AUDIOPHILE RADKA TONEFF Fairytales AWESOME ORIG NM

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ARTIST : RADKA TONEFF

TITLE    : Fairytales

Stunning Copy Of A Legendary Recording

A Must Have For All Audiophile Music Lovers

Side One :

1.      The Moon Is A Mistress (3:05)

2.      Come Down In Time (3:20)

3.      Lost In The Stars (4:15)

4.      Mystery Man (4:13)

5.      My Funny Valentine (5:43)

Side Two :

1.      Nature Boy (5:41)

2.      Long Daddy Green (4:09)

3.      Wasted (5:06)

4.      Before Love Went Out Of Style (2:24)

5.      I read My Sentence (2:07)

Music Web Encyclopedia writes :

RADKA TONEFF : ----------

(b 25 June '52, Oslo, Norway; d 21 Oct. '82)

Singer. Her Father Was Bulgarian Folk Singer Toni Toneff; Her Mother Played Piano; Radka Began Piano Lessons At age Six And Studied At Oslo Music Conservatory '71-'75, Planning To Become A Piano Teacher . She Began Singing When A Pop Group Was Looking For A Vocalist, And Switched To Jazz When She Met Erik And Jon Balke And Started Practising With Them . She Had No Formal Training As A Singer . Lyrics Were Very Important To Her; She Set The Poems Of Nikki Giovanni, Robert Creeley And Sylvia Plath . She Led Her Own Quintet '75--80, Then Met Pianist Steve Dobrogosz In Stockholm '79 And Mainly Worked With Him; Bassist Arild Andersen Was A Close Musical Partner . Albums : Winter Poem '77 On Verve ( incl. 'The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men' ) ; It Don't Come Easy '79 On Verve; Fairytales '82 On Odin (Duet With Dobrogosz) . Fairytales Was Off-Putting For Jazz Purists Because Of Its Title And 'New-Agey' Cover Art, But Was Her Best Album, With A Version Of 'The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress' Soon Issued On An Odin CD Sampler : People Who Heard It Began Scrambling For Toneff's Albums, But She Was Already Gone . Her Sudden Death Was Described By Newspapers As A Suicide, But Friends Said That Although She Brought It On Herself, It Was An Accident . Live In Hamburg '81 Was Released '92 On Odin And Posthumously Won Her The Norwegian Buddy Prize '93, Incl. 'Lonely Woman', 'Just Like A Woman', 'Havana Candy', 'Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most', 'Lost In The Stars', 'My Funny Valentine' Etc . Norwegian Pianist Per Husby And Chan Parker (Charlie Parker's Wife) Co- Wrote 'A Song You'll Never Sing' In Toneff's Memory, Included On His Album Dedications '85 On Hotclub, Sung By Karin Krog . 

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LABEL     : Odin

NUMBER : LP 03

Description : This Is My Favorite Pressing Of This Legendary Album . If You Are A Forgiving Listener, This Is One Fine Record . The Real McCoy-Toneff's Voice Is Absolutely Gorgeous . Strap Into Your Listening Chair, Light Candles To Listen To This One,  Simply Beautiful . Truly One Of The Most Acclaimed Copy Of Toneff's . Top Recommendation, This One . Here Original First Pressing, 1982 Made In Swedish .   

RECORDS CONDITION : NM

COVER CONDITION      : NM -

Note : Minimal General Wear, No Writing, No Seam Split !

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