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"'''Solo tu'''" ("Only You") is a song by Italian singer [[Orietta Berti]], released as a singe in April 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana |url=http://discografia.dds.it/scheda_titolo.php?idt=4126 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=discografia.dds.it}}</ref> Whilst it did not chart, it was a finalist in that year's summer festival [[Un disco per l'estate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=45 giri |url=http://www.oriettaberti.it/45%20giri-1.htm |access-date=17 May 2024 |website=oriettaberti.it}}</ref> The song became better known after it was adapted into English and covered by [[Cliff Richard]] later in 1967. |
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{{Infobox album |
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| name = Earth Song/Ocean Song |
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| type = studio |
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| artist = [[Mary Hopkin]] |
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| cover = |
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| released = 1 October 1971 |
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| recorded = May–June 1971 |
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| studio = [[Associated Independent Recording|AIR]], London |
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| genre = *[[Folk music|Folk]] |
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*[[Pop (music)|pop]] |
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| length = 39:28 |
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| label = [[Apple Records|Apple]] |
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| producer = [[Tony Visconti]] |
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| prev_title = [[Post Card (album)|Post Card]] |
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| prev_year = 1969 |
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| next_title = Spirit |
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| next_year = 1989 |
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| misc = {{Singles |
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| name = Earth Song/Ocean Song |
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| type = studio |
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| single1 = Water, Paper & Clay |
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| single1date = 26 November 1971<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=6 November 1971|title=Doleful|newspaper=[[Torquay Herald Express|Herald Express]] |page=7}}</ref> |
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'''''Earth Song/Ocean Song''''' is the second album by [[Mary Hopkin]], released in October 1971 by [[Apple Records]]. It was released over two years after her first album, ''[[Post Card (album)|Post Card]]'', and would be her last for eighteen years. |
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==Background and recording== |
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After signing to [[the Beatles]]' record label [[Apple Records|Apple]], Hopkin became a star worldwide in 1968 following the success of "[[Those Were the Days (song)|Those Were the Days]]", produced by [[Paul McCartney]]. The ensuing album, ''[[Post Card (album)|Post Card]]'' (composing several songs written by [[Donovan]] and a number of [[Show tune|show tunes]]), and follow-up single "[[Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song)|Goodbye]]" in 1969, also both under McCartney's direction, continued Hopkin's success. However, later in the year, Hopkin agreed to stop working with McCartney, as she needed to release more material and he did not have the time. One of the producers put forward was [[Tony Visconti]] who had worked on the [[Maybe Tomorrow (The Iveys album)|debut album]] for labelmate [[Badfinger]] (then known as the Iveys). His audition was recording a vocal [[Overdubbing|overdub]] for Hopkin's Welsh version of "Sparrow". Not knowing who he was, and not realising it was an audition for her next producer, Hopkin did not mention Visconti to Apple, so they assumed he had not made an impression on her. Following this, Apple decided that [[Mickie Most]] might be a good fit as he had produced albums by Donovan.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine|date=14 April 1995|last=DeYoung|first=Bill|title=Mary Hopkin: 'She's A Joan Baez Type, But We'll Soon Alter That'|url=http://www.maryhopkin.com/press/billdeyoung.html|magazine=[[Goldmine (magazine)|Goldmine]]|pages=38–44|access-date=16 May 2024|via=Mary Hopkin Music}}</ref> Whilst success continued in 1970 with the Most-produced "[[Temma Harbour]]" and the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] entry "[[Knock, Knock Who's There?]]", Hopkin did not agree with his approach as she was not involved in the recording process as much as she wanted to be and had been relegated to just singing the vocals.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Hopkin had grown tired of singing the pop songs that had made her famous and she wanted to experiment with a new musical direction. With her love of [[folk music]], her brother-in-law and manager, Stan, played her the [[Strawbs]]' latest album ''[[Dragonfly (Strawbs album)|Dragonfly]]''. She later recalled that "it was so underrated, the production was so sparse and beautiful that I thought, that's the guy I want as my producer". The producer was Visconti, though Hopkin did not recognise him until they met.<ref name="Album booklet2">{{cite AV media notes |title=Earth Song/Ocean Song |year=2010 |type=booklet |id=5099990581021 |publisher=[[Apple Records|Apple]] |last=Davis |first=Andy}}</ref> After being asked to meet with Hopkin with the possibility of producing an album, Visconti was initially hesitant given their previous encounter, but eventually agreed. They met on 4 May 1971, the day after Hopkin's twenty-first birthday, and over lunch she spoke about how she was unhappy that Apple saw her as just a pop star as she had initially started out and found success on the television talent show ''[[Opportunity Knocks (British TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' as a folk singer.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Visconti |first=Tony |title=The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy |date=2007 |publisher=HarperCollins UK |isbn=978-0-00-722945-1 |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=172}} They discussed making an acoustic album with [[String instrument|strings]], and Visconti suggest recruiting several well-known folk musicians: Strawbs' lead singer and guitarist [[Dave Cousins]], folk musician [[Ralph McTell]] and [[Pentangle (band)|Pentagle]] double bassist [[Danny Thompson]].{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=172}}<ref name="Album booklet2" /> Recording began in May 1971 at [[Associated Independent Recording|AIR Studios]] in London and was finished by the time Hopkin started a twelve-week summer season performance at the Winter Gardens in [[Margate]] in mid-June.<ref name="Album booklet2" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Henry |first=Kevin |date=11 June 1971 |title=Single spins |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |page=12}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Mary Hopkin Friendly Society |url=http://www.maryhopkin.com/mhfs-timeline.html |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.maryhopkin.com}}</ref> According to Visconti, "we didn't make a straight up, honest, organic folk album. We wanted to use modern techniques and evocative sounds to make it a super-folk sounding album".<ref name="Album booklet2" /> |
