DOBLE LP, Dory Previn. Una dama que cantó sobre las partes oscuras y luminosas del ser desde su punto de vista, bien femenino y bien comprensivo y abarcativo. Con ternura y también con dura sinceridad.
CARATULA
VG++
DISCO
VG++
AÑO
1973
PAíS
EE.UU.
Side 1
Mythical Kings And Iguanas
Scared To Be Alone
I Ain't His Child
I Dance And dance And Smile And Smile
Ester's First Communion
The Veterans Big Parade/Play It Again Sam
Side 2
Don't Put Him Down
Yada Yada La Scala
The Lady With The Braid
The Midget's Lament
Side 3
Left Hand Lost
When A Man Needs A Woman
Angels And Devils The Following Day
Mary C. Brown And The Hollywood Sign
Be Careful, Baby, Be Careful
Twenty-Mile Zone
Side 4
Michael Michael
Moon Rock
Going Home (Mythical Kings And Iguanas)
Label: United UA-LA108This mid-'70s double album trawls through the highlights of Dory Previn's four previous works, with two new songs added. The material is enriched by audience reaction and occasional raucous laughter, rather than the playing, which is competent but staid in parts. It is certainly gratifying to hear an artist so clearly nervous eliciting such a warm and enthusiastic response, but that aside, there's nothing that makes these renditions any better or worse than their studio counterparts. But Previn's guileless, untutored voice is a touching instrument live, and the between-song chat is witty and affecting. Of the two new songs, "Be Careful, Baby, Be Careful" is the best — a cabaret-style ballad in which she sings, "Kick a person when she's up/And you can break her spirit you know/But kick a person when she's down/And all you'll break is your toe."
by Charles Donovan
