Year/Genre: 1967, Pop
Matrix #: BLP 217
Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great

Cultural Facts:

1. Released in 1967, this comes from the era when Brill Building-style pop and the rising singer-songwriter movement overlapped—artists were expected to be hitmakers and credible “authors” of their own songs.

2. Neil Diamond’s early career ran through the machinery of publishing, demo work, and tightly scheduled studio sessions—an example of how many “iconic” solo stars were built inside a very industrial, behind-the-scenes songwriting economy.

3. His appeal has always carried a strong working- and middle-class American thread: direct emotional language, big choruses, and songs designed to land in everyday life—why his catalog became a staple across radio formats for decades.

Price Suggestions:
NM: $14–18
EX: $12–15
VG+: $9–11
VG: $6–8

Date: 1/3/26 CC