Del Shannon
Handy Man - AMV 1964 Comments:Del Shannon's fourth album. Compared to his earlier albums, the sound has changed on the "Handy Man", where some tracks sound somewhat muddy ( this may be due to the re-mastering of the CD-version I own.The single hits on this album are the great Phil Spector sounding title track and the pretty ordinary "Mary Jane". Among the album tracks there are a couple of nice Shannon original ballads - both quite Merseybeat inspired. There is a nice try at Roy Orbison's "Crying", which works great until the falsetto part
- here it is really miles behind Orbison's original. The closing track "Twist and Shout" has a great raw guitar solo, and makes up a worthy finale om a slightly uneven album.
In spite of its relative flaws "Handy Man" is a quite enjoyable release.
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