I Don't Think It Will Hurt If You Smile
Norma Tanega is best-known for her single āWalkinā My Cat Named Dogā which became an unlikely international hit in 1966. It not only brought her into the spotlight, but to the UK where she toured, appeared on TV and started a long-term relationship with Dusty Springfield.
Tanega would later move to the UK to live with Springfield. Still a musical force she signed to the UK arm of RCA-Victor and in 1971 released a single āNothing Much Is Happening Todayā / āAntarctic Roseā and an album called āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā. Neither sold strongly and splitting up with Springfield, Tanega returned to America.
In recent years original copies of āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā have become highly sought after by collectors of folk and psychedelic folk and change hands for up to Ā£400. The album has, until now, never been reissued on vinyl.
Produced by Don Paul, Tanega worked in the studio with multi-instrumentalist Mike Moran and the results were an amazing confection. āNothing Much Is Happening Todayā might have been an unlikely single but today sounds like an earworm especially when halfway through it sounds like Pink Floyd are backing Tanega. āWhat More In The World Could Anyone Be Looking Forā appears as two version ā one lushly arranged and the other presented as simple folk song. Both are winner. āA Goodbye Songā is a small treasure box about losing love. The album is glued together by a number of short instrumentals.
All told āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā is a lost classic.
The CD edition contains four bonus tracks. With liner-notes by Bob Stanley - I Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Order One Todayā¦
Tracklist
LP
SIDE ONE
1. NOW IS THE TIME
2. BEAUTIFUL THINGS
3. ILLUSION
4. COWFOLD (INSTRUMENTAL)
5. MAGIC DAY
6. HAMPTON COURT
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 2)
SIDE TWO
1. CLAPHAM JUNCTION (INSTRUMENTAL)
2. ELEPHANTS ANGELS AND ROSES
3. ANTARCTIC ROSEĀ
4. STRANGER
5. BARREL ORGAN BLUES (INSTRUMENTAL)
6. NOTHING MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 1)
8. UPPER OSTERLEY (INSTRUMENTAL)Ā
9. A GOODBYE SONG
CD
1. NOW IS THE TIME
2. BEAUTIFUL THINGS
3. ILLUSION
4. COWFOLD (INSTRUMENTAL)
5. MAGIC DAY
6. HAMPTON COURT
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONEĀ BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 2)
8. CLAPHAM JUNCTION (INSTRUMENTAL)
9. ELEPHANTS ANGELS AND ROSES
10. ANTARCTIC ROSEĀ
11. STRANGER
12. BARREL ORGAN BLUES (INSTRUMENTAL)
13. NOTHING MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY
14. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 1)
15. UPPER OSTERLEY (INSTRUMENTAL)Ā
16. A GOODBYE SONG
CD BONUS TRACKS
17. BARREL ORGANĀ
18. ALTERNATOR MANĀ
19. UPSIDE DOWN TOWN
20. MAGIC DAY (DEMO)
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Norma Tanega is best-known for her single āWalkinā My Cat Named Dogā which became an unlikely international hit in 1966. It not only brought her into the spotlight, but to the UK where she toured, appeared on TV and started a long-term relationship with Dusty Springfield.
Tanega would later move to the UK to live with Springfield. Still a musical force she signed to the UK arm of RCA-Victor and in 1971 released a single āNothing Much Is Happening Todayā / āAntarctic Roseā and an album called āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā. Neither sold strongly and splitting up with Springfield, Tanega returned to America.
In recent years original copies of āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā have become highly sought after by collectors of folk and psychedelic folk and change hands for up to Ā£400. The album has, until now, never been reissued on vinyl.
Produced by Don Paul, Tanega worked in the studio with multi-instrumentalist Mike Moran and the results were an amazing confection. āNothing Much Is Happening Todayā might have been an unlikely single but today sounds like an earworm especially when halfway through it sounds like Pink Floyd are backing Tanega. āWhat More In The World Could Anyone Be Looking Forā appears as two version ā one lushly arranged and the other presented as simple folk song. Both are winner. āA Goodbye Songā is a small treasure box about losing love. The album is glued together by a number of short instrumentals.
All told āI Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Smileā is a lost classic.
The CD edition contains four bonus tracks. With liner-notes by Bob Stanley - I Donāt Think It Will Hurt If You Order One Todayā¦
Tracklist
LP
SIDE ONE
1. NOW IS THE TIME
2. BEAUTIFUL THINGS
3. ILLUSION
4. COWFOLD (INSTRUMENTAL)
5. MAGIC DAY
6. HAMPTON COURT
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 2)
SIDE TWO
1. CLAPHAM JUNCTION (INSTRUMENTAL)
2. ELEPHANTS ANGELS AND ROSES
3. ANTARCTIC ROSEĀ
4. STRANGER
5. BARREL ORGAN BLUES (INSTRUMENTAL)
6. NOTHING MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 1)
8. UPPER OSTERLEY (INSTRUMENTAL)Ā
9. A GOODBYE SONG
CD
1. NOW IS THE TIME
2. BEAUTIFUL THINGS
3. ILLUSION
4. COWFOLD (INSTRUMENTAL)
5. MAGIC DAY
6. HAMPTON COURT
7. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONEĀ BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 2)
8. CLAPHAM JUNCTION (INSTRUMENTAL)
9. ELEPHANTS ANGELS AND ROSES
10. ANTARCTIC ROSEĀ
11. STRANGER
12. BARREL ORGAN BLUES (INSTRUMENTAL)
13. NOTHING MUCH IS HAPPENING TODAY
14. WHAT MORE IN THIS WORLD COULD ANYONE BE LIVING FOR (VERSION 1)
15. UPPER OSTERLEY (INSTRUMENTAL)Ā
16. A GOODBYE SONG
CD BONUS TRACKS
17. BARREL ORGANĀ
18. ALTERNATOR MANĀ
19. UPSIDE DOWN TOWN
20. MAGIC DAY (DEMO)
