Julie Andrews - The Lass With the Delicate Air (1957) Vinyl LP • Debut

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Vinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light scuffing (front/back); special issue stamp on top-right of back. Inner-sleeve is original (RCA sleeve); seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Little shelf-wear along bottom/top-edge. Some wear to corners. Opening shows signs of light use and divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. As I Went A-Roaming
2. London Pride
3. The Floral Dance
4. These Precious Things
5. Where'er You Walk
6. Pedro, The Fisherman
7. Tally-Ho!
8. If My Songs Were Only Winged
9. The Lass With The Delicate Air
10. Canterbury Fair
11. To A Wild Rose
12. O The Days Of The Kerry Dancing

About The Record:

Julie Andrews was only 22 when she released this, her debut solo album. But she already had an extensive résumé as an entertainer that included recordings dating back ten years; numerous appearances on the London stage. She might have been expected to sing show tunes on her own LP, but instead she harked back to her British music hall days as a child and assembled a collection of English folk songs and art songs, tastefully arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal as well as the World War II anthem, London Pride, a patriotic song written by Noël Coward in 1941 during the Blitz, which Andrews herself had survived. The Lass with the Delicate Air may not have been the most overtly commercial effort she could have made on her first LP, but it no doubt satisfied her old fans back in the U.K., and it demonstrated another side of her talent to her Broadway admirers.