Cat. No. VV 1127: BILLY FURY ~ THE E.P COLLECTION. SEE FOR MILES SEE 59.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
FOR A 10 YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN THE MID-1950s UNTIL THE MID-1960s THE EP (EXTENDED PLAY) WAS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE OF RECORD RELEASE SCHEDULES WITH A NUMBER OF THE BIGGER-SELLING EP's ACTUALLY MAKING FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DENTS IN THE SINGLES CHARTS. MOST OF THE LEADING ARTISTS OF THE ERA MADE THE SINGLES CHARTS WITH EP's. THE EP WAS PROBABLY AT ITS STRONGEST BETWEEN '63 AND '65 AT THE HEIGHT OF THE BEAT BOOM. MOST EP's FEATURED THE TWO TRACKS FROM A SINGLE RELEASE PLUS TWO OTHER TRACKS NOT AVAILABLE ON A SINGLE WHICH INCREASED THE CHANCES OF SELLING.
BILLY FURY (RONALD WYCHERLEY) WAS ONE OF BRITAIN'S TOP RECORDING ARTISTS FROM THE LATE '50s INTO THE '60s. BILLY EQUALLED THE BEATLES RECORD OF 24 HITS IN THE 1960 AND SPENT 332 WEEKS ON THE UK CHARTS. HIS HIT SINGLES INCLUDE "WONDROUS PLACE", "HALFWAY TO PARADISE" AND "JEALOUSY". BILLY ALSO MAINTAINED A FILM CAREER, NOTABLY PLAYING ROCK PERFORMERS IN "PLAY IT COOL" (1962) AND "THAT'LL BE THE DAY (1973).
DECCA RECORDS ISSUED EIGHT BILLY FURY EP's BETWEEN 1959 AND 1965, PLUS ANOTHER POSTHUMOUSLY. ONLY ONE OF THESE WAS A MAINSTEAM HITS COLLECTION, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REST OF THE MATERIAL REMAINED UNAVAILABLE SINCE IT WAS DELETED WHEN BILLY LEFT DECCA FOR PARLOPHONE UNTIL THE RELEASE OF THIS ALBUM AND MANY HAVE ATTRACTED VERY HIGH PRICES IN THE COLLECTORS MARKET. IN THE EARLY HOURS OF 28 JANUARY 1983, AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM A RECORDING SESSION, BILLY COLLAPSED AND DIED OF A HEART ATTACK. AGED 42.
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1985 BY SEE FOR MILES. THE SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION. THERE IS MINOR SHELF WEAR AROUND THE EDGES AND A COUPLE OF MINOR CREASES AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL TEARS ALONG THE REAR EDGES BOTH AT THE TOP AND ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE. THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL FEINT CIRCLES IN PENCIL AROUND THE TRACK NUMBERS WHERE SOMEONE HAS OBVIOUSLY CIRCLED THEIR FAVOURITE TRACKS. THE RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THERE IS BARELY A CLICK TO BE HEARD.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Turn The Lamp Down Low / Don't Walk Away / You're Having The Last Dance With Me / Wondrous Place / What Am I Living For / That's Enough / You Got Me Dizzy / Saved / Keep Away / My Christmas Prayer. Side 2 - I Can Feel It / I Love How You Love Me / Would You Stand By Me / Margo / Play It Cool / Don't Jump / Please Don't Go / What Did I Do / I'll Never Quite Get Over You / Nobody's Child.
12" VINYL RECORD
