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“Readers Digest” – b/w “I’ve Got to Learn to Live Without You” – is a two-sided 7-inch vinyl single by the American singer, songwriter, and producer Larry Norman, released on Verve Records in April 1973, manufactured by MGM Records (catalogue number VK 10718). Both tracks were taken from his full-length album Only Visiting This Planet, released on Verve in late 1972, recorded by Bill Price at AIR Studios in London, England; September 1972, with Jon Miller, Rod Edwards and Roger Hand producing. Both tracks written by Larry Norman.
Both tracks from this MGM single were later included on the compilation Rebel Poet, Jukebox Balladeer: The Anthology, released on ARRCO in 2008 (issued on both CD and 12-inch vinyl double LP).
Larry Norman (Verve 10718) Readers Digest (2:42)(Strawbed, ASCAP – Norman)
If one was forced to put a label on this song, it would be called the ‘subterranean homesick American pie blues’. Larry Norman really lets loose with an interesting bit of philosophy as related to today’s music. This is must programming for all FM’ers and progressive top 40’s. Flip: «I’ve Got to Learn to Live Without You» (3:36) [Cash Box Singles Reviews/Newcomer Picks, CashBox, Vol. XXXIV – No. 44 / April 21, 1973]
7-inch Single tracklist:
Side A. “Readers Digest” – 2:42
Side B. “I’ve Got to Learn to Live Without You” – 3:36
Note: On both sides, the name of Rod Edwards has been misspelled as “Ron Edwards”. The single was also released as a “Special Disc Jockey Record, Not For Sale”, featuring white rather than black labels though same catalogue number (with the spelling error manually corrected on both sides). “I’ve Got to Learn to Live Without You” was as well released as a two-sided mono/stereo single by MGM (catalogue number VK 10720).
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