FAYSSOUX STARLING McLEAN: Occupation Housewife /After The Fall 7” 45 w/ Emmylou

VERY RARE & SPECIAL RECORDING FAYSSOUX STARLING (Fayssoux McLean) "Occupation Housewife” b/w "After the Fall ” BACKGROUND VOCALS: EMMYLOU HARRIS PRODUCED BY TOM GUERNSEY (DC's HANGMEN) SWEET BREEZE RECORDING COMPANY ORIGINAL 1st & ONLY PRESSING 7” 45 RPM SINGLE 1974

Thank you for viewing my sale for an extremely rare and wonderful 7 ”  45rpm single by  Fayssoux Starling, who at the time of this recording was the wife of John Starling, a founding member of Seldom Scene /  Fayssoux was backed on these 2 sides by Emmylou Harris and her DC based Angel Band, including the great Tom Guidera and Mark Cuff among others  

CONDITION:  NOS, unplayed new old store stock in MINT (M)condition / generic white 45 record sleeve / for best view, please supersize photo at the very top of this webpage and examine all 4 pictures of representative item carefully for condition  

Check out the fayssouxstarling website: Whether you know it or not, y ou’ve heard Fayssoux  many times over the years. Aside from her one-off stint playing egg whisk percussion on a Lowell George track, s he sang harmonies all over Emmylou Harris’ legendary early recordings:  Luxury Liner , Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town , Elite Hotel , and Pieces of the Sky.  For decades, her singing was a secret known only to esteemed musicians and astute and/or compulsive liner note readers. 

Fayssoux‘s singing has drawn the admiration of collaborators like Crowell, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Buddy Miller.

"Charm, elegance, whippoorwills, magnolia dewdrops: these are the things that come to mind when I hear Fayssoux sing” - Rodney Crowell (who first sang with Emmylou Harris in Fayssoux's living room.)

"I've always loved Fayssoux's voice. She's one of my favorite singers ”  - Emmylou Harris  ( You'll find Emmylou's compliments to the Starlings at each of her fan web pages.)

This record was released in 1974, on Washington, DC ’s enigmatic Sweet Breeze Recording Company label,  produced by Tom Guernsey and Bob Yesbek . Besides airplay on alternative radio WHFS, all other airplay for A-side was strictly on country-radio. The B-side is another country tune, "After the Fall ” . 

Both songs were written by Tom Guernsey, who himself has an interesting history as leader of the Hangmen (aka the Reekers), the Washington, DC '60s garage band that recorded the regional mega hit "What A Girl Can't Do." Guernsey ’s early Hangmen or Reekers' 45s are top tier collectors items.  As his productions moved from straight ahead rock towards country, they were characterized by sumptuous backup vocals, robust arrangements and very tasty instrumentation, not to mention some of DC's preeminent musical talent.

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PACKAGING:  Industrial strength - padded & protected

SHIPPING:  USPS 1st Class 

RETURNS:  Defective record will be replaced with identical one

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Vinyl properly stored in a cool PET-FREE / SMOKE-FREE environment

 _gsrx_vers_1649 (GS 9.7.2 (1649))

• Condition: New
• Artist: Fayssoux Starling
• Format: Record
• Release Title: Occupation Housewife /After The Fall
• Genre: Country
• Style: Country Rock, Country Pop, Vocal
• Speed: 45RPM
• Record Size: 7"
• Type: Single
• Record Grading: Mint (M)
• Features: 1st Edition, Limited Edition
• Record Label: Sweet Breeze
• Release Year: 1974
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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