{"product_id":"fw-38091","title":"Cleo Laine - Smilin' Through (1982) Vinyl LP •PLAY-GRADED• Dudley Moore","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e FW-38091\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1980s, Smooth Jazz\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eSleeve Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eRecord Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Near Mint (NM or M-)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eCondition Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eStill in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP (opened and partially torn on front). Vinyl plays nicely (play-graded). Cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing (front\/back); shrink-wrap has torn away on right side of front and there is a black ink dot and sticker residue at top right corner. Back has slight discoloration. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is unbroken, clean and easy-to-read. Little shelf-wear along bottom-edge; more noticeable wear along top-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eTracks:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003col style=\"margin-top: 0px ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI Don't Know Why (I Just Do) \/ Love Me Or Leave Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eWhen I Take My Sugar To Tea\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI'll Be Around\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eStrictly For The Birds\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBefore Love Went Out Of Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSoft Shoe\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSmilin' Through\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI Can't Give You Anything But Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eIt's Easy To Remember\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003ePlay It Again Sam\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBe A Child\u003c\/li\u003e\n \n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003ch3 style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eAbout The Record:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n \u003cp style=\"margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSmilin' Through,\u003c\/span\u003e by Cleo Laine and Dudley Moore, is the result of two giant entertainers from the British Isles getting together in London for a session of ballads and traditional pop. Dudley Moore was more famous, at least in the United States, for his comedic roles in a number of films. But he was a pianist and composer of no mean skills. Cleo Laine had been a singing talent of the first order since the 1950s and often performed and recorded with husband and sax player John Dankworth. Dankworth is present on one cut on this album. While Moore dashes off some nice solo work on such cuts as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eWhen I Take My Sugar to Tea \u003c\/span\u003eand an Erroll Garner-like \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eI Can't Give You Anything but Love,\u003c\/span\u003e it's Laine's wide-ranged, full-throated, expressive, and clear-as-a-mountain-lake voice that dominates the session. She sets the table for \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eI Don't Know Why I Just Do,\u003c\/span\u003e recalling a few lines from \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eLove Me or Leave Me,\u003c\/span\u003e and squeezes every ounce of feeling from \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eI'll Be Around.\u003c\/span\u003e Then there's a fun, hip, overdubbed, scatting 1960 girl-singer rendition of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBefore Love Went out of Style.\u003c\/span\u003e The album's highlight track is a bluesy \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSoft Shoe,\u003c\/span\u003e where Dankworth chips in with his soprano sax and Laine and Moore engage in congenial patter. Moore's fellow rhythm section players are the inestimable Ray Brown and Nick Ceroli, which is the icing on a tasty musical cake that this album serves up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793743409433,"sku":"FW-38091","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-cleo_laine-smilin_through.jpg?v=1783554378","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/fw-38091","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}