Before You Go Tonight

Before You Go Tonight is a Lynsey de Paul album recorded in 1976 for Jet Records but shelved out of spite by then manager Don Arden^[1] and not released until 1990, when it appeared as a CD release in Japan.^[2][3][4] The album was originally called Singer-Songwriter and was finally released on de Paul's music store as Take Your Time, albeit with a slightly different track listing.^[5] All of the songs were written by de Paul, except "You've Either Got It or You Ain't", which was co-written with David Jordan.^[6] The album was produced by de Paul.^[6] The track "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will" was released as a single in 1976,^[7] and "My One and Only" is de Paul's version of a song recorded and released in 1975 by the British female vocal trio Bones.^[8]

"Martian Man" (written about Roy Wood),^[1] had a similar vocal overdub as de Paul's version of "Because", that she released on the Beatles cover album and soundtrack to the film All This and World War II. This song was covered in 1996 by Julianne Regan's group Mice as a track on the "Milkman" EP and was a UK chart hit.^[9][10] It also appeared on their album, New & Improved.^[11]

Three of the tracks from this album ("Martian Man", "My One And Only" and "The One Exception") appeared on the 1993 compilation, Best of Lynsey De Paul, which was released on the Century record label.^[12]

Track listing

A side

1. "Call Me"
2. "They'd Rather Be Making Money"
3. "Before You Go Tonight"
4. "Take Your Time"
5. "The One Exception"

B side

1. "Do Unto Others"
2. "You've Either Got It or You Ain't"
3. "If I Don't Get You The Next One Will"
4. "Martian Man"
5. "My One and Only"

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