Facets (album)

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Facets is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released and self-published in 1966. Croce had five hundred copies of the album pressed, financed with a 500cashweddinggiftthatheandhiswifetobe,IngridCroce,receivedfromhisparents.Croce′sparentswerecertainthatJimwouldfailcompletelyatsellingtherecord,andrealizingthathecouldn′tsupporthisfamilyasasinger,wouldabandonmusicandfinishhiscollegeeducation.Thealbumwasrecordedinathree−hoursessionataDelawarestudio.Unexpectedly,itprovedtobeasuccess.Crocesoldeveryrecord,eventurningaprofitof500 cash wedding gift that he and his wife to be, Ingrid Croce, received from his parents. Croce's parents were certain that Jim would fail completely at selling the record, and realizing that he couldn't support his family as a singer, would abandon music and finish his college education. The album was recorded in a three-hour session at a Delaware studio. Unexpectedly, it proved to be a success. Croce sold every record, even turning a profit of 500cashweddinggiftthatheandhiswifetobe,IngridCroce,receivedfromhisparents.Croce′sparentswerecertainthatJimwouldfailcompletelyatsellingtherecord,andrealizingthathecouldn′tsupporthisfamilyasasinger,wouldabandonmusicandfinishhiscollegeeducation.Thealbumwasrecordedinathree−hoursessionataDelawarestudio.Unexpectedly,itprovedtobeasuccess.Crocesoldeveryrecord,eventurningaprofitof2500. The majority of those records were sold to fans who attended Croce's shows at local bars. Original vinyl copies of Facets are extremely rare today. Shout! Factory released an expanded two-disc version in 2004. (en)
Facets è il primo album discografico del cantautore statunitense Jim Croce, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica a nome Croce nel 1966. (it)

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Croce Records; Shout! Factory (en)

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Facets (en)

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1969 (xsd:integer)

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Joe Salviuolo (en)

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July 1966 (en)

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RPL Studios, Camden, NJ (en)

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Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce (en)
Jim Croce (en)
Milton Ager, Jack Yellen, Robert Wilcox Bigelow, Charles Bates (en)
Jim Croce, Richard Croce (en)
Traditional; arranged by Eric Von Schmidt (en)
Traditional; arranged by Jim Croce (en)
Traditional; arranged by Karl Fehrenbach (en)
words: Rudyard Kipling; music: Jim Croce (en)

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Facets è il primo album discografico del cantautore statunitense Jim Croce, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica a nome Croce nel 1966. (it)
Facets is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce, released and self-published in 1966. Croce had five hundred copies of the album pressed, financed with a 500cashweddinggiftthatheandhiswifetobe,IngridCroce,receivedfromhisparents.Croce′sparentswerecertainthatJimwouldfailcompletelyatsellingtherecord,andrealizingthathecouldn′tsupporthisfamilyasasinger,wouldabandonmusicandfinishhiscollegeeducation.Thealbumwasrecordedinathree−hoursessionataDelawarestudio.Unexpectedly,itprovedtobeasuccess.Crocesoldeveryrecord,eventurningaprofitof500 cash wedding gift that he and his wife to be, Ingrid Croce, received from his parents. Croce's parents were certain that Jim would fail completely at selling the record, and realizing that he couldn't support his family as a singer, would abandon music and finish his college education. The album was recorded in a three-hour session at a Delaware studio. Unexpectedly, it proved to be a success. Croce sold every record, even turning a profit of 500cashweddinggiftthatheandhiswifetobe,IngridCroce,receivedfromhisparents.Croce′sparentswerecertainthatJimwouldfailcompletelyatsellingtherecord,andrealizingthathecouldn′tsupporthisfamilyasasinger,wouldabandonmusicandfinishhiscollegeeducation.Thealbumwasrecordedinathree−hoursessionataDelawarestudio.Unexpectedly,itprovedtobeasuccess.Crocesoldeveryrecord,eventurningaprofitof2500. The majority of those records were sold to fans who attended Croce's shows at local bars. Original vinyl copies of Facets are extremely rare today. Shout! Factory (en)

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Facets (album) (en)
Facets (Jim Croce) (it)

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