Humble Beginnings: The Scott Engel Sessions [Original recording remastered]

Scott Walker | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Empire Musicwerks
• ASIN: B000FS9NDM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,458 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Livin' End

2. Good for Nothin'

3. Charley Bop

4. All I Do Is Dream of You

5. Blue Bell

6. Paper Doll

7. The Golden Rule of Love

8. Sunday

9. Comin' Home

10. I Don't Wanna Know

11. Too Young to Know

12. Sing Boy Sing

13. Too Young

14. Everybody But Me

15. Take This Love

16. Till You Return

17. When I Kiss You Goodnight

18. When You See Her

Editorial Reviews

Ifyou're only familiar with Scott Walker's brooding post-1967 solowork, when the enigmatic crooner gained renown as a leadingEnglish interpreter of Jacques Brel and the writer of his own darklyinsightful pieces sung in a sophisticated style well removed fromhis mid-`60s pop hits as lead singer of the Walker Brothers ("TheSun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore," "Make It Easy On Yourself") theearly recordings on this collection may come as something of asurprise.During the late 1950s, the teenaged singer was still doingbusiness under his real name of Scott Engel, his initial outputrangingfrom unabashed rock and roll to tried-and-true popstandardsas his voice deepened and matured with every release.With an exquisitely pomaded pompadour that Elvis Presley himselfmight have envied, these sides prove he had the voice to match.This is where it all began for the former Scott Engel. These earlysides in no way anticipated future musical directions, but there wasclearly an abundance of talent already in place.