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ARTIST
TITLE
A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
TDP 54114LP TDP 54114LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/29/2023

Reissue. Mixing the theatrical, the operatic and the ghoulish, Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a one-off whose shocking stage tactics helped him find initially fame in the mid-1950s. Recorded in Nashville in 1973 and his sole offering for local label Hot Line, A Portrait Of A Man And His Woman is Hawkins at his most accessible; the title track's haunting delivery and a remake of calling card "I've Put A Spell On You" balanced by bright takes of "Itty Bitty Pretty One" and Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe," with plenty of grunts, shouts and animalistic interjections beneath Hawkins' operatic and gospel-tinged vibrato. Hawkins fans, take note! Licensed from Good Time Inc.