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"Bleecker & MacDougal" by Fred Neil released in May 1965.
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Fred Neil is the second album from Fred Neil, a pioneer folk rock musician, recorded and released in 1966.

Review by Steve Leggett

Fred Neil's self-titled second album was a languid and fluid gem that continues to stand outside of time decades later. The beautifully sad, introspective songs of weary modern urban disaffection that Neil brought to these sessions in 1967 are among the best he ever wrote, and the perfectly balanced electric instrumentation suits them to a T. Neil's calm, wearied basso vocals pull things along here at a decidedly unhurried pace, and the songs themselves seem to drift organically into being as he sings them, until listening to this album begins to feel like floating. And what songs! "The Dolphins" and "Everybody's Talkin'" -- a huge hit in a cover version by Harry Nilsson -- are classics by anybody's definition...

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Andi Chorley Feb 20

Bleecker & MacDougal is the debut solo studio album by the American folk musician Fred Neil. It was released in May 1965 by Elektra Records.[4] The recording, which unlike many folk albums at the time featured electric guitar backing, had an influence on the folk rock movement.

The album is named for the intersection of Bleecker Street and MacDougal Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. A picture of the intersection featured on the album cover. The San Remo Cafe can be seen in the picture, a gathering spot for writers and musicians for decades. Both streets were locales for folk and rock music of the period. - Wikipedia

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50+ Music Feb 19

"Everybody's Talkin'" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter #FredNeil in 1966 and released two years later. A version of the song performed by the American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson became a hit in 1969, reaching No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and winning a #GrammyAward after it was featured in the film #MidnightCowboy. The song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFKDyVPkonc

Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin' (From "Midnight Cowboy") (Audio)

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Andi Chorley Jan 30

Tear Down The Walls by Vince Martin And Fred Neil, released on Elektra in 1964.

Tear Down the Walls Review by William Ruhlmann

...Accompanied by Felix Pappalardi on the bass-like guitarron and John Sebastian on harmonica, the duo strummed 12-string acoustic guitars and used their strikingly different voices to reinvent traditional songs like "I Know You Rider" and "Lonesome Valley," popular covers like Bonnie Dobson's "Morning Dew," and some originals. Neil's "Wild Child in a World of Trouble," which he sang alone, looked forward to his career as a solo singer/songwriter, which commenced not long after this album was released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUOwVmf65o8&list=OLAK5uy_mk33LAqHt8OQ-CUp6RIKdZZ7KjsGJuSDE

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50+ Music Nov 8

"Everybody's Talkin'" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter #FredNeil in 1966 and released two years later. A version of the song performed by the American singer-songwriter #HarryNilsson became a hit in 1969, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and winning a #GrammyAward after it was featured in the film #MidnightCowboy. The song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xQu9eIPIA

Harry Nilsson ~ Everybody's Talking (1969)

This great song was originally released by "Fred Neil" in 1966 but this version became a massive success for "Harry Nilsson" in 1969 when used in one of my f...

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