FLAC (tracks) | Rock, Pop | 53:43 | 1CD | 325 MbSinger/songwriter Gilbert O’Sullivan successfully combined a flair for Beatlesque popcraft with an old-fashioned music hall sensibility to emerge as one of the most distinctive and popular new performers of the early 1970s.

Born Raymond O’Sullivan in Waterford, Ireland on December 1, 1946, he went on to attend art school in Swindon, England, writing songs throughout his formative years and sending out demo tapes to little avail.

After graduating he went to work in a London department store; one of his co-workers there was under contract with CBS, and soon O’Sullivan was signed to the label as well.

Early singles like “What Can I Do?” and “Mr.

Moody’s Garden” were released to little attention, however, and so O’Sullivan sent his demo to impresario Gordon Mills, whose MAM label was home to superstars like Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck; the gambit worked, and his first single for MAM, “Nothing Rhymed,” became a Top Ten U.

K.

hit in late 1970.

Tracklist:1 To Each His Own 03:082 Our Own Baby 03:103 What’s In a Kiss (Guitar Version) 02:354 As Long as I Can 02:215 Doing What I Know 04:426 Can’t Get Enough of You 03:367 Too Long 03:428 I’ll Never Let You Go 03:379 What You See Is What You Get 02:2810 Just as You Are 02:3811 Can’t Get You out of My Mind 03:2412 Forever Wondering 03:5513 The Niceness of It All (Another Version) 05:5214 That’s a Fact 02:3915 I’ll Believe It When I See It 05:20