LTD GREEN VINYL EDITION 1.000 PCS. Norma Tanega Was Discovered While Singing at a Summer Camp in the Catskills by Producer Herb Bernstein Bernstein Brought Her to the Attention of Four Seasons Songwriter Bob Crewe, Who Signed Her to His New Voice Label Success Was Almost Instantaneous for Tanega, as the Title Track to Her 1966 AlbumWalkin’ My Cat Named Dog Went to #22 on the Charts But the Folk-Pop Sheen of That Album Obscured the Fact That Her Material Was Not Standard Top 40 Fare Tanega’s Voice Was Unconventional, and Her Songs Were Very Personal and Idiosyncratic, Employing Unusual Structures and Meters In Fact, on Her American Tour to Support the Album, Her Back-Up Band The Outsiders Couldn’t Get the Hang of Her Songs, Forcing Her to Employ Session Musicians Then, on Her Subsequent British Tour, She Met Dusty Springfield, and Her Life Changed Completely Springfield and Tanega Began an Artistic and Romantic Partnership That Prompted Tanega to Move to London for Five Years After the Pair Split Up, Tanega Moved to California, and Shifted to Playing Percussion in More Experimental Settings, Following the Eccentric Muse That Makes Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog Such an Entrancing Listen First-Ever Vinyl Reissue Original Artwork In Stereo Green Vinyl Limited to 1000 Copie
