Velvet Gloves and Spit
Velvet Gloves and Spit is the third album by Neil Diamond. His first for MCA's UNi label, it included three low-charting singles: "Brooklyn Roads" (#58), "Two-Bit Manchild" (#66) and "Sunday Sun" (#68).
Upon its initial release in 1968, it only had ten songs. After the success of Diamond's next three albums, it was re-issued in 1970 with a new sleeve and now included a remake of "Shilo", a song that had previously been recorded for Bang Records, and had appeared on the preceding album, Just For You. His motivation for doing this was the release of the song as a single by his old record label with a new backing track and alternate vocal take recorded at Chips Moman's American Studios in Memphis, and its chart position at #24 outselling Diamond's concurrently-released single "Until It's Time for You to Go", which only reached #53.
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All tracks composed by Neil Diamond.
- "Two-Bit Manchild" – 3:07
- "A Modern Day Version of Love" – 2:53
- "Honey-Drippin' Times" – 2:03
- "Pot Smoker's Song" – 4:04
- "Brooklyn Roads" – 3:40
- "Shilo" (Re-recording) – 2:58
- "Sunday Sun" – 2:47
- "Holiday Inn Blues" -3:16
- "Practically Newborn" – 3:31
- "Knackelflerg" – 2:24
- "Merry-Go-Round" – 3:33
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Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits · Shilo · Do It · Diamond's Diamonds · Double Gold · Rainbow · Brooklyn Roads · His 12 Greatest Hits · Solitary Man · 20 Super Hits · And The Singer Sings His Songs · Early Classics · 20 Golden Greats · The Very Best of Neil Diamond · Love Songs · 12 Greatest Hits Vol. II · Classics: The Early Years · The Very Best of Neil Diamond · The Essential Collection · The Greatest Hits: 1966–1992 · Glory Road: 1968-1972 · The Best of Neil Diamond · The Ultimate Collection · In My Lifetime · The Neil Diamond Collection · The Essential Neil Diamond · The Very Best of Neil Diamond · Play Me: The Complete Uni/MCA Studio Recording · Gold · The Essential Greatest Hits Collection · The Best of Neil Diamond · Classic – The Universal Masters Collection · The Best of Neil Diamond (2008 edition) · The Essential Neil Diamond 3.0 · Icon · The Bang Years, 1966-1968
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