TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Jack Scott" - Jack Scott (1958)

"Jack Scott" - Jack Scott (1958)

The music is cool, and the cover pleases me to no end!  Looking like Nicholas Cage from “Peggy Sue Got Married” and Kramer from the NY Fab Four...Jack Scott red sweaters the bejesus out of this photo.  A Canadian rockabilly singer/songwriter, Scott was kind of a big deal once upon a time.  At least in Canada and Detroit.  

Scott's vocals are not nearly as smooth as Elvis, not as polished, but this actually works in Scott's favor giving the album a coolie-cool cool that's real and often missing from other spins.  There are 12 songs on this square, 9 originals, split between the faster rockabilly burners and semi-ballad tracks.  I definitely enjoyed the faster tracks the best, but the ballads were by no means a chore. 

Adding to the cool factor just a smidge, this square includes the original Jack Scott penned "The Way I Walk" later recorded by The Cramps helping to give the album a sweet time-traveler vibe that's just bonus.  

"Jack Scott" -  Jack Scott (back)

"Jack Scott" -  Jack Scott
(Company inner sleeve front/back)

Favorites include:
"The Way I Walk"
"Midge"
"Goodbye Baby"
"Leroy"

I found this cool slice of rockistory [sic] at the recent A-OK Record Swap from a dealer with a row of boxes for each decade on his table.  I might have skipped over the '50s box he had brought if not for seeing Ron at The Hogs Ear Report hold up a copy he recently found.  It was an original  Canadian pressing, very clean with a $10 price tag so I snagged.  It's a fun spin.  Jack Scott is in the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.

Carlton label

Cat #
LP 12-107  /  LP 12/107
SIDE A  DEADWAX
LP..12..107..A  I  I  A2
SIDE B  DEADWAX
LP..12..107..B  -- 1  I  A4

"The Way I Walk" - Jack Scott (1958)

TRACKS:
A1  "Save My Soul"
A2  "With Your Love"
A3  "Leroy"
A4  "No One Will Ever Know"
A5  "Geraldine"
A6  "I Can't Help It"
B1  "Indiana Waltz"
B2  "Midgie"
B3  "My True Love"
B4  "The Way I Walk"
B5  "I'm Dreaming Of You"
B6  "Goodbye Baby"

PERSONNEL:
Jack Scott - vocals, guitar
Additional
The Chantones - b-vocals

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