As Long As You're There / Adam Miller

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Adam Miller again, I write about him from time to time, after all his 3 songs are on 'Cherish' album - 'Blind Hope' , 'I Lost My Chance', 'Where Is The Morning', he wrote lyrics and music. I've found his version of 'Blind Hope' and still know nothing about him. 'As Long As You're There', so charming and so great to sing along kind of a song from The Partridge Family Notebook album released in November (what a month!), 1972.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJBu4b3V18

So 49 years ago that album was released on Bell, produced by Wes Farrell. Recording dates - May 1, September 4, 22. 16 weeks on chart, the highest position, only 41. Two singles, 'Looking Through The Eyes Of Love' ,  #39 on Jan27, 1973 (8 weeks on Billboard Hot 100) and #9 on Billboard Adult Contemporary. The second single 'Friend And a Lover' did even worse, just #99 for two weeks. Why 'Walking In The Rain' wasn't chosen as a second single is a great Wes Farrell's mystery..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmgENKr3x4

Seeing Jodie Foster in it, a small girl at the time, always remainds me how long ago it was filmed. She is half a year younger than me..Keith Partridge..he lived a long time ago in another galaxy..gone forever.

From a review:'..all signs were pointing toward the reality that The Partridge Family's 15 minutes of fame were rapidly closing in. Tellingly TPF Notebook became the first Partridge album not to reach the Top 40, or even yield a solid hit.(..) While 'Looking Through The Eyes Of Love' is arguably the most memorable track on the disc, becoming the final Top 40 single, it's the cover of 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' which seems to verify the fact that producer, Wes Farrell was running out of marketable musical ideas.(Lindsay Planer, AllMusic)

 This album demonstrates a vocal maturity in David Cassidy's voice.' (Amazon)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srvXrs2itsE

"..possibly not worth 'Shopping Bag' but still quite good. Most of the album consists of covers(..) The opening track "Friend And a Lover" feels slightly confusing, as its connection to 'Na Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye (Steam, 1969) is obvious, but on the other hand I like the fact that a rocking song opens TPF album" (rateyourmusic)

Yes.. 1972 was very significant. Very, very busy. Besides filming the tv series and recording 3 TPF's albums and 2 solo records (unbelievable !), David was twice in the UK, and he played 58 concerts in the USA, performing all over the country. Among them that one, the most important for him..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTppP88xhhY&t=13s

But the last concert that year, played on October 7 in Tulsa, was his last in the USA for ..many years. And in 1972 he tried desperately to change his image, 'The Naked Lunch Box Experience'. David's career in his native country slowly was a thing of the past. But there was the country where 'Cassidymania' was nearly at its peak. Just on the other side of the Pond...


This is the last day of November and I'm just overwhelmed by the numbers of hits(views) of my blog this month. Nearly 10 000. It's amazing, because since I've started writing it at the end of December, the overall number is 40 000.. I'm so happy so many people from all over the world want to read about this wonderful man and great singer, David Cassidy. 




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