{"product_id":"mca-395","title":"Kiki Dee - Loving and Free (1973) Vinyl LP •PLAY-GRADED• Amoureuse","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e MCA-395\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1970s, Ballad, Vocal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eSleeve Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eRecord Grade:\u003c\/h3\u003e Excellent (EX)\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 ;\"\u003eVinyl plays with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Cover looks good; a few creases near edges; some scuffing, tiny surface abrasions, and surface impressions (front\/back); red  check marks near songs on back. Inner-sleeve is original (generic white); bottom seam partially split. Spine shows significant wear. Noticeable shelf-wear along top-edge, bottom-edge is completely split. Wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. (Hole-punch in bottom-right.)\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\u003eLoving \u0026amp; Free\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eIf It Rains\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eLonnie \u0026amp; Josie\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eTravellin' In Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eYou Put Something Better Inside\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSupercool\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eRest My Head\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAmoureuse\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSong For Adam\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eSugar On The Floor\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 ;\"\u003eLoving and Free,\u003c\/span\u003e by Kiki Dee, was recorded at the AIR Studios and Nova Studios in London between 28 April and 22 June 1973. In 1976 the title track was issued as an EP (b\/w \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eAmoureuse\u003c\/span\u003e) and reached No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart. Loving \u0026amp; Free has masterful production by Elton John and Clive Franks, and if anything, it is as lovingly produced as it is performed. One of four strong Kiki Dee originals is the title track, which opens up this soulful album, reflected so beautifully in the cover photo of young Dee on a bicycle with flowers in a field. Elton John plays keyboards on seven of the ten tracks, including the short gospel piece \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eIf It Rains,\u003c\/span\u003e written by Dee, and the Bernie Taupin\/Elton John number \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eLonnie and Josie.\u003c\/span\u003e Dee, performing the band Free's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eTravellin' in Style,\u003c\/span\u003e adds blues\/pop to the disc, the tune moving harder than most of the tracks on side one. Egan and Rafferty's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eYou Put Something Better Inside Me\u003c\/span\u003e plays with more heart than what Stealers Wheel did on their own, and fits this country-flavored pop record just perfectly. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eRest My Head\u003c\/span\u003e is the singer showing she can write, and like many of the tracks on \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eLoving \u0026amp; Free,\u003c\/span\u003e performed with members of Elton John's band from this era behind her. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eAmoureuse,\u003c\/span\u003e written by Véronique Sanson and Gary Osborne, is unique in that it brings one of John's other songwriting partners into the mix. Jackson Browne's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSong for Adam\u003c\/span\u003e and the song which Elton John performed and put on the flip of one of his singles, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSugar on the Floor,\u003c\/span\u003e conclude this album and make the sequel to \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eTumbleweed Connection\u003c\/span\u003e so valid. That was one of Elton John's most heartfelt and non-commercial discs, and he gets to reprise it here. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eLoving \u0026amp; Free\u003c\/span\u003e is an underrated, under-valued, ambitious, and completely forgotten work which shows Kiki Dee to be an extremely valuable artist who deserved all the support she got from her friends in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793772179737,"sku":"MCA-395","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-kiki_dee-loving_and_free.jpg?v=1783554677","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/mca-395","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}