Anne Murray - self-titled (1971) Vinyl •PLAY-GRADED• Straight Clean & Simple

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Still in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP (opened). Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Cover looks great; a couple creases near edges; no scuffing (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (generic white). Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear near top where shrink is missing. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; minor wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and a few divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. It Takes Time
2. People's Park
3. One Day I Walk
4. Child Of Mine
5. Sycamore Slick
6. Wishing Smiles Made It All True
7. Sing High Sing Low
8. Days Of The Looking Glass
9. A Stranger In My Place (written by Kenny Rogers)
10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again

About The Record:

Anne Murray aka Straight, Clean and Simple is the fourth studio album by Anne Murray. The album contained material by Gordon Lightfoot, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Kenny Rogers, and Kin Vassy. A Stranger in My Place is a song by Kenny Rogers and Kin Vassy (a member of The First Edition), first recorded on the Kenny Rogers & The First Edition 1970 album Something's Burning. However, the most successful charting recording of this song was Anne Murray's recording which is featured on this album. It peaked at #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart and #27 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the US. The first single from the album was Sing High, Sing Low (#1 Canadian Country, #57 US Country, #83 Hot 100). The third single, It Takes Time, was written by Shirley Eikhard and originally performed by Anne Murray. Eikhard was 15 years old at the time of Murray's recording; it was her first professionally recorded composition. Murray's version of the song reached #1 on the Canadian A/C chart, #6 on the Canadian Country chart, and #26 on the Canadian Pop chart in 1971.