Cat. No. VV 1248: LARRY HALL ~ "SANDY" AND OTHER LARRY HALL HITS. STAR -1019.

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

LARRY HALL (BORN LAWRENCE KENDALL HALL) IS MOSTLY KNOWN IN ROCK'N'ROLL CIRCLES FOR HIS 1959 ONE-HIT WONDER SONG, "SANDY", ON THE EVER GREEN LABEL  WHICH ALSO APPEARED ON THE HOT RECORDS LABEL AS WELL AS THE STRAND LABEL THE DISC REACHED #15 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART AND #6 IN CANADA.

LARRY HALL HAD A FEW RELEASES ON THE STRAND LABEL. BY EARLY 1960, LARRY HAD A SINGLE "A GIRL LIKE YOU" B/W "ROSEMARY" OUT ON STRAND. IT WAS A SPOTLIGHT WINNER OF THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH IT FAILED TO CHART. ANOTHER SINGER, BRIAN HYLAND, ALSO HAD A VERSION OF "ROSEMARY" OUT WHICH BILLBOARD SAID COULD OFFER SOME SERIOUS COMPETITION. LARRY ALSO HAD AN ALBUM OUT ON THE STRAND WHICH CONTAINED BOTH SIDES OF HIS FOUR SINGLES RELEASES IN ADDITION TO OTHER UNRELEASED TRACKS. LARRY AND HIS FAMILY SETTLED IN PEDEE, OREGON AND LARRY BECAME A GENTLEMAN FARMER OF A 120 ACRE RANCH CALLED THE CIRCLE H RANCH FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. LARRY ALSO CONTINUED TO SING AND PLAY GUITAR UNTIL HIS DEATH FROM CANCER ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 57. WHILST HE FAILED TO ACHIEVE THE HIGH LEVELS EXPECTED OF HIM AFTER "SANDY" WAS A HIT HE DID RECORD SOME SERVICEABLE CUTS ALL OF WHICH ARE FEATURED ON THE SELECTION.

THIS ALBUM ON STAR (ORIGINS OF WHICH ARE UNKNOWN) IS A TOTAL REISSUE OF THE STRAND RELEASE. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SPOTS WHERE THE LAMINATE HAS CREASED BUT NOTHING SEVERE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS VIRTUALLY MINT CONDITION.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Sandy / Knick Knack Shelf / A Girl Like You / Lovin' Tree / I Didn't Ask To Be Born / Rosemary / Sweet Lips / Side 2 - I'll Stay Single / A Hundred / Ladder Of Love / On The Street Where I Live / The Stranger / For Every Boy.

12" VINYL RECORD