Neil Diamond is another pretty common thrift store find & I've skimmed past plenty of his records. I finally broke down (I blame a girl) & bought one when I found out his early stuff was on Bang records, a label full of 60's pop rock. His pre-Sweet-Caroline era was actually pretty rockin' comparatively. This release is a compilation full of his first hits with a connect-the-dots album cover none the less. There are some mellow tunes on here like the title track about a childhood imaginary friend, Red Red Wine & Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon. The more up beat stuff such as You Got To Me & Thank The Lord For The Night Time really shine though. It also has originals of some staple hits covered by just about everyone. I'm A Believer was made famous by The Monkees. Solitary Man is genius song writing. Don't knock the Neil.
On a side note, I've seen plenty of used records where someone went through & connected the dots. I also saw this one, where a more artistic owner painted their own creepy picture of Neil.
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