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All of the songs on ''Earth Song/Ocean Song'' except "International" were originally published by Essex Music International (later renamed Westminster Music), which had the largest catalogue of folk songs in the UK and was also part of the production company Visconti worked for. Visconti sourced about two hundred songs from which Hopkin selected the songs to record.<ref name="Album booklet2" />{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=173}} The exception, "International", was written by [[Gallagher and Lyle]], who were signed to [[Apple Corps#Apple Publishing|Apple Publishing]] and had previously written "Sparrow" and "Fields of St. Etienne" for Hopkin.<ref name="Album booklet2" /> Two of the songs on the album were written by Ralph McTell. The first, "Silver Birch and Weeping Willow" was previously recorded on McTell's third album ''[[My Side of Your Window]]'', and the second, "[[Streets of London (song)|Streets of London]]", seen as his best-known song, was previously on his second album ''[[Spiral Staircase (Ralph McTell album)|Spiral Staircase]]''. The album also includes a version of [[Cat Stevens]]' "The Wind", first recorded by him for his fifth album ''[[Teaser and the Firecat]]'', and also a version of [[Tom Paxton]]'s "How Come the Sun" from his album of the same name released prior to ''Earth Song/Ocean Song''. |
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"Water, Paper & Clay" features Hopkin playing the [[Pump organ|harmonium]], though she could not pump the pedals and play at the same time, so whilst she was playing the keyboard, McTell and Thompson were on their knees pumping the pedals. She also recalled that after this, they went to the pub and after getting slightly drunk they went back and recorded the backing vocals. Strawbs' [[Dave Lambert (English musician)|Dave Lambert]] joined them for this, and Hopkin noted that "he was the only one who could hit the high notes".<ref name="Album booklet2" /> |
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==Release and reception== |
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{{Music ratings |
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |
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| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth Song/Ocean Song - Mary Hopkin {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/earth-song-ocean-song-mw0000271071 |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2024-05-15 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' |
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| rev2Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer)}}</ref> |
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| rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]] |
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| rev3score = B+<ref>{{cite web|last1=Christgau|first1=Robert|title=Mary Hopkin|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Mary+Hopkin|website=robertchristgau.com|accessdate=15 May 2024}}</ref> |
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|rev4 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]] |
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|rev4Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=December 2010|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/arch/cg/cg10-12.php|title=Recycled Goods|magazine=Static Multimedia|access-date=15 May 2024|via=tomhull.com}}</ref> |
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}} |
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Prior to being able to record ''Earth Song/Ocean Song'', Apple asked Hopkin to record one more pop song. Visconti chose an adaptation of a French song called "Quand je te regarde vivre" originally recorded by [[Gilles Marchal]] in 1970. The adaptation, "Let My Name Be Sorrow", had been recorded and released several months prior to Hopkin by [[Françoise Hardy]]. Hopkin's version was released as a single in June 1971, and was not the traditional pop song Apple were expecting,{{sfn|Visconti|2007|pp=172–173}} with one reviewer describing it as "probably the nicest thing she has recorded, but also the least commercial".<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelleher |first=John |date=14 July 1971 |title=Pop |newspaper=[[Cambridge News|Cambridge Evening News]] |page=4}}</ref> |
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''Earth Song/Ocean Song'' was released at the beginning of October 1971 in the UK and the following month in the US. Whilst the album was critically well received, it was not a commercial success. One single, "Water, Paper & Clay", was released in November 1971.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mary Hopkin - Water, Paper And Clay / Jefferson - Apple - UK - Apple 39 |url=https://www.45cat.com/record/apple39 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=45cat}}</ref> Reviewing the album for ''[[Record Mirror]]'', Bill McAllister praised Hopkin's vocals, the song selection and the arrangements, describing it as "a gorgeous album which you would do well to possess.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=16 October 1971 |title=Mirrorpick/LPs |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/71/Record-Mirror-1971-10-16-S-OCR.pdf |access-date=15 May 2024 |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |page=21 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> Charles Langley for the ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]'' described it as "a very satisfying album with the timeless qualities of a good singer, good songs and good music woven into certain success".<ref>{{cite news |last=Langley |first=Charles |date=16 October 1971 |title=Bridging the Beatle breach |newspaper=[[Liverpool Daily Post]] |page=5}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' described Hopkin as "the Welsh [[Circe]], [that] raises her lovely and other-worldly voice in a number of new, airy songs".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=13 November 1971 |title=Album Product |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-11-13.pdf |access-date=15 May 2024 |magazine=[[Record World]] |page=14 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> |
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In Hopkin's words, "I'd finally done the album I wanted to, and Apple was encouraging about that, but I was then tied up in doing these horrendous summer shows, which preventing me from promoting that album. So it sort of fizzled out without a trace, because I wasn't there to promote it".<ref name=":0" /> In July 1971, it had been reported that Hopkin had renewed her contract with Apple for a further two years.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=3 July 1971 |title=England |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-07-03.pdf |access-date=15 May 2024 |magazine=[[Record World]] |page=46 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> However, following the release of the album, she decided to leave the record label in March 1972.<ref>{{cite book |last=Badman |first=Keith |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001 |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7119-8307-6 |location=London |page=68}}</ref> Having made the album she had always wanted to make, she felt like she there was little left to prove. After marrying Visconti in November 1971,<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 December 1971 |title=Mary Hopkin weds |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |page=1}}</ref> Hopkin gave birth to their first child in November 1972.{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=196–198}} There had been plans to release a follow-up album to ''Earth Song/Ocean Song'', with a number of songs having been recorded.{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=233}} However, Hopkin decided to more or less withdraw from the music business and focus her attention on raising their child.{{sfn|Visconti|2007|p=196–198}}<ref name="Album booklet2" /> Over the subsequent decades since, she has released further singles and albums, and contributed backing vocals for a number of different artists. |
