Mary Hopkin
Post Card (1969)
Label:  Toshiba EMI 
Length:  1:00:44
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Those Were the Days    5:11
      2.  
      		 Lord Of The Reedy River    2:39
      3.  
      		 Happiness Runs (Pebble And The Man)    2:05
      4.  
      		 Love is the Sweetest Thing    3:46
      5.  
      		 Y Blodyn Gwyn    3:11
      6.  
      		 The Honeymoon Song    2:10
      7.  
      		 The Puppy Song    2:43
      8.  
      		 Inchworm    2:36
      9.  
      		 Voyage of the Moon    5:54
      10.  
      		 Lullaby of the Leaves    2:34
      11.  
      		 Young Love    2:13
      12.  
      		 Someone to Watch over Me    2:05
      13.  
      		 Prince en Avignon    3:23
      14.  
      		 The Game    2:44
      15.  
      		 There's No Business Like Show Business    4:07
      16.  
      		 Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)    2:54
      17.  
      		 Those Were the Days (Quelli Erano Giorni)    5:12
      18.  
      		 Those Were the Days (En Aquellos Dias)    5:09
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      Mary Hopkin – Post Card – 1969
      Toshiba TOCP-67566 (Japan 2005)

      Review
      One of the first artists to be signed to The Beatles' new found Apple Records in 1969, soft, quivering folk artist, Mary Hopkin, scored an international hit with a song derived from an obscure Eastern European ballad; "Those Were The Days", was an elaborate, five minutes-plus hit record, recalling a German folk pop nostalgia, an unlikely Top 40 sound that was ultimately accused of anti-Semitic sentiment with its Euro-tavern, post war, alcohol fueled longings:, "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day, we'd live the life we'd choose, we'd fight and never lose, for we were young and sure to have our way."
      Paul McCartney produced this first Hopkin album which includes songs penned by, Donovan, (Lord of The Reedy River, Happiness Runs, Voyage of The Moon), Harry Nilsson, (The Puppy Song), and Beatles' producer, George Martin, (The Game), plus some unfortunate McCartney choices in the likes of show tunes by Gershwin, and the no surprise, "There's No Business Like Show Business". In her element as a folk artist, Hopkin possesses a strong, lilting, mermaid with a lair vocal delivery, rooted in traditional European folk, that seduces like a cross between a warm vodka and a cold lemonade.
      She's a fairly fine guitar strummer as well. The bonus tracks are an Italian and Spanish version of "Those Were The Days", (the Italian version sounds particularly fine and genuine), and the 'B' side of "Those Were The Days", an acoustic version of The Byrds' "Turn,Turn, Turn".

      Tracks
      01. Those Were The Days
      02. Lord Of The Reedy River
      03. Happiness Runs
      04. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
      05. Y Blodyn Gwyn
      06. The Honeymoon Song
      07. The Puppy Song
      08. Inchworm
      09. Voyage Of The Moon
      10. Lullaby Of The Leaves
      11. Young Love
      12. Someone To Watch Over Me
      13. Prince En Avignon
      14. The Game
      15. Show Business
      16. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
      17. Those Were The Days (Quelli Erano Giorni)
      18. Those Were The Days (En Aguellos Dias)
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