A.J. CROCE "SUMMER CAN'T COME TOO SOON" 2000 HIGHER OCTAVE NM PROMO CD SINGLE

Description: NOTE: I SOMETIMES POST AS THE FIRST PHOTO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS OF THE CD'S, INCLUDING FRONT COVER, DISC & BACK INSERT PLUS ANYTHING ELSE, JUST AN F.Y.I. AND ALL CD'S COME IN JEWEL CASES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. THANKS FOR LOOKING! BOB NOTE: MAIL RATES JUST WENT UP AGAIN...JUST AN F.Y.I. THIS CD COMES FROM MY TIME AT A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK WHERE I WAS THE MUSIC AND PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. A RECENT FIND FROM A BOX IN MY STORAGE UNIT.THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE, SORRY IF THE PICTURE(S) ARE A BIT BLURRY. I HAVE OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE, CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS, THANKS! AS I MENTIONED ABOVE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS I WAS THE MUSIC & PROMOTIONS CORDINATOR FOR A MAJOR NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK.... ALL CD'S COME IN A JEWEL CASE UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE. NOTE: eBay HAS TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO REMOVE WHAT THEY CALL “OUTSIDE” LINKS, THESE ARE IN THE HTML DESCRIPTION, AND CAN'T EVEN BE SEEN IN MY ITEM DESCRIPTION, SO FROM NOW ON IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ITEM &/OR ARTIST LOOK 'EM UP, ON WIKI & DISCOGS, ETC. NOTE: I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. FOUND ANOTHER BOX OF PROMO CD SINGLES... ARTIST: A.J. CROCE SONG TITLE: “SUMMER CAN'T COME TOO SOON” (3:34) TRACK LISTING: SEE PHOTOS/ABOVE: RECORD LABEL: HIGHER OCTAVE RECORDS CAT.#: 70878-14710-2-9 YEAR: 2000 FROM HIS “TRANSIT” ALBUM. CONDITION: THIS IS CD IS OPENED, BUT UNPLAYED AND IN NM/NM- COND. DIDN'T COME WITH A FRONT INSERT. THE BACK ONE IN EX/NM COND. NOT SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SENT TO RADIO STATIONS ONLY. PRINTED ON THE CD ARTWORK AND BACK TRAY INSERT IS “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY-NOT FOR SALE” MORE INFO: THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT. FROM THE MUSIC LIBRARY OF A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK. THIS SONG IS ON YOUTUBE SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT THERE TO HEAR IT... SOUNDS A LITTLE “BEATLESQUE” IN MY OPINION. ARTIST INFO: A.J. CROCE BIO/INFO- Over the past three decades, A.J. Croce has established his reputation as a piano player and serious vocal stylist who pulls from a host of musical traditions and anti-heroes — part New Orleans, part juke joint, part soul. While his last album, JUST LIKE MEDICINE, paired him with soul legend Dan Penn and an all-star cast of players, his new album was born of memories — of favorite artists and shows, but mostly, of late-night gatherings with groups of friends, many of them fellow musicians, with Croce at the piano taking requests. Croce revisits these musical evenings on BY REQUEST, 12 personally curated covers that traverse decades and genres, propelled by his spirited, loose-and-easy piano mastery and emotive vocals. It’s a tribute to Croce the music fan as well as Croce the musician that both the variety and execution is inspired, aided by a full band and horns. About A.J. Croce Over his ten studio albums, it’s clear that A.J. Croce holds an abiding love for all types of musical genres: Blues, Soul, Pop, Jazz, and Rock n’ Roll. A virtuosic piano player, Croce toured with B.B. King and Ray Charles before reaching the age of 21, and, over his career, he has performed with a wide range of musicians, from Willie Nelson to the Neville Brothers; Béla Fleck to Ry Cooder. A.J. has also co-written songs with such formidable tunesmiths as Leon Russell, Dan Penn, Robert Earl Keen and multi-Grammy winner Gary Nicholson. His albums have all charted, and done so on an impressive array of charts: Top 40, Blues, Americana, Jazz, Independent, College, and Radio 1, to name a few. The Nashville-based singer/songwriter also has landed 18 singles on variety of Top 20 charts. The late, great New Orleans piano player and Croce hero, Allen Toussaint, summed him up best: “In such a crowded music universe it is a pleasure to witness triple uniqueness: pianist, songwriter, singer and at such a level, and who does he sound like? The answer is himself … A.J. Croce.” A.J.’s last