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My father - here about to turn 75 - browses the tool and garden section of a Montgomery Ward sales catalog in the living room of our Larkspur, California home. We were regular Wards customers, for both in-store purchases and catalog orders. Several editions of their complete catalog were always to be seen on bottom shelf of the pink enamel cart in the Salmon Kitchen™, conveniently located for my mother's perusal. She was of the generation that still occasionally referred to it as a "wish book," although that term most often meant the Sears catalog. Non-union Sears, however, was off-limits to us as Father, a member of the Retail Clerks International Union, was loath to be seen entering one of their stores. In the background, my record collection. Some sharp-eyed Shorpy detectives might be able to identify the chap pictured on the one on the middle shelf, but extra points for pinpointing the album. Note, though, that there's something of a forensic complication. Kodachrome slide, shot with bounce flash.
Regardless of the album, it's a great shot of your father. The epitome of a man comfortable in his own skin, and in his own home.
Amazing to see Pavarotti when he was slim(mer) and less hirsute.
I no longer have it, and the only image I could find of the back is the UK Decca version; mine was the USA London (OSA 13117). Pavarotti here, Sutherland was on the front.
However, I agree with Geezer9 now. I too think it's Gordon Lightfoot.
Its the shirt....Gordo had one real simular to it on one of his album covers.
I have to check my old albums, but that sure looks like "Gord's Gold" - Gordon Lightfoot, circa 1974?
Especially when I had my stereo cranked up to 11. It's Pavarotti all right, but the tricky part about identifying the album is that it's the back, not the front.
The visible record cover looks like Luciano Pavarotti, maybe "L'Elisir d'Amore"? The logo in the upper left corner is definitely London/Decca records!
I would guess Engelbert Humperdinck, or Neil Diamond?
Of course, Pavarotti, that was my next guess.
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