Jefferson - The Colour of My Love (PYE Anthology) 2001 @ 320

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Jefferson, aka Geoff Turton (formerly of the Rockin' Berries), enjoyed a brief string of hits in the late '60s in England and America. This 27-song CD was released as part of Castle Records' Ripples series, devoted principally to sunshine pop, but relatively little of Jefferson's work fits into that mode. Rather, he moved between several sounds, mostly pop/rock (often with a soulful veneer) somewhere midway between Mark Lindsay and Tom Jones, and also moments that will evoke Engelbert Humperdinck. He's got a powerful voice, with an almost operatic delivery on certain songs, but it's his lighter songs that will hold up best with the intended audience for this series, while some of the rest will make one think a bit of Humperdinck. His rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Montage" is the highlight, reminiscent of "If You Should Leave My Life" from A Tramp Shining by Richard Harris; his big U.K. hit, "The Colour of My Love," is a hauntingly beautiful ballad that is almost but not quite too over the top to be taken as a rock song. As is par for the course with this series, the sound is excellent and the annotation is very thorough -- in contrast to most of the rest of the Ripples series, however, this disc also has its deficiencies, in this case a large handful of songs from Jefferson's unreleased second album could not be fit onto this single-disc anthology.

 01. Jefferson - Don't You Believe It 

 02. Jefferson - I've Got To Tell Her 

 03. Jefferson - Montage From How Sweet It Is (From The Film "How Sweet It Is") 

 04. Jefferson - Did You Hear A Heartbreak Last Night 

 05. Jefferson - The Colour Of My Love 

 06. Jefferson - Look No Further 

 07. Jefferson - Baby Take Me In Your Arms 

 08. Jefferson - I Fell Flat On My Face 

 09. Jefferson - Love And All The World Loves With You 

 10. Jefferson - City Girl 

 11. Jefferson - Jose 

 12. Jefferson - Shenandoah 

 13. Jefferson - Give A Little Love 

 14. Jefferson - One Day Girl 

 15. Jefferson - Hold The Night 

 16. Jefferson - You Know How It Is With A Woman 

 17. Jefferson - Are You Growing Tired Of My Love 

 18. Jefferson - Spider 

 19. Jefferson - Cant Get You Out Of My Mind 

 20. Jefferson - (There Won't Be A Way) To Love You 

 21. Jefferson - I've Got The Best Of You 

 22. Jefferson - One More Mile (And Darling I'll Be Home) 

 23. Jefferson - Aphrodite 

 24. Jefferson - Do What You Gotta Do 

 25. Jefferson - So Good To Love You 

 26. Jefferson - Girl You Are A Woman Now 

 27. Jefferson - Halfway To Where 

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