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==Track listing== |
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{{Track listing |
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| headline = Side one |
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| title1 = International |
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| writer1 = [[Gallagher and Lyle]] |
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| length1 = 3:35 |
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| title2 = There's Got to Be More |
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| writer2 = [[Harvey Andrews]] |
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| length2 = 3:55 |
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| title3 = Silver Birch and Weeping Willow |
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| writer3 = [[Ralph McTell]] |
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| length3 = 2:48 |
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| title4 = How Come the Sun |
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| writer4 = [[Tom Paxton]], David Horowitz |
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| length4 = 5:44 |
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| title5 = Earth Song |
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| writer5 = Liz Thorsen |
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| length5 = 3:54 |
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{{Track listing |
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| headline = Side two |
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| title6 = Martha |
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| writer6 = Andrews |
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| length6 = 4:52 |
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| title7 = [[Streets of London (song)|Streets of London]] |
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| writer7 = McTell |
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| length7 = 4:21 |
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| title8 = The Wind |
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| writer8 = [[Cat Stevens]] |
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| length8 = 2:04 |
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| title9 = Water, Paper & Clay |
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| writer9 = Reina and Mike Sutcliffe |
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| length9 = 4:10 |
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| title10 = Ocean Song |
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| writer10 = Thorsen |
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| length10 = 4:05 |
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| total_length = 39:28 |
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{{Track listing |
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| headline = 2010 bonus tracks |
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| title11 = Kew Gardens |
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| note11 = B-side to "Water, Paper & Clay" |
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| writer11 = McTell |
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| length11 = 2:24 |
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| title12 = When I Am Old One Day |
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| writer12 = Andrews |
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| length12 = 2:25 |
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| title13 = Let My Name Be Sorrow |
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| writer13 = Bernard Estardy, Martine Habib |
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| length13 = 3:29 |
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| total_length = 47:46 |
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==Personnel== |
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'''Musicians''' |
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* Mary Hopkin – lead vocals, background vocals, guitar (7), [[Pump organ|harmonium]] (9) |
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* [[Ralph McTell]] – guitar, [[twelve-string guitar]] |
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* [[Dave Cousins]] – guitar, banjo |
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* [[Danny Thompson]] – [[Double bass|bass]] |
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* [[Terence Weil]] – cello |
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* Clive Anstee – cello |
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* Pop Arts String Quartet – [[String instrument|strings]] |
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* [[Kevin Peek]] – [[classical guitar]] (1) |
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* Brian Daly – classical guitar (1) |
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* [[Tony Visconti]] – backing vocals, [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]]<ref name="Album booklet2" /> |
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* [[Dave Lambert (English musician)|Dave Lambert]] – backing vocals (9)<ref name="Album booklet2" /> |
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'''Technical''' |
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* Tony Visconti – production, strings arrangement |
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* [[Bill Price (record producer)|Bill Price]] – engineer |
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* Alan Harris – engineer |
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* [[Ken Scott]] – mixing |
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* [[Ethan Russell]] – photography |
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* [[John Kosh]] – design |
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==Charts== |
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!Chart (1971) |
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!Peak<br />position |
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!scope="row"|US Bubbling Under the [[Top LPs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |date=18 December 1971 |title=Bubbling Under the Top LP's |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-12-18.pdf |access-date=13 May 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=49 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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"Solo tu" ("Only You") is a song by Italian singer Orietta Berti, released as a singe in April 1967.[1] Whilst it did not chart, it was a finalist in that year's summer festival Un disco per l'estate.[2] The song became better known after it was adapted into English and covered by Cliff Richard later in 1967.
References
- ^ "Discografia Nazionale della canzone italiana". discografia.dds.it. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "45 giri". oriettaberti.it. Retrieved 17 May 2024.