESE SONGS ARE INCLUDED ON THIS RELEASE. HE IS ALSO CREDITED AS BEING THE ARTIST TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN AMERICAN POP AND THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE BRITISH INVASION. SADLY, DEL DIED OF A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT ON FEBRUARY 8, 1990, FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER TAKING DOSES OF PROZAC, AN ANTI-DEPRESSANT, PRESCRIBED BY HIS DOCTOR TO HELP RELIEVE THE STRESS BUILDING UP DURING THE RECORDING OF A NEW ALBUM.

THE SLEEVE OF THIS ALBUM IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ALMOST NO SIGNS OF WEAR, HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO SPOTS ON THE SLEEVE, ONE FRONT AND ONE REAR WHERE VERY SMALL STICKERS HAVE BEEN PLACED. THE RECORD IS VIRTUALLY IN MINT CONDITION.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Misery / Wide Wide World / Ginny In The Mirror / You Never Talked About Me / Don't Gild The Lily, Lily / I Won't Be There / Dream Baby / She Still Thinks I Care. Side 2 - From Me To You / Broken Promises / Why Don't You Tell Him / Do You Wanna Dance / I Go To Pieces / Break Up / Mary Jane / That's The Way Love Is.

12" VINYL RECORD