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Velvet Gloves and Spit | 
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| Artist: Neil Diamond
Label: Rev-Ola
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 238581
Format: Import, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5013929453821
ASIN: B0012NOKHS
Release Date: January 1, 1968
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| Tracks:
| • | Two-Bit Manchild | | • | A Modern Day Version of Love | | • | Honey-Drippin' Times | | • | The Pot Smoker's Song | | • | Brooklyn Roads | | • | Shilo | | • | Sunday Sun | | • | Holiday Inn Blues | | • | Practically Newborn | | • | Knackelflerg | | • | Merry-Go-Round |
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Album Description
2008 digitally remastered reissue of Diamond's overlooked album, originally released four decades ago. Velvet Gloves And Spit, recorded in New York before Diamond had perfected the signature sound of his subsequent hits, was his first for new label Uni and appeared in 1968 to little acclaim. However, following the single success of 'Shilo' in 1970, the song was tacked onto the album and it was reissued in a new sleeve. Stylistically, the album covers the whole spectrum of contemporary sounds from romantic ballads to tongue-in-cheek social commentary to brash Pop gems not unlike his mid-'60s Brill Building output. Rev-Ola.
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| Customer Reviews:
Vintage Neil Diamond August 22, 2006
David L Hutchins (Mesa, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of Neil Diamond's earliest albums. Never did understand what the title was all about. It's an interesting album because you don't find most of these songs on other Neil Diamond albums. Brooklyn Roads is a nostalgic piece about childhood that I have always loved and I think one of his best songs. The Pot Smoker's Song is rather dated and a bit odd with interviews interspersed throughout. I think this album shows just what a good singer Diamond was even at the start of his career, which has spanned 4 decades. Shiloh was a fairly big hit. This is not just for completists; it's an enjoyable album for anyone who likes Diamond's music.
 A better album than some of your reviewers indicated June 30, 2005
M. A. Scott (Kansas, USA)
This is really a great solid effort by Neil Diamond. I think some of your reviewers have kind of bad taste. This is the only album that you will find "The Pot Smoker's Song", as far as I know. It's a hoot, and should be in every one's collection. The songs "Two-Bit Man Child", "Brooklyn Roads", and the great "Shiloh" can't be beat. This is a outrageously underated album, and everyone should have this great cd in their Neil Diamond collection!!!
 Gap Filler, Good Add On Collection Album January 23, 2003
Robert L. Henry Jr. (Paden City, WV United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Neil's first UNI release, (now on MCA)bolts out of the gate
with three strong tunes, Two Bit Manchild, Modern Day Version
of Love and the overlooked Honeydrippin Times. After the awful
Potsmokers Song, 2 great wellknown tunes follow, Brooklyn Roads
and Shilo, which Neil recorded previously at Bang records and then re-recorded here for UNI. Then the good track Sunday Sun is next. However after Sunday Sun the rest of the album sounds dated, boring and forgetable. This album is worth having though and is a great gap filler and worth buying, just should not be a priority
The tail end of Neil's early commercial period. September 24, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was the album that began to close out the commercial clap-and-strum type hits of Neil Diamond's earlier style. It still contains a few songs of that style, including "Two-Bit Manchild" with an appealing riff, and "Holiday Inn Blues" with a Donovan type sound, but begins to move into deeper and more personal directions, especially with the excellent "Brooklyn Roads," which is soft but beautiful. "The Pot Smokers Song" is a lousy piece of anti-drug propaganda that doesn't belong here at all. The album's decent overall, and worth getting for its non-hit songs.
A Modern Day Version Of Neil Diamond August 31, 2000
David Hugaert (Honolulu, HI United States)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is an all-out, well written and well composed effort by Mr. Neil Diamond. This is a world-class superstar who continues to delight, as well as entertain his audiences for almost 35 years. "Velvet Gloves And Spit" is a wonderful collection of songs pleasing to the senses. "A Modern Day Version Of Love" is as smooth as silk, while "Honey Drippin' Times" is as refreshing as an ice cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. "Brooklyn Roads" is reminiscent of the happy, carefree days of childhood, and "Knackelflerg" wreaks of that "love-bitten, head-in-the clouds" sensibility. "Merry-Go-Round" speaks about the way of the world, and "Holiday Inn Blues" is a laugh. The only down side of this CD is the naive "Pot Smoker's Song", although the interviews here are a nice, personal touch with thought-provoking insight. The lyrics throughout the CD will really make you stop and think. I really like that cover! This is one CD worth owning. You'll find yourself lstening to it over and over!
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