{"product_id":"ws-1719","title":"Petula Clark - The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener (1968) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin-bottom: 0px ;\"\u003eCatalog Number:\u003c\/h3\u003e WS-1719\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"display: inline-block ; margin: 0px ; padding: 0px ;\"\u003eMusical Styles:\u003c\/h3\u003e 1960s, Easy Listening, Soft Rock, 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 Very Good Plus (VG+)\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 some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover has a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front\/back); tiny surface abrasions on front; slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on back. Inner-sleeve is original (WB ads). Spine is partly readable with noticeable wear. Shelf-wear along top\/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Green label. (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\u003eSmile\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBlack Coffee\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Last Waltz\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAnswer Me My Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eToday, Tomorrow (Boa Palavra)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eI Could Have Danced All Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eAt The Crossroads\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eL'ile De France\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eThe Cat In The Window (The Bird In The Sky)\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eFor Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n \u003cli\u003eBallad Of A Sad Young Man\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 ;\"\u003eThe Other Man's Grass is Always Greener,\u003c\/span\u003e by Petula Clark, entered the Billboard 200 on February 17, 1968 and remained on the charts for 23 weeks, peaking at No. 93. It fared better in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 37. After collaborating with producer\/songwriter Tony Hatch on nine US Top 40 hits, Petula Clark had begun to work independently of Hatch in 1966  collaborating with Sonny Burke. Clark's single \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Cat in the Window (The Bird in the Sky)\u003c\/span\u003e was produced by Charles Koppelman and Don Rubin, and was released in August 1967 as the first advance single for what would become Clark's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Other Man's Grass is Always Greener\u003c\/span\u003e album, although as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Cat in the Window...\u003c\/span\u003e shaped up to become Clark's first US Top Twenty shortfall since she'd reached No. 1 with \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eDowntown\u003c\/span\u003e in 1965 plans for Clark to record an entire album with Koppelman\/Rubin were scrapped and in September 1967 Clark reunited with Burke and arranger Ernie Freeman to record the nucleus of her next album release at Western Studios (Los Angeles) with the Wrecking Crew session players. The tracks which Sonny Burke had Clark record included his own composition: \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBlack Coffee,\u003c\/span\u003e which had helmed the iconic 1953 debut album by \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003ePeggy Lee: Black Coffee,\u003c\/span\u003e which Petula Clark would eventually describe as \"my Bible. I knew every note [Peggy Lee] sang, every note of the orchestrations.\" Clark would add that she herself \"really shouldn't have touched\" the song \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eBlack Coffee.\u003c\/span\u003e Burke also had Clark record \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eSmile,\u003c\/span\u003e the signature composition by Charlie Chaplin. Burke also produced the only French language track to be included on a non-Francophone album by Petula Clark: \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eL'île de France,\u003c\/span\u003e which Clark herself wrote with lyricist Pierre Delanoë. With Burke's output seemingly too easy listening focused to yield the comeback single Clark required it was felt expedient to reunite the singer with Tony Hatch to produce a second advance single\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003e The Other Man's Grass is Always Greener,\u003c\/span\u003e as song written by Hatch with Jackie Trent which would eventually serve as the title cut for Clark's January 1968 album release. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Other Man's Grass is Greener\u003c\/span\u003e would in fact become Clark's second consecutive US Top 30 shortfall peaking at No. 31 on the Hot 100 in Billboard for the last week of December 1967 and the first week of January 1968. The single fared better in the UK - where its title was formatted as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic ;\"\u003eThe Other Man's Grass (is Always Greener)\u003c\/span\u003e - spending six weeks in the Top 30 with a No. 20 peak on the UK chart dated January 16 1968. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Record Vision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52793575735577,"sku":"WS-1719","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/6937\/8329\/files\/LP-petula_clark-the_other_mans_grass_is_always_greener-04.jpg?v=1783553191","url":"https:\/\/record-vision.myshopify.com\/products\/ws-1719","provider":"Record Vision","version":"1.0","type":"link"}