This is a pretty good Szabo album, but it really doesn't compare well with the greatness of The Socerer and Jazz/Mysticism/Exotica. This Gabor album is a little more poppy than the previously listed more jazzy efforts of Szabo. I admit that i like his jazzier albums much better than this one, but i still have to admit that this one is very, very good. Szabo's guitar playing still leads and fits in perfectly with the style of music that he is playing. Fans of other Szabo albums still should probably pick this one up.

I picked this album up on vinyl for 50 cents last year, and the shop owner gave a little groan when he saw what a steal I was getting. I agree with the last reviewer that this album is not going to change your life, but it is very pleasant, and well worth buying.

-TT

The 60's were just as great of a period for Gabor, as they were for any Rock Group. Here are eleven fine gems done very cleverly and melodically The Szabo Way! At least four Beatles tunes, "Dear Prudence", "I've Just Seen A Face", "In My Life" and "You Won't See Me", as well as both Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and "Michael From Mountains" are a real treat to hear. So is the quiet and warm intimacy of Buffy Saint-Marie's "Until It's Time For You To Go". And as a change from the "keeping us in a trance", that Szabo is known to do, are Bobby Hyland's "Sealed With A Kiss", The Classics IV's "Stormy" and The Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee", done in a more outgoing fashion. Of course, there is still the "Wandering Gypsy Fare" Gabor is known for, in the form of the one Szabo Original--"Somewhere I Belong", which was probably a BIT longer than what you hear at the end of the album. The Sixties have been very GOOD to Gabor, as well as his band, consisting of keyboardist Michael Melvoin, drummer Jim Keltner, guitarist Francois Vaz, bassists Randy Cierly and Louis Kabok, Cellist George Ricci and percussionist Hal Gordon. From what you hear on this classic LP now on CD, they should be very good to you, too.