two albums epitomize these qualities: 2014’s Twelve Tales found him working with six celebrated producers — “Cowboy” Jack Clement (Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley), Mitchell Froom (Los Lobos, Crowded House), Tony Berg (Fiona Apple, Bob Dylan), Kevin Killen (Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel), Greg Cohen (Tom Waits, John Zorn), and Toussaint (Dr. John, Lee Dorsey) — who each chose two songs (a single’s “A” and “b” sides). The resulting collection was recorded in five cities with six different bands. American Songwriter wrote: “Regardless of the genre, Croce slides into these songs with an easy charm.” In 2017, A.J. enlisted legendary Muscle Shoals producer/songwriter Dan Penn and an all-star backing crew that included Steve Cropper, Vince Gill, David Hood, Colin Linden, Bryan Owings, The Muscle Shoals Horns, and The McCrary Sisters for his album Just Like Medicine, which ABC News praised as sounding “like it was crafted with the influence of greats like Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello in mind.” A.J.’s deep love for music is understandable considering that his mother, Ingrid, was a singer/songwriter as was his father, the late Jim Croce. He never knew his father, who died in a tragic plane crash just before his second birthday. A.J., who started playing piano as a young age, purposely avoided his father’s music in order to establish his own identity as a musician. A.J.’s relationship with his father’s music began changing around a dozen years ago, when he began digitalized his father’s tapes. One old cassette contained a bar performance of Jim Croce playing blues tunes that had influenced him. These were deep-cuts by folks like Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Blake, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, and A.J. was amazed since these songs were the ones that he had been playing since he was 12. A.J. Croce’s family musical legacy is just part of his very unique life story. Born outside of Philadelphia, A.J. moved with his mother and father to San Diego when he was 18 months old. Around the age of four, he went blind due to horrific physical abuse from his mother’s then-boyfriend. A.J. was hospitalized for half a year and was totally blind in both eyes for six years. It was during this time that he started playing piano, inspired by blind pianists like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder. Croce, who regained sight in his left eye when he was ten, went on to spend his early teen years performing including at his mother’s establishment, Croce’s Jazz Bar. In 2018 he lost his wife of 24 years, Marlo Croce to a rare heart virus. NOTE: INTERNATIONAL MAIL IS BACK TO 1st CLASS INTERNATIONAL AND IS BASED ON LOCATION OF COUNTRY & WEIGHT OF THE ITEM, PLEASE NOTE I DO NOT SHIP TO ALL COUNTRIES, PLEASE CHECK THE SHIPPING INFO TO MAKE SURE I SHIP TO YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE BUYING/BIDDING. SINCE U.S. POSTAL RATES RECENTLY WENT UP I AM NOW OFFERING THE OPTION OF 1st CLASS OR MEDIA MAIL FOR THE U.S. & IT'S TERRITORIES, MEDIA MAIL GOES GROUND TRANSPORT SO WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT IT IS CHEAPER, ALSO IF YOU WANT PRIORITY, THAT IS AN OPTION TOO. 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Location: Los Angeles, California

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Artist: A.J. CROCE

CD Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Record Label: HIGHER OCTAVE RECORDS

Release Title: SUMMER CAN'T COME TOO SOON

Case Type: Jewel Case: Standard

Color: Multicolor

Case Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Inlay Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Catalog Number: 70878-14710-2-9

Edition: First Edition, Limited Edition, Promo

Type: Single

Format: CD

Release Year: 2000

Language: English

Era: 2000s

Style: POWER POP

Features: THIS IS CD IS OPENED, BUT UNPLAYED, NOT SOLD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SENT TO RADIO STATIONS ONLY, FROM HIS “TRANSIT” ALBUM., THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT, FROM THE MUSIC LIBRARY OF A NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, SONG IS ON YOUTUBE SO YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT THERE TO HEAR IT... SO

Genre: Pop, Rock

Run Time: 3:34

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Unit Quantity: 1