It s hard to overestimate the role Lesley Gore played in charting the course of popular music. Not only was she probably the biggest female teen idol of her era with four Top Five hits before she was

Someplace Else Now

It s hard to overestimate the role Lesley Gore played in charting the course of popular music. Not only was she probably the biggest female teen idol of her era with four Top Five hits before she was of legal age but she broke out of the girl singer mold with You Don t Own Me, the proto-feminist #2 hit that inspired generations of female singers to come, and served notice that she was much more than just a pretty face with a pretty voice (indeed; Gore ultimately became a pioneering LGBT performer).

However, despite Lesley s lofty place in the pop music pantheon, there remain some pretty major gaps in the reissue of her repertoire on CD, notably the lone album she cut for Berry Gordy s Motown subsidiary MoWest, Someplace Else Now. Produced by Joe Porter, this 1972 release marked Lesley s move into a singer-songwriter mode. Gore wrote or co-wrote (with Ellen Weston or her brother Michael, with whom Lesley would later gain renewed acclaim for collaborating on the score to the hit film Fame) every song on the album. Though it failed to make a significant commercial impact at the time, Someplace Else Now has come to be regarded as a lost, blue-eyed soul gem, and it makes its worldwide CD debut on this Real Gone reissue, complete with liner notes by Joe Marchese and remastering by Mike Milchner at SonicVision. With Lesley s recent passing, a most timely release and one long requested by her legion of fans.
Country USA
Brand Real Gone Music
Manufacturer Real Gone Music
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber CDRGM0385
ReleaseDate 2015-08-07
UnitCount 1
Format CD
UPCs 848064003854
EANs 0848064003854

Country	USA
Brand	Real Gone Music
Manufacturer	Real Gone Music
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	CDRGM0385
ReleaseDate	2015-08-07
UnitCount	1
Format	CD
UPCs	848064003854
EANs	0848064003854

Someplace Else Now

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