Neil Diamond - Velvet Gloves Spit (11 tracks) +Album Reviews
Neil Diamond Two-Bit Manchild Honey-Drippin' Times Brooklyn Roads Knackelflerg Merry-Go-Round 2008 digitally remastered reissue of Diamond's overlooked album, originally released four decades ago. Velvet Gloves And Spit, recorded in New York before Diamond had perfected the signature sound of his subsequent hits, w... more »as his first for new label Uni and appeared in 1968 to little acclaim. However, following the single success of 'Shilo' in 1970, the song was tacked onto the album and it was reissued in a new sleeve. Stylistically, the album covers the whole spectrum of contempor...