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Gene Howard Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl)

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(2016/Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) 12 tracks - For Adult Listeners Only - Recorded in 1962 - 'Black...more

Gene Howard: Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl)

(2016/Sundazed/Modern Harmonic) 12 tracks - For Adult Listeners Only - Recorded in 1962 - 'Black Friday Release'

A once shocking 1962 LP of love songs by men, for men. A long lost treasure featuring the cool & sophisticated vocals of Gene Howard and a cast of prime studio jazz musicians, performing a set of standards sung to a male suitor. Ahead of its time in every way. Reissued for the first time ever! Available on CD and pristine RTI pressed gold vinyl! A fantastic, once-shocking album finally sees reissue - and brings with it the answer to a half-century mystery! Case file: A big band vocalist, a Hollywood photographer, and an LGBT music and history archivist - they are the heart of the story behind Love Is A Drag, a 1962 shrouded-in-mystery long-player comprised of love songs by men, for men. Decades ago, JD Doyle, renowned LGBT music historian and archivist, happened upon a copy of Love Is A Drag. Resonating with him immediately, the album presented compositions such as The Man I Love and Mad About The Boy, (songs that were intended to be sung by a woman to a man), and featured them as songs performed by a man to another man.

Doyle would often play cuts from it on his radio show, Queer Music Heritage. He remained intrigued by the lack of either artist or producer credited on the album. A vague line of jacket text ambiguously announced, For Adult Listeners Only - Sultry Stylings by a Most Unusual Vocalist. And, the facts behind the album would have most likely remained unclear if it were not for one Murray Garrett (Hollywood star-photographer through the late 1940s to the 1970s). Out of the blue, Murray Garrett contacted JD Doyle and wanted to talk about the album. According to Garrett, through his photography career, he had forged a friendship and partnership with prolific big band vocalist, Gene Howard. The two worked together on projects, eventually teaming with Jack Ames, founder of Edison International Records.

When queried for ideas for a potential Edison International release, Garrett recalled a performance he had once seen in Greenwich Village - a performance of a man singing love songs to another man, in serious fashion, i.e., not at all campy or overly-dramatic. Gene Howard (straight and happily married!) agreed to sing on the record, accompanied by a whos-who of Los Angeles A-list session men. Completed, the record was issued on a surrogate label named Lace Records - an imprint hastily-created in order to avoid any misinterpretation of the Edison International focus. Upon release, the record sold well in Hollywood, with Frank Sinatra, Liberace, and Bob Hope among its biggest advocates. With the masters proudly owned by Sundazed, Love Is A Drag is now set to make its long-overdue reappearance. Presented on our new Modern Harmonic imprint - we give you both a pristine gold vinyl RTI pressing and a handsome CD edition, including original artwork and notes, and insightful new liners from LGBT historian, JD Doyle! On HQ RTI pressed gold vinyl!

Article properties:Gene Howard: Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl)

  • Interpret: Gene Howard

  • Album titlle: Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl)

  • Genre Jazz

  • Label SUNDAZED

  • Preiscode VLP2
  • Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min
  • Vinyl record size LP (12 Inch)
  • Record Grading Mint (M)
  • Sleeve Grading Mint (M)
  • Vinyl weight 180g Vinyl
  • Artikelart LP

  • EAN: 0090771801715

  • weight in Kg 0.31
Howard, Gene - Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl) LP 1
01Lover ManGene Howard
02He's Funny That WayGene Howard
03My ManGene Howard
04BewitchedGene Howard
05BillGene Howard
06The Boy Next DoorGene Howard
07The Man I LoveGene Howard
08Mad About The BoyGene Howard
09He's My GuyGene Howard
10JimGene Howard
11Stranger In ParadiseGene Howard
12Can't Help Lovin' Dat ManGene Howard
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Tracklist
Howard, Gene - Love Is A Drag - Record Store Day (LP, 180 Gram Vinyl) LP 1
01 Lover Man
02 He's Funny That Way
03 My Man
04 Bewitched
05 Bill
06 The Boy Next Door
07 The Man I Love
08 Mad About The Boy
09 He's My Guy
10 Jim
11 Stranger In Paradise
12 Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man