DEL SHANNON - HANDY MAN: THE BEST OF DEL SHANNON - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Del Shannon was, without doubt, one of the most gifted and distinctive of musical talents to emerge in the immediate pre-'British Invasion' era of American Pop. His was a talent that travelled well - indeed, his UK and European fanbase proved far more loyal and his success in those territories of greater longevity than in his native USA. His songs, more often than not, essayed a bleak world of doomed romance, lovelorn disenchantment and existential gloom. Paradoxically, of course, those themes were frequently juxtaposed to surprisingly upbeat and bright-sounding melodies. This sixteen-track LP features all of Del's UK hits, eight of which reached the Top Ten, including the #1 hit 'Runaway', 'Hey! Little Girl' and 'The Swiss Maid' (both #2 hits), and 'Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)', which reached #3. Also included are Del's recordings of two Lennon/McCartney songs ('From Me To You' and 'A World Without Love'). Del was the first US act to record a Beatles cover version. The inner sleeve features extensive annotation by Alan Robinson.