I first heard Sam Phillips when she went by the name, Leslie Phillips and through her 1987 song, "God Is Watching You." ..... Which for some reason I associate with Peter Himmelman's album, "This Father's Day." I assume because I have memories of picking up both on the same day on cassette on a Saturday evening, 11:00pm pilgrimage to Tower Records in Beaverton. It's just my opinion but record stores should be open all nights of the year until midnight.
If I were to compile a Desert Island Disc list for the decade of the 1990's, "Martinis & Bikinis" would be high on that list. It's a listen from start to finish recording. No weak filler tunes.
I had his more recent albums in my collection but somehow had never heard this one until reading about it being reissued. For some reason I wasn't expecting much .... I mean, (said with tongue-in-cheek): How could I? I had never heard of it. That automatically makes it a inferior recording right? I discovered otherwise.
I need to be slapped for jumping to conclusions and forming uninformed opinions. Sorry Mr. Isbell!!
My opinion now? The songs, "Brand New Kind of Actress" and "The Magician" .... Absolute CLASSICS!!! They stay in residence bouncing around in my head.
And the deluxe edition of this re-issue has four previously unreleased bonus tracks!!! Though I don't understand how "Racetrack Romeo" ever became an unreleased track. It's also a gem!!
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