Single: Tar and Cement
Artist: Caroline Munro
1967 Columbia
7": DB 8189

Caroline Munro: vocals
Eric Clapton
Jack Bruce
Ginger Baker
Steve Howe

Arranged and conducted by Mark Wirtz
Produced by Wirtz


Tracks:
CD1
1. "Tar and Cement (Il Ragazzo Della via Gluck)" [Paul Vance/Lee Pockriss/Adriano Celentano] (2:56)
2. "This Sporting Life" [P Eden/Wirtz] (3:08)


Notes (***): Later an actress, including being a Bond Girl, Munro released this, the first of several singles, in 1967, when she was 18. Both sides can be found online and I've pieced together information about the release. The instrumentalists aren't credited, but reputedly her backing band for the session were Cream and Steve Howe, organised by Mark Wirtz, for whom Howe did several sessions.

(1) is adapted from Adriano Celentano's 1966 song in Italian, "Il Ragazzo Della via Gluck": music by Celentano and lyrics by Luciano Beretta and Michele Del Prete. It was first performed in English in 1966 by Verdelle Smith, where it was credited to Vance/Pockriss/Beretta/Del Prete/Celentano. On the demonstration record for Munro's release, (1) is listed as just "Tar and Cement" and credited to Vance/Pockriss alone. (2) is an adaptation of the 1930s song "Sporting Life Blues", actually by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

(2) was later released on 2001's compilation Dream Babes Volume 2: Reflections (RPM Records). (HP, 13 Jun 19). 

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