God Bless Tiny Tim (50th Anniversary Limited Pink Vinyl

God Bless Tiny Tim (50th Anniversary Limited Pink Vinyl Edition)

If you think, based on â€œTiptoe Thruâ€™ the Tulips with Meâ€ and his nationally televised marriage to Miss Vicki on The Tonight Show, that Tiny Tim was a mere novelty act, think again. Behind that ukulele, pasty white make-up, falsetto, and prominent proboscis was a serious scholar of American music, perhaps the only performer of the â€˜60s (and certainly the only performer of his age group) keeping the torch alive for songs from vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley. Tim (born Herbert Buckingham Khaury) also was blessed with a stupendous vocal range, from baritone to his trademark falsetto, and was adept on not just ukulele but guitar, mandolin, and violin. Even with all that talent, though, had Tiny Tim just made a straight â€˜20s trad jazz/pop/folk album for his debut record, God Bless Tiny Tim would not be the stone-cold cult classic it is today. But the album married Timâ€™s innate eccentricity with stupendously lush production from Richard Perry, who was fresh from working on Captain Beefheartâ€™s debut, Safe as Milk, and would go on to produce everybody from Diana Ross to Rod Stewart. With Perryâ€™s production, and Artie Butlerâ€™s arrangements, God Bless Tiny Tim featured an incredible assortment of instruments, from didgeridoo to koto to celeste to tympani, with nary a ukulele to be found on many of the tracks. Furthermore, the album was sprinkled with some of the psychedelic fairy dust that was in the air at the time (1968), full of non sequiturs both verbal and musical (like the cover of Sonny Bonoâ€™s â€œI Got You Babeâ€). The result: an album that stands outside of time, defying categorization or description. Now, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Real Gone Music is releasing God Bless Tiny Tim on LP for the first time since its original issue in the U.S. in a pink vinyl edition limited to 900 copies. This record belongs in any seriousâ€”or not-so-serious!â€”record collection.
Country USA
Brand REC84
Manufacturer Real Gone Music
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber WA-35820178
ReleaseDate 2018-04-06
UnitCount 2
UPCs 848064006572
EANs 0848064006572

Country	USA
Brand	REC84
Manufacturer	Real Gone Music
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	WA-35820178
ReleaseDate	2018-04-06
UnitCount	2
UPCs	848064006572
EANs	0848064006572

God Bless Tiny Tim (50th Anniversary Limited Pink Vinyl Edition)

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