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SAMPLE PROMO – 1^ST PRESSING (USA)
VPI MACHINE CLEANED & PLAYTESTED

Band/Artist: Yvonne Elliman
Album Title: Food Of Love
Producer: Rupert Hine
Featuring: Caleb Quaye, Mick Grabham, Pete Townshend, Simon Jeffes, Peter Robinson, Ann Odell, Rupert Hine, John Perry, John Gustafson, Mike Giles, Ray Cooper, Morris Pert, Daryl Runswick, Paul Buckmaster, Lisa Strike, Rosetta Hightower, Irene Chandler, Ruby James, Joanne Williams
Catalogue#: MCA-356
Run-Out Grooves:
Side One: MCA 236 W-2
Side Two: MCA 237 W-2
Year/Record Company: 1973 MCA
1 LP – Stereo - 12 inch vinyl record - 33 1/3

This is the authentic release & not a pirated, bootlegged or copied version. This 1^st pressing promo LP record album comes from my personal collection & has been VPI machine cleaned & playtested. It is stored under temperature & humidity regulated, smoke and pet free conditions.

LP Condition: very good
Shine: most
Scratches: a few light & several feather
Label Wear: light wear (completely readable) there is a blue ink scribble on side 2 label, in the rainbow at the top left
Labels: see photos
Spindle Hole Wear: light

LP Sound: very good+ (no skips or hang-ups, no missing audio)
Surface Noise: very light

Jacket Condition: good+
Shrink Wrap: none
Wear To Seams: moderate
Back Ring Wear: very light
Front Ring Wear: light
Ink or pencil marks: dark marker on back cover, at the lower left & right (see photos)
Water Stains: none
Drill Holes: none
Saw Cuts: ½ inch saw-cut in the front, upper right corner (see photos)
Stamps/Stickers: promo “sample copy” stamp on the back of jacket, at the lower left (see photo)
Sleeve: original record company sleeve, very minimal wear; a new anti-static sleeve is also included
Cover: John Timbers

Food of Love is a 1973 album by Yvonne Elliman, produced by Rupert Hine, released on Purple Records in England and MCA Records in America. Yvonne Elliman arrived in London from Hawaii having graduated from college, and was cast by Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice in their musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Her big song in the rock opera, "I Don't Know How To Love Him", made her a star, and the song is referred to in a song on this album, "I Don't Know How to Love Him Blues", written by David MacIver and Rupert Hine. Musicians who appear on Food of Love include keyboardist Peter Robinson, bass player John Gustafson, guitarists Caleb Quaye and Mick Grabham, and also Pete Townshend of The Who (Elliman covers their debut hit "I Can't Explain" on the album). Elliman also covers Robbie Robertson's "The Moon Struck One" from Cahoots. A song by the, at the time, virtually unknown Jim Steinman, "Happy Ending", also appears. (source: Wikipedia)

SIDE 1
Casserole Me Over 2:49
More Than One, Less Than Five 3:52
I Want To Make You Laugh, I Want To Make You Cry 4:24
Meusli Dreams 3:48
I Can’t Explain 3:12

SIDE 2
Sunshine 3:46
Hawaii 3:12
I Don’t Know How To Love Him Blues 2:57
The Moon Struck One 4:24
Happy Ending 3:57
Love’s Bringing Me Down 5:13

Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s and achieved a US #1 hit with "If I Can't Have You". The song also reached #9 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 4 in the Uk Chart. Her cover of Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and "Love Me" was also #5, giving her 3 top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she dedicated herself to her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.
Elliman's singing career began in 1969 in London, where she performed in bars and clubs. At the time she did not like what she was singing. "I hated the music then", she recalled in a 1973 interview, adding, "I did it for the bread. I was into drugs and all that, and thought Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane was it". While still an unknown, she was discovered by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, who asked her to sing Mary Magdalene's part for the original audio recording of Jesus Christ Superstar featuring Ian Gillan singing as Jesus. After its release as an album in 1970, they invited her to join the stage show's traveling cast, which she did for four years.
She had her first Billboard Hot 100 hit single in 1971 with the ballad "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar. Her original version was not issued as a single until a cover version by Helen Reddy started moving up the U.S. charts; appearing concurrently on the charts (a rare event, not common since the 1950s, when different releases played in different parts of the United States), Elliman's original peaked at #28, while Reddy's cover peaked at #13. In the end, Elliman performed on the 1970 concept album, in the original Broadway cast (1971), and in the 1973 film. She and Barry Dennen were alone among the cast to have performed on the original record, original Broadway production and the film, for which her screen performance as Mary Magdalene led to a 1974 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
In 1971, Elliman moved to New York City for the Broadway production of Jesus Christ, Superstar, where she met her first husband, Bill Oakes, who was President of Robert Stigwood's RSO Records. Before that she was signed to Purple Records, singing on Jon Lord's album Gemini Suite in 1971 and releasing her second solo album Food of Love in 1973. She was asked to sing backing vocals on Eric Clapton's version of the Bob Marley song "I Shot the Sheriff" in 1974. She then went on tour as part of Clapton's band, and soon afterwards got her own recording contract with RSO Records. She would continue to work with Clapton, performing on his albums from 1974 to 1977, including 461 Ocean Boulevard, There's One in Every Crowd, E. C. Was Here, No Reason to Cry, and Slowhand. A first album for the RSO label (her third in all), Rising Sun, produced by Steve Cropper, produced no hit singles, but her next album, Love Me, produced by Freddie Perren, gave her two top-20 hits, "Love Me" (written by Barry and Robin Gibb), and a Barbara Lewis cover, "Hello Stranger". "Hello Stranger" topped the U.S. Easy Listening chart for four weeks, and was also a No. 15 pop hit in 1977, while "Love Me" was a No. 14 pop hit in late 1976/early 1977.
Also in 1977, the Bee Gees were working on Saturday Night Fever and wrote "How Deep Is Your Love" for her, but Stigwood wanted the Bee Gees to perform it. Instead, she sang "If I Can't Have You". The song became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100; it is generally considered the high point of her recording career.
A few minor top 40 hits followed in 1979, including the title theme song from the film Moment by Moment and another disco track, "Love Pains", which was a major club success. She appeared in Hawaii Five-O in a two-part episode ("Number One with a Bullet", 1978) as an aspiring singer, performing the song "I Can't Get You Outa My Mind" with fellow guest performer James Darren. The single "Savannah" was also a minor hit. Shortly thereafter she decided to dedicate herself to her two children. (source: Wikipeida)

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