Cat. No. VV 1062: MARTY WILDE ~ THE WILDCAT ROCKER. JAN 33-8007 (PHILIPS 6381-022).
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
LONG BEFORE CLIFF RICHARD HAD EVEN MADE HIS FIRST RECORDING SESSION MARTY WILDE WAS ROCKING THE BRITISH TEENAGERS INTO A FRENZY. MARTY WILDE (BORN REGINALD LEONARD SMITH) WAS AMONG THE FIRST GENERATION OF BRITISH POP STARS TO EMULATE AMERICAN ROCK'N'ROLL SCORING SEVERAL 1950s AND 1960s HITS. HE WAS DISCOVERED BY BRITISH ENTREPRENEUR LARRY PARNES WHO SAW HIM PERFORMING AT A SOHO NITERIE, "THE CONDOR". MARTY HAD WALKED INTO THE NITERIE WITH HIS GUITAR AND ASKED IF HE COULD PERFORM. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT PARNES WAS IN THE AUDIENCE. PARNES WAS IMPRESSED WITH MARTY AND ALTHOUGH MARTY HAD ALREADY LEFT THE NITERIE WHEN PARNES WENT BACKSTAGE HE MANAGED TO TRACK DOWN MARTY AFTER A FEW WEEKS. AND SIGNED MARTY TO A MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.
WITHIN A WEEK REGINALD SMITH HAD BECOME MARTY WILDE, HE'S HAD HIS TEETH STRAIGHTENED, VISITED THE BEST TAILOR IN SAVILLE ROW, BEEN FITTED WITH HAND-MADE SHOES, SHIRTS AND TIES AND HAD BEEN BOOKED TO APPEAR ON THE BRITISH POP SHOW "SIX-FIVE-SPECIAL" WHERE HE SANG "HONEYCOMB". JOHNNY FRANZ, RECORDING MANAGER FOR THE PHILIPS RECORD LABEL WAS WATCHING AND MARTY WAS DULY SIGNED TO A RECORD DEAL. AT HIS FIRST RECORDING SESSION MARTY RECORDED "HONEYCOMB" AND "WILDCAT". BETWEEN 1957 AND 1962 MARTY RELEASED TWENTY SINGLE RECORDS.
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1980 BY JAN RECORDS OF SWEDEN AND IS INDICATED AS A RE-ISSUE OF THE PHILIPS 6381-022, HOWEVER, WE ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THAT RELEASE EVEN ON WIKIPEDIA. THE ALBUM CONTAINS SIXTEEN TRACKS FROM MARTY'S OUTPUT FROM 1957 THROUGH 1962. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY, VERY MINOR WEAR AND SOILING FRONT AND BACK AND FAINT RING-WEAR. THERE IS ALSO AN INK MARK OF THE FRONT OF THE COVER. THE FAINT YELLOWING SHOWN IN THE PICTURE IS NOT EVIDENT ON THE SLEEVE AND IS A RESULT OF THE SCANNING. THE RECORD IS VIRTUALLY IN MINT CONDITION. NO COPIES OF THIS ALBUM IS AVAILABLE ON EITHER EBAY OF DISCOGS, HOWEVER, MANY OF MARTY'S ALBUMS ARE NOW SELLING FOR EXTREMELY HIGH PRICES AND EVEN HIGHER SHIPPING COSTS.
TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Wildcat / Love Bug Crawl / It's Been Nice / Love-A Love-A Love-A / Put Me Down / So Glad You're Mine / You've Got Love / Danny. Side 2 - Down The Line / Honeycomb / Bad Boy / Angry / Your Loving Touch / I Flipped / Johnny Rocco / Teenage Tears.
12" VINYL RECORD
