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Bobby Darin
If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out
Genres: Pop, Rock, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. If I Were A Carpenter
2. Reason To Believe
3. Sittin Here Lovin You
4. Misty Roses
5. Until It's Time For You To Go
6. For Baby
7. The Girl Who Stood Beside Me
8. Red Balloon
9. Amy
10. Don't Make Promises
11. Daydream
12. The Lady Came From Baltimore
13. Darling Be Home Soon
14. Bes' Friends
15. I Am
16. Me About You
17. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today
18. Whatever Happened To Happy
19. Black Sheep Boy
20. Hello Sunshine
21. Lady Fingers
22. Back Street Girl
23. Easy Rider (Bonus Track)
24. Everywhere I Go (Bonus Track)
25. I'm Going To Love You (Bonus Track)
26. Long Time Movin' (Bonus Track)
27. My Baby Needs Me (Bonus Track)

CD Details

All Artists: Bobby Darin
Title: If I Were a Carpenter/Inside Out
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Edsel Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 7/9/2007
Album Type: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Pop, Rock, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Easy Listening, Vocal Pop, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 740155101336, 0740155101336, 074015510133

Synopsis

Album Description

Excellent 2007 digitally remastered two-fer from the legendary vocalist. Despite the success of his previous two Atlantic albums of film and show tunes, in the summer of 1966, Bobby Darin ditched his tuxedo image and for a while became a fully-fledged folk hero. His first album to feature this dramatic change of style was If I Were A Carpenter, issued in December 1966. Darin's touch proved masterful and his interpretation of the Tim Hardin-written title track reached # 8 in the US, his biggest hit since 1960. Inside Out traveled a similar path and was released in 1967. The five bonus tracks are taken from the aborted sessions for a subsequent album, and were unreleased at the time of recording. The booklet features a lengthy and detailed sleevenote by Fred Dellar. Edsel.

CD Reviews

Unfocused song choices, poor recording quality

collegemoney | 09/19/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"While this is the product to get if you are looking for the original Darin recordings of "Lady Came From Baltimore" and "If I Were a Carpenter," the recording quality is very murky, not cleaned up noticably from the original analog recordings. In fact, I would much rather hear these songs on a vinyl record, since deep vinyl grooves produced a more robust sound than you get here. Bobby Darin was, of course, a great singer of pop and early rock'n'roll (Dream Lover, Mac the Knife, etc.) whose heyday was the early 60's. This material was recorded in the "Death of Pop" mid-60's era when the British Invasion was firmly on shore, and psychedelia was around the corner. The record company was trying to market Bobby as a folk singer, but they seemed unsure of themselves, and the choice of songs reflects that. For example, a couple of Lovin' Spoonful covers, blended with some pop standards, some vaudeville (!) and a little folk. The album covers, as you can see, were straight pop in their appearance. This musical schizophrenia produced two LP's which were murky both in recording quality and song selection. Enough good material to be worth 3 stars, but that's